From Lauryn Hill to Radhika Jones: Lewis Hamilton honored black women who "redefined it all" by inviting them to his Met Gala table

Lewis Hamilton was one of the co-chairs at the 2025 Met Gala, alongside Anna Wintour, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, and Pharrell Williams. Ferrari’s F1 racing driver was on-theme with his look, as he wore a custom “Wales Bonner” cream suit. However, Hamilton didn’t just honor the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme and Black dandyism.

The Formula 1 racer invited prominent Black women to his table at this year’s Met Gala in a bid to honor them. In one of his recent Instagram posts, Lewis Hamilton acknowledged the women of color “who shaped, nurtured, and redefined it all.” The British F1 driver noted that one cannot “speak on Black dandyism, Black art, or Black aesthetics” without admiring the Black women.

Hamilton further wrote,

“This year, my intention was to uplift and be surrounded by some of the Black women whose brilliance moves me—artists, thinkers, visionaries who carry history and possibility in everything they do.”

Lewis Hamilton then named and thanked the noteworthy women of color with whom he spent his evening at the 2025 Met Gala. The Ferrari racer mentioned “Lauryn Hill, Regina King, Jordan Casteel, Ming Smith, Adrienne Warren, Danielle Deadwyler, Lorna Simpson, and Radhika Jones” and extended his gratitude towards them.

Lewis Hamilton was “incredibly honored” to co-chair this year’s Met Gala

This year’s haute couture fundraising soiree marked the 10th anniversary of the British Formula 1 racer’s gala debut. Hamilton was among the first celebs to grace the 2025 Met Gala red carpet. After arriving at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he was snapped with Colman Domingo and Anna Wintour.

Lewis Hamilton was also briefly interviewed during Vogue's livestream by Teyana Taylor and Ego Nwodim. During the chat, the co-hosts asked the F1 racer about how he felt when Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour asked him to be a co-chair. Hamilton said that he was “incredibly honored” as he spoke,

“It's really an extension of the, you know, 2021, where I brought a table here and brought Black designers and really created [...] It was an amazing evening, and then after that, speaking with Anna and just starting to collaborate on what the Met could grow to and what it could one day be.”

He added,

“We're in London, and she told me the theme, and I was so, so excited, and then she asked me to be the co-chair. And in that moment for sure I couldn't believe, I was like. [...] I'm incredibly honored, and she's been amazing to work with.”

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Hamilton said that Grace Wales Bonner designed his outfit. The racer revealed the Harlem Renaissance, Cab Calloway in particular, as the inspiration behind his look. He also proclaimed that the aim was to pay homage to African culture.

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