Tables at the Met run upwards of $30,000 and typically major designers or fashion houses will buy them and invite the celebrities they're dressing for the night, making it difficult for up-and-coming designers and stars to make an impact at the event, which is referred to as "fashion's biggest night." That makes what Hamilton did especially impactful: The seven-time world champion bought his own table and invited four young Black designers as his guests.
"I've brought four incredible, young, Black talented designers," he said, "so we've got a great host of people tonight and it's about just highlighting beauty and excellence and talent.".
lewis hamilton bought a table and invited young black designers to the met gala so they could have a platform and create their own impact on the fashion world, this is what using your own platform for good means #MetGala pic.twitter.com/XUeAUhAaGN.