Next Met Gala chairs: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James

NEW YORK (AP) — The theme of the next and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and will help the museum launch an exhibit examining Black style in menswear over the centuries.

Williams and Hamilton were on hand Wednesday morning to help officials at the Metropolitan Museum of Art announce the spring exhibit that will be launched by the Met Gala on May 5. A precise dress code for the star-studded gala — tailored specifically to the exhibit’s theme — will be announced early next year.

And this one’s for the guys: It’s the first fashion exhibit at the Met in over 20 years to focus exclusively on menswear, which explains the almost all-male slate of hosts. (Vogue editor , who oversees the gala each year, rounds out the list of co-chairs.)

Hamilton, the Formula 1 star, gave poignant remarks on how fashion became a way of expressing his identity.

When he was young, Hamilton said, “I was forced to conform. From my daily routine down to what I wore. My routine was rigid. And as the only Black kid on the racing track, there was no one like me to look up to.”