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Do y'all have your scorecards ready? Do you have your live stream links ready to go? Are you ready to judge the rich and famous? Because tonight, we all get to be fashion critics as celebrities and designers show out at the 2025 MacGala.

And this year, I'm here to give you a guidebook for how to judge the best and worst looks of the night.

So every year of the MacGala has a theme.

And every year, some people get, and some people just don't.

This year's theme is a special one, and a bit complicated.

It's called Super Fine, tailoring black style, and it's a celebration of the Black Dandy.

You might already know what a Black Dandy is, but if you don't, here's a picture. It's rooted in like traditional tutorial, like super dandy. You might already know what a black dandy is, but if you don't, here's a picture.

It's rooted in like traditional tutorial, like, suiting, but then it's also juxtaposed with, like,

someone who's more like peacocky and, like, more exuberant. It is like a Billy Porter,

which is rooted in like this queerness. But then also, like, it is dapper-dan and it is like A-Sap Rocky.

And early Danone.

Oh, absolutely.

Yes.

With the tuxitos and the updo and recalling James Brown.

Yes.

Absolutely.

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