O n May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers luminaries from the spheres of art, business, politics, sports, and entertainment to raise money for the museum’s Costume Institute.

And while there’s been a welcome barrage of coverage of the outfits that Black actors and tastemakers chose to wear on the blue carpet, it was their crowns that stood out most t