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Kinds of Blue: The New Palette Covering the Season’s Finest Eveningwear

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TO THE BRIM
From left: Model Nyaduola Gabriel wears a top, pants, and bag from Ferragamo; ferragamo.com. Model Maty Fall wears a Burberry dress; us.burberry​.com. Model Dara Gueye wears a Martine Rose dress; emurj.com. Model Ajok Daing wears a Feben dress; feben.co. Fashion Editor: IB Kamara.Photographed by Malick Bodian, Vogue, May 2025.
From sumptuous cobalt and indigo to navy and turquoise—and from fantastically patterned jackets to dresses that follow the body like water—a blue mood has never seemed quite so appealing.
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MATCH POINTS
Model and photographer Malick Bodian (who shot this story), far left, mirrors Gueye’s (far right) floral Wales Bonner jacket and shirt (walesbonner.com) and a Margaret Howell white shirt—while Fall holds the center in a Carolina Herrera dress (carolinaherrera.com).


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BIG FEELINGS
On model Sunira Da Silva, a prettily patterned strapless dress by Michael Kors Collection; michaelkors.com. On Daing, an Eton shirt and Dior pants tread the line between confidence and attitude. Gabriel’s Blumarine dress (blumarine.com), meanwhile, goes long on whimsy.


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ELEGANT VARIATION
Fall can’t help but take a shine to a swimwear-inspired Schiaparelli dress (Maison Schiaparelli, Place Vendôme), while Gabriel rustles up a little romance in a Zimmermann dress (zimmermann.com). Daing opts for vampy Brandon Maxwell (brandonmaxwell​online.com), and Gueye is downright dapper in a Ahluwalia shirt and trousers (ahluwalia.world).


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FAIR SQUARES
Gabriel wears a David Koma suit and shirt; davidkoma.com. Fall wears a Valentino suit; Valentino boutiques. Gueye wears a Thom Browne suit and shirt; thombrowne.com for requests.


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LINE DRIVES
Gueye makes a good case for the return of preppy style in an Off-White suit; off---white.com. Fall’s enjoué Chanel skirt and sweater set is a very elegant kind of double trouble; select Chanel boutiques. Gabriel ties it all together in a Labrum London suit; labrumlondon.com.


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GROUP CHAT
Gabriel wears a Holland Cooper jacket and waistcoat (holland​cooper​​.com) and Brunello Cucinelli trousers (Brunello Cucinelli, Madison Ave.). Da Silva wears a Bella Freud suit and shirt; bellafreud​.com. Fall wears a Ralph Lauren Collection dress; select Ralph Lauren boutiques. Daing wears a Brunello Cucinelli suit; Brunello Cucinelli, Madison Ave.


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TOP BILLING
Fall is literally on the decks in a 3.Paradis coat, Labrum London suit, and G.H. Bass shoes.


In this story: hair, Virginie Moreira; makeup, Ammy Drammeh; grooming, Yuko Fredriksson; braiding, Lorraine Dublin, Angela Torio Rivera; manicurist, Adam Slee; tailor, Judith Grant.