People & Culture: Where Pop Culture Meets Belonging

Welcome to People & Culture! I’m your host, Zahida Sherman, a long-time culture and belonging professional and pop culture junkie. Each episode, I will be joined by cultural experts and we will discuss what it means to belong in different spaces and at different pop cultural moments.

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  • The 2025 Met Gala & Representation
    6/11/25

    The 2025 Met Gala & Representation

    Have you ever been invited to an event that specifically highlights your culture? How about an event where you’re the cultural outsider? How do you show up respectfully without doing too much?

    Costume designer, Kiyoshi Shaw, joins me for our very first episode to talk about all things representation and design through the lens of this year’s Met Gala: Superfine Black Tailoring.

    Learn more about Kiyoshi at https://www.kiyoshishaw.com/ or follow him on Instagram @kiyoshishawdesigns