Skip to main contentFashion’s biggest night is upon us. Keep it locked here for all the high-wattage tailoring and audacious style swerves.
May 5, 2025
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It’s time for the Met Gala 2025—a.k.a. the most electric red carpet of the year. For the first time in two decades, the theme for fashion’s biggest night centers specifically on menswear. Inspired by Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, the Met Costume Institute’s new exhibition exploring the history of Black dandyism, the official dress code is “Tailored for You.” Expect plenty of sublime suits and rakish details—particularly from the gala’s powerhouse co-chairs Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, and Lewis Hamilton.
We’ll be updating this gallery all night long as your favorite stars hit the Met Gala 2025 red carpet. (Which, as it happens, is actually blue tonight.) And if you’re looking to dive even deeper into tonight’s tailoring bonanza, here’s some required reading:
- Have we officially reached peak pearls? Pharrell’s painstakingly intricate jacket says yes.
- Hiding beneath that ethereal blue cape? A supremely natty, dandyish, zoot-inspired suit. That’s how you nail a theme, folks.
- Cape. Waistcoat. Fedora. Boutonnieres. Brooches. Wallet chains. Durag. Cane. The Met Gala livestream cohost left no accessory behind.
- Business in the front, party in the back.
- Excellent form on the second position.
- Big collar, bigger train.
- Belgian shoes are always a good choice.
- Puuuurple raaaaain, puuuuurple raaaaaain.
