Met Gala 2025: The best, worst and wackiest looks on the red carpet
Fashion’s elite have arrived at the steps of the Met Gala 2025
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It’s the first Monday in May which can mean only one thing: fashion’s one per cent are checked into The Mark Hotel, have spent hours in glam, and are now making their way up the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s grandiose steps for the Met Gala 2025 — and they are all wearing the most magnificent (and likely wackiest) outfits they will all year.
Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton
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As ever, the epic charity fundraiser (which this year has raised a record-breaking $31 million, beating 2024’s total of $26 million) is tied to the opening of The Costume Institute’s headline fashion exhibition. For 2025 that is Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, based on Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. Invitations arrived with the dress code “Tailored for You", promising a night of impeccable suits, and a spotlight on Black designers.
Guests will climb up steps surrounded by daffodils, on deep blue carpet covered in a daffodil print — all creatively directed by artist Cy Gavin.
Best dressed celebrities hit the red carpet
Anna Wintour
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First to hit the deep blue carpeted steps, penned in by daffodils — the creative vision of artist Cy Gavin — are this year’s co-chairs. Joining Dame Anna Wintour, who hosts the event annually, are Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and A$AP Rocky, while basketball player Lebron James is an “honorary” co-chair.
Colman Domingo
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Wintour opted for an ivory dress with sapphire blue silk overcoat by Louis Vuitton, while Colman Domingo was a vision in a glittering Valentino cape and Boucheron jewellery. Leaning into the dandy theme, Domingo later removed his cape to reveal a pearl embellished, checked blazer adorned with a polka-dot boutonnière and neckerchief — also by Valentino.
Pharrell Williams and Helen Lasichanh
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Hamilton opted for a custom Wales Bonner ivory cropped jacket suit, while Pharrell Williams wore a Louis Vuitton outfit of his own design.
Sydney Sweeney
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Leading the ladies was Sydney Sweeney, who opted for a coal-black, beaded Miu Miu gown, and Gigi Hadid, who wore a halter neck gold lamé gown by the same label.
Diana Ross
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Diana Ross halted the carpet when she arrived in all white — a feathered showstopper with an acres-long train complete with wide-brimmed hat. Inside her train, the names of her children and grandchildren are embroidered. “My son persuaded me — he said Mum, you gotta go,” Ross told reporters on the carpet. “It is a very special moment.”
And she was closely followed by Zendaya, who played proceedings down this year (but well in keeping with the theme) wearing a cinched, silk white three-piece suit, tie, and matching hat.
Met Gala drama
Naomi Campbell at the Met Gala, 2024
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There are some notable faces missing from the steps this year. These include supermodel Naomi Campbell who, in a YouTube video she posted earlier this week, said the 2024 Met Gala would be her “final one”.
A few hours before the event she squashed rumours she had not been invited, writing on Instagram: “I was so honored to be invited to tonight's big event, but regretfully cannot make it.”
Also missing from proceedings will be one-time Met power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. The pair have said it is not due to Lively’s ongoing legal battle with It Ends With Us director Justin Baldoni. A source told Us Weekly the move is not "out of character. She’s not a Kardashian that goes every year."
All the guests at the Met Gala 2025
Gigi Hadid
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Zendaya
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Diana Ross
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Sydney Sweeney in Miu Miu
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Anna Wintour in Louis Vuitton
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Colman Domingo in Valentino and Boucheron jewellery
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Lewis Hamilton in Wales Bonner and Briony Raymond jewellery
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Pharrell Williams in Louis Vuitton
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Jennie in Chanel
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Jeremy O. Harris
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Zoe Saldana
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Pamela Anderson
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Maya Hawke in Prada
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Sarah Snook
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Tyler Mitchell
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Sadie Sink in Prada
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James Corden and Julia Carey
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Bee Carrozzini in Givenchy
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Coco Jones
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Nick Brown and Derek Blasberg
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Teyana Taylor in Ruth E Carter
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Emma Chamberlain in Courrèges with vintage eBay accessories, and Stuart Weitzman shoes
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Rihanna shut down the 2025 Met Gala carpet, showing up with her baby bump on display nearly an hour after the last guest walked. The star confesses to ET's Rachel Smith, she's 'shockingly feeling OK' amid her pregnancy, and reveals if baby No. 3 is putting 'R9' on even more of a delay!
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THE Met Gala has been slammed for offering up a “boring” collection of looks on Monday night after Taylor Swift and Timothee Chalamet were among several A-list stars to skip out on this…
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The assignment for fashion's biggest night was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Excellence." Not everyone nailed it.
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Beyoncé, Blue Ivy and Rumi Carter were absent from the 2025 Met Gala, which coincides with Beyoncé's ongoing "Cowboy Carter" tour.
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Rihanna is expecting once again! The singer shared her pregnancy by revealing her baby bump at the 2025 Met Gala.
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Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds skipped the 2025 Met Gala, but reportedly for reasons that have nothing to do with her lawsuit involving Justin Baldoni.
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