Colman Domingo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Evan Agostini | Invision via AP)
The first Monday night in May is the Met Gala, famously known as fashion’s greatest night. Celebrities in imaginative ensembles ascend the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to raise money for the museum.
This year’s gala hosts include actor Colman Domingo, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, rapper A$AP Rocky, producer and designer Pharrell Williams.
Attendees are expected to follow the “Tailored for You” theme and they will be visiting the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition, which highlights how clothing and style is connected to Black identities. Monica Miller is the show’s guest-curator and it is inspired by her 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
Here are some of the red carpet outfits from tonight:
Zendaya attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy | Getty Images)Diana Ross attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/MG25/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) (Neilson Barnard | MG25 via Getty Images)Alton Mason attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images)Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour arrives for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS | AFP via Getty Images)Met Gala Co-Chair, A$AP Rocky attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy | Getty Images)Jennie attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy | Getty Images)Bad Bunny attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (John Shearer | WireImage via Getty Images)Lupita Nyong’o attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images)Bobby Digi Olisa, fashion detail, attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images)Audra McDonald attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. ( (Evan Agostini | Invision via AP)British car driver Lewis Hamilton arrives for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS | AFP via Getty Images)Kara Young attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Savion Washington | Getty Images)Coco Jones attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Theo Wargo | FilmMagic via Getty Images)Whoopi Goldberg attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images)Raúl Domingo attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Savion Washington | Getty Images)Dancers perform during the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/MG25/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) (Neilson Barnard | MG25 via Getty Images)Debbie Allen and Norm Nixon attend the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy | Getty Images)Pharrell Williams attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images)Ego Nwodim, fashion detail, at The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York, New York. (Michael Buckner | Penske Media via Getty Images)Teyana Taylor attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Evan Agostini | Invision via AP)
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