My goodness, how time flies. The 2025 Met Gala is tomorrow, which means that the world’s most famous people will gather in their glitziest on-theme outfits for the most luxurious event of the celebrity calendar.
The big brains behind the shindig officially announced the theme for the event earlier this year, giving the celebs plenty of time to scramble and work out what they’re going to wear.
You see, the dress code is based on the spring 2025 exhibition by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Back in October 2024, it was announced that the exhibition would be “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”.
Then, in February, the big dogs behind the event announced the dress code for the Met Gala itself: Tailored for You. Now that the event is right around the corner, we’ve got you sorted with everything you need to know about the 2025 Met Gala from the hosts, the celeb guests, the themes and, of course, how to tune in live.
Everything you need to know about the 2025 Met Gala
Table of contents
- Who are the hosts for the 2025 Met Gala?
- How to watch the 2025 Met Gala
- Tailored for You: the 2025 Met Gala dress code, explained
- Tailored for You: the 2025 Met Gala dress code, explained
- What’s the difference between the Met Gala theme and the exhibit?
- When is the 2025 Met Gala?
Who are the hosts for the 2025 Met Gala?
Along with the theme, the co-chairs — the creative minds who help to publicise and bring the event to life — play an important part in proceedings. This year Condé Nast creative director and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will be joined by a notably fashionable group, which includes actor Coleman Domingo, F1 icon Lewis Hamilton, rapper A$AP Rocky, and singer and producer Pharrell Williams. NBA legend LeBron James will also be joining the gang as an honourary co-chair.
The Met Gala has also drawn from tradition and announced a host committee: André 3000, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Grace Wales Bonner, Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens, Jordan Casteel, Dapper Dan, Doechii, Ayo Edebiri, Edward Enninful, Jeremy O. Harris, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Rashid Johnson, Regina King, Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, Audra McDonald, Janelle Monáe, Jeremy Pope, Angel Reese, Sha’Carri Richardson, Olivier Rousteing, Tyla, Usher, and Kara Walker.
Doechii???? Ayo??? The girls stay winning.
How to watch the 2025 Met Gala?
Thankfully, we can marvel at the ridiculous spectacle from the comfort of our own homes via the Vogue livestream.
Or, you can follow along here on PEDESTRIAN.TV, where I will be sharing a comprehensive list of the best (and worst!) looks on the Met Gala red carpet.
Or, well, whatever colour the carpet turns out to be. Fingers crossed we’ll see mould carpet-core 2.0!!!
We’ll be kicking off the livestream from 8am so keep an eye out!!
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style Met Gala Theme, Explained
The exhibition and Gala is based on Professor Monica L. Miller‘s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Stylings of Black Diasporic Identity.
A ‘dandy’ was a term used to describe someone — historically a man — who takes great pride in their style, so much so that it is almost a discipline. At the time, the style was crisp, tailored and sartorial, so think suits, blazers and timeless men’s fashion.
In the 18th century, the emerging consumerist culture mixed in with the dandy aesthetic saw dandyism being imposed on Black men in Europe caught up in the slave trade. As a result, there was a trend of dandified servants throughout the 18th century.
According to Miller, Black dandyism is not only an aesthetic but a political construct.
“[Dandyism is] a strategy and a tool to rethink identity, to reimagine the self in a different context,” Miller says, per Vogue.
“To really push a boundary—especially during the time of enslavement, to really push a boundary on who and what counts as human, even.”
Further, bringing Black dandyism to the forefront at the Met Gala highlights the grey area between Black excellence being hyper-visible on the red carpet, whilst simultaneously receiving a lack of acknowledgement in institutions like The Met.
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style is the second Met Gala to exclusively focus on men’s wear, with the last being 2003’s Men in Skirts.
However, Met Gala curator Andrew Bolton says that the 2025 Met Gala will go down in history.
“I feel that the show itself marks a really important step in our commitment to diversifying our exhibitions and collections, as well as redressing some of the historical biases within our curatorial practice,” Bolton explained to Vogue.
“It’s very much about making fashion at The Met more of a gateway to access and inclusivity.”
Tailored for You: the 2025 Met Gala dress code, explained
Like we said, the theme and the exhibition are different. Technically, the theme is the dress code, and when celebs arrive at the gala on the first Monday in May, they’ll be expected to be dressed to suit the Tailored for You dress code.
The dress code is “purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation”, according to the Met. It means men’s suiting will take front and centre, which makes it an exceptionally good choice that Colman Domingo is a co-chair. The man has never made a suit look boring in his life.
Other things we can expect to see? Tailoring from different eras, non-black suits, and statement-making menswear accessories like hats, ties and pocket squares. If anyone dares turns up in a boring black tie, they should be escorted out by the Miss Anna herself.
What’s the difference between the Met Gala theme and the exhibit?
The Met Gala isn’t just a party for the armchair fashion experts among us to judge celebs wearing dresses we’ll never afford: it’s technically a fundraising gala. Designers or brands buy a table, then invite celebs to attend (and wear their designs, naturally). Obviously, Anna Wintour approves each and every attendee, because this diva is nothing if not a perfectionist.
The Met Gala raises money for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which each year unveils an exhibited — decided upon by head curator Andrew Bolton — dedicated to the art of fashion. The Met Gala’s theme is then chosen to reflect the exhibition.
When is the Met Gala 2025?
Each year, the Met Gala takes place on the first Monday in May. So for 2025, it’s locked in for May 5 — meaning for Australians, it takes place on May 6.
The red carpet will kick off around 8am AEST so grab a coffee and LFG!!!!!
Lead photo: Getty.
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