Met Gala 2025 live updates: How and when to watch fashion's biggest night as stars prepare for the red carpet
Taking place tonight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City's Upper East Side, the annual costume benefit sets the stage for some of the most talked about fashion moments for years to come. Each year, on the first Monday of May, attendees put on high-fashion displays in their carefully curated and often custom designer looks.
With a guestlist handpicked by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, a who's who of influential figures from celebrities and designers to athletes and philanthropists, will ascend up the iconic Met steps in showstopping garments while posing for photographers along the way.
A celebration of menswear and suiting, this year's dress code, 'Tailored for You,' is a nod to Black Dandyism and the significance of fashion in the 'formation of Black identities.' Expect to see a slew of celebrities, including Met Gala cochairs Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton and A$AP Rocky, put on dapper displays of fashion.
Check out Yahoo Entertainment's live coverage of the star-studded gala below.
Since 1995, Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour has been curating the Met Gala guest list, which is usually kept under wraps until attendees arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the evening of the event. Wintour hasn't formally shared how she chooses who to invite, but historically, attendees hail from various industries, from celebrities and designers to athletes and philanthropists.
'Total control,' Amy Odell, author of Anna: The Biography, told Grazia in 2023 about Wintour's influence on the guest list. 'No one gets into the event until she approves them.'
The dress code for this year's Met Gala is 'Tailored for You,' which is inspired by the Costume Institute's spring exhibition theme, 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.' With an emphasis on menswear and suit tailoring, 'Tailored for You' is also inspired by the cultural significance of Black style from the 18th century to the present. The theme invites attendees to take creative liberties when curating their Met Gala looks, with 'specific silhouettes' or 'various fabrics and accessories.'
Previous Met Gala themes include: 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,' 'Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,' 'Camp: Notes on Fashion' and 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.'
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