Met Gala 2025 in Pictures
2025 exhibition
, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gave itself a monumental challenge: to use fashion as a means of exploring the complexities and contradictions of Black life. More specifically, to use the expressive style known as dandyism to explore the nuances of Black masculinity.
The show, called Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which opens on May 10th, attempts to do just that – and mostly succeeds. It was inspired, in part, by the death of Vogue's beloved fashion editor André Leon Talley in January 2022. Talley was known in the industry for his larger-than-life personality and penchant for flamboyant luxury ensembles (capes and Louis Vuitton tennis racquets), a combination which helped him become Vogue's first Black creative director. In many ways, he is the very manifestation of Black dandyism, which the show describes as a person who, 'studies above everything else to dress elegantly and fashionably'.
Met Gala: Rihanna. Photograph: Matt Crossick/PA
Met Gala: Shaboozey. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Alicia Keys. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Gabby Thomas. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Ayo Edebiri. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Colin Kaepernick and Nessa (Nina Wester. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Doechii. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Imaan Hammam. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Angel Reese. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Leon Bridges. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Jodie Turner-Smith. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Ugbad Abdi. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Tracee Ellis Ross. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Jon Batiste. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Jeremy Pope. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Cole Escola. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Cynthia Erivo. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Imaan Hammam. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Miley Cyrus. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Halle Bailey. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Sabrina Carpenter. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Danielle Deadwyler. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times
Met Gala: Natasha Poonawalla. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times
Met Gala: Nicki Minaj. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE
Met Gala: Edvin Thompson. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE
Met Gala: Paloma Elsesser. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE
Met Gala: Damson Idris. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE
Megan Thee Stallion poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, in New York, New York, USA, 05 May 2025. The event coincides with the Met Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' which will be on view from 10 May 2025 through 26 October 2025.
– Additional reporting from Guardian
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