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Met Gala 2025 live updates: Real reason LeBron James is skipping the ball... despite being honorary co-chair

Met Gala 2025 live updates: Real reason LeBron James is skipping the ball... despite being honorary co-chair

Daily Mail​05-05-2025

The biggest night of fashion is finally upon us... The 2025 Met Gala is taking place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City this evening.
Every year on the first Monday of May, a series of A-listers gather in their most extravagant looks for a lavish ball hosted by Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Having a slew of stars in the same room usually makes for a wild and exciting evening, and this year's will be no different.
The red carpet will kick off at 4:30pm EST and Vogue will livestream the gala starting at 6pm EST on Vogue.com, its YouTube channel, and across its other digital platforms.
The theme this year 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.
It is meant to pay homage to black dandyism, a style with European roots which started post-Emancipation and came out in full force during the Harlem Renaissance.
Join DailyMail.com's live coverage as we discuss the red carpet looks, the most dramatic ensembles of the night, the worst and best dressed, and all of the celebrity arrivals - and share updates from what's going on inside the coveted ball.
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Celebrity hair stylist for A-listers like Miley Cyrus and JLo shares insider secrets ahead of Met Gala 2025
When it comes to red carpet glam, few names carry as much weight as Sally Hershberger.
The 64-year-old legendary hairstylist from Kansas - who was behind Meg Ryan's iconic 90s choppy shag - has spent decades setting trends rather than following them.
DailyMail.com spoke exclusively with Sally to get the inside scoop ahead of fashion's biggest night: the Met Gala, and she spilled a slew of secrets about the ball and the preparations that go into it.
Relive the worst Met Gala looks of all time... from a horse head gown to someone who dressed like a BUG
While each year most of the stars stun in dazzling dresses and glamorous get-ups, sometimes a few celebrities have totally missed the mark with their looks, arriving in bizarre and over-the-top ensembles that left people all across the web scratching their heads.
Ahead of this year's event, DailyMail.com has rounded up the most atrocious, cringe-worthy looks from past Met Galas.

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