Janelle Monae bares her breasts as raunchy singer joins Bebe Rexha and Coco Rocha at no-holds barred Met Gala after-party in New York

Daily Mail​

06-05-2025

The theme may well have been fashion enslavement, but the chains were clearly broken as a host of celebrities let loose at the PUBLIC hotel in New York City on Monday evening.
Just hours after turning heads at the annual Met Gala, those in possession of the hottest ticket in town were attracting further attention at the extravagant Chrystie Street venue.
Playing host to the risquest after-party of the night, the Ian Schrager owned PUBLIC welcomed stars including Janelle Monae, Bebe Rexha and Coco Rocha for an exclusive, cocktail-fuelled celebration.
Deemed the Oscars of the East Coast, the Met Gala sees some of the biggest stars descend on the iconic The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the annual charity event.
Teyana Taylor, La La Anthony and Ego Nwodim hosted the Vogue livestream, with Emma Chamberlain tasked with doing interviews on the blue carpet.
This year was also the first Met Gala in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme, with the focus being Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
The gala was also being hosted by a group of Black male celebrities, including Williams, the musical artist and Louis Vuitton menswear director, and Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, and A$AP Rocky named as co-chairs.
LeBron James, who was named an honorary chair, previously announced that he will miss the gala due to the knee injury he suffered in the Lakers' season-ending loss to the Timberwolves during Game 5 of their first-round playoff series last Wednesday.
As this year's honorary chair, the NBA 's all-time leading scorer shared that his wife, Savannah James, will attend in his place.
'Unfortunately because of my knee injury I sustained at the end of the season I won't be able to attend the Met Gala in NY tonight as so many people have been asking and congratulating me on!' James, 40, wrote on X, just hours before the Met Gala red carpet event.
They were joined by Vogue's Anna Wintour, the mastermind behind the gala, considered the year's biggest and starriest party.
The A-list lineup was packed with stars like Rihanna, Sydney Sweeney, Hailey Bieber, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Cynthia Erivo.
Bad Bunny, Donatella Versace, Vera Wang, Usher, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Allen White, and Suki Waterhouse were also on the guest list.
The gala raises the bulk of the curation budget for the museum's Costume Institute.
This year, it's about tailoring and suiting as interpreted through the history and meaning of Black dandyism across the Atlantic diaspora.
The theme is inspired by the annual spring exhibition, which this year is based in large part on Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, a book written by Monica L. Miller. She is guest curator of the exhibit.
'Historical manifestations of dandyism range from absolute precision in dress and tailoring to flamboyance and fabulousness in dress and style,' Miller writes in the exhibit catalog.
'Whether a dandy is subtle or spectacular, we recognize and respect the deliberateness of the dress, the self-conscious display, the reach for tailored perfection, and the sometimes subversive self-expression.'
Just days before the fundraiser, Sarah Jessica Parker, left fans stunned as she, sadly, confirmed she would not be attending due to a scheduling conflict.
'I have to work,' the Sex and The City star told Entertainment Tonight. 'But there's going to be so much to see, and I look forward to seeing what everybody does and how they interpret the theme and the homework they did for the assignment. A very joyful assignment.'
While speaking about fashion's biggest night, the Golden Globe winner continued: 'I care a lot about it and I want to try to honor the work of the curators and everybody who sort of inspired this moment for those of us who get to attend.'
Despite a string of showstopping looks, Jennifer Lopez also skipped this year's gala, with DailyMail.com learning that the star was busy working on her new film, Office Romance.
The exhibit, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, draws on other sources beyond Miller's book. It's organised into 12 sections.
Each symbolises a characteristic of dandy style as defined by Zora Neale Hurston in her 1934 essay, Characteristics of Negro Expression.
The guest list amounts to about 450 high-profile people from tech, sports, art, entertainment and more.