Met Gala 2025: celebrities from Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter, to Sydney Sweeney and Blackpink’s Lisa and Jennie graced the red carpet in looks celebrating Black men’s style and tailoring

May 6 , 2025

Lisa from Blackpink in Louis Vuitton and A$AP Rocky in Awge at the Met Gala on May 5, in New York. Photos: Reuters

This year’s theme, ‘Tailored for You’, is a nod to the exhibition ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’, opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute on May 10

Lisa and Jennie from Blackpink, Zendaya, Pharrell Williams and other celebrities arrived on Monday at the annual Met Gala, the fashion showcase and fundraiser that this year celebrates Black men’s style and tailoring.

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton and actor Colman Domingo, co-chairs of the gala, were among the first to appear at the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Domingo wore a full-length royal blue pleated cloak falling from a gold and white casing around his shoulders, which he removed to reveal a bejewelled, checkered black and white jacket and grey trousers. Hamilton chose an all-white suit with a beret.

Black and white looks populated the daffodil-accented, deep blue carpet covering the steps to the museum door. Guests arrived with assistants sheltering them under umbrellas in the heavy rain.

US gymnast Simone Biles and her husband, American football player Jonathan Owens, arrive for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5. Photo: AFP

Williams, the musician and creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear, wore black tuxedo pants paired with an ivory jacket adorned with 15,000 pearls.

Euphoria actor Sydney Sweeney wore a fitted sparkling black gown with her hair slicked back in a bun.

The Met Gala, a fundraiser for the art museum, has become known for its roster of A-list celebrities in extravagant outfits. This year’s guests were told to dress according to the theme “Tailored for You”, a nod to the exhibit called “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at the museum’s Costume Institute.

The theme was chosen last year before the election of US President Donald Trump, who launched an assault on diversity and inclusion efforts during the first weeks of his second term.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, honorary chair of the event, could not attend because of a knee injury. “Hate to miss an historical event!” James wrote on social media platform X.

Here are highlights from the event.

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