The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit, known around the globe as the Met Gala, will take place on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York City.The Spring 2025 exhibition, titled "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," will invoke Black creativity, innovation and expression in fashion, culture and style.
The dress code of the 2025 Met Gala — typically related to the exhibit's theme — is "Tailored for You," calling for a focus on suiting and menswear, according to the Met.The exhibit nods to the stories of Black style told through clothing by the African diaspora beginning in the 18th century. The exhibit is funded largely by contributions from the Met Gala, where every year the biggest and wealthiest names gather to show off the best in fashion.Vogue Magazine's Anna Wintour has co-chaired the event since 1995 and is joined this year by co-chairs Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton and Colman Domingo. Here is a look at the themes of past Met Galas.
2024 Met Gala theme: "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" In 2024, the Met Gala explored the themes of rebirth and renewal through nature and the passage of time.Referencing the 1962 J.G.
Ballard short story "The Garden of Time" celebrities, entrepreneurs, athletes and designers wore floral gowns and referenced nature's everlasting forms. Bad Bunny wore Margiela and Jennifer Lopez wore a Schiaparelli design.Both co-chaired the event with Wintour, who wore a Loewe custom floor-length jacket adorned in feathers that formed tulip bouquets.
But Zendaya, another gala co-chair, stole the night by walking the carpet twice.She first wore Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano before changing quickly and closing out the most public part of the night, the strut into the event at the steps of the Met, in a 1996 black gown from John Galliano's Givenchy era, which she paired with a flower bouquet Alexander McQueen head piece designed by Philip Treacy. 2023 Met Gala theme: "Karl Lager...