Met Gala 2025 red carpet: pinstripes, capes and pouring rain – in pictures

Colman Domingo arrives successful a sapphire cloak and aureate mantel designed by Alessandro Michele, formerly of Gucci and present astatine the helm of Valentino.

The Sing Sing prima sheds the cloak to uncover a joyfully pattern-clashing look of grids and polka dots.

Gigi Hadid’s aureate gown is customized Miu Miu, inspired by the US manner decorator and costumer Zelda Wynn Valdes, who created the choky tux and tails worn by Playboy bunny waitresses.

Whoopi Goldberg’s digit caps are seemingly due to the fact that she ‘couldn’t get a manicure’ – but the thimble-style accessories could conscionable arsenic easy beryllium a motion to the hours of stitching that nary uncertainty went into this look by New York’s astir playful tailor, Thom Browne.

In an electrical bluish bubble formal with an ultra-long train, Olympic gymnast and big committee subordinate Simone Biles says her occupation this twelvemonth is to ‘just amusement up, person a bully time, deterioration a beauteous fit, and past conscionable locomotion the carpet’. Her hubby Jonathan Owens matches the look with a ample bluish crystal brooch, offsetting his achromatic tuxedo with fringe-hemmed trousers.

Inspired by a Kim Novak look from The Legend of Lylah Clare, Sydney Sweeney wears a fringe-shouldered gown by Miu Miu.

Not precisely connected taxable but elegant nonetheless, Pamela Anderson sports minimal makeup, a marque caller bob and a heavy padded, heavy sequinned gown by Tory Burch.

Walton Goggins of White Lotus arrives successful a twirl-worthy skirt and deconstructed overgarment by Thom Browne.

Zendaya’s all-white instrumentality connected the zoot suit, a lavish look worn successful Harlem’s creation halls from the mid-1930s. This 1 is by Pharrell Williams, the men’s originative manager astatine Louis Vuitton.

Speaking of Pharrell, the antheral himself wears a double-breasted, pearl-embellished tuxedo overgarment of his ain making, with his woman Helen Lasichanh besides successful Louis Vuitton.

Tracee Ellis Ross successful a tonal pinkish customized Marc Jacobs suit. She told Vogue she got shivers erstwhile milliner Stephen Jones placed his chapeau connected her head.

Serena Williams’ arrival, with erstwhile British Vogue exertion Edward Enninful, sparks screams from the paparazzi. It took 2 helpers to get her tourmaline bid coat, designed by outdoor deterioration statement Moncler, up the stairs.

Demi Moore is connected taxable successful a achromatic and achromatic gown by Thom Browne resembling a necktie.

Alicia Keys successful a pinstriped Moncler suit by Edward Enninful – the duvet-esque stole is possibly not astonishing fixed that the marque is mostly known for its puffer jackets.

Sabrina Carpenter attributes her deficiency of trousers to Pharrell Williams, who refused to marque them fixed her diminutive stature. That didn’t halt him adding elongated tux tails to her coffee-coloured and tightly tailored jacket.

Aimee Lou Wood, who said she was terrified to crook up to her archetypal Met Gala, arrives with Patrick Schwarzenegger. She’s wearing UK decorator Pri Ahluwalia – with flowers blooming from her socks – portion Schwarzenegger’s yolk yellowish garment and pinstriped suit is customized Balmain.

Ayo Edibiri successful a achromatic garment turned gown, dripping successful reddish crystals, by Ferragamo’s originative manager Maximilian Davis. Edibiri told Vogue that Davis is ‘Black and portion of the diaspora’.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas dons a dotty customized Balmain look designed by Olivier Rousteing.

In a caller mint greenish suit by Chanel, Lupita Nyong’o accessorises with 1 of the house’s signature camellias.

‘I’ve conscionable been inspired by the 80s,’ Doja Cat says of her customized Marc Jacobs look and a turned-up Tina Turner hairdo. Jacobs told Vogue: ‘Our extremity is ever to delight who we’re dressing.’ Mission accomplished.

Damson Idris finds a originative mode to support dry,arriving successful a motorcycle helmet and achromatic parachute jumpsuit implicit a golden-chequered blood-red suit by Tommy Hilfiger, with ultra-wide flares and matching boots.

Harlem tailor Dapper Dan, renowned for his bootleg, ultra-branded suits, told Vogue this lawsuit was the astir important infinitesimal of his career. Instead of a logo, this zoot suit is printed with a sankofa symbol, a tribute to the Harlem renaissance and the thought that reflecting connected the past helps you determination guardant into a palmy future.

Wearing customized Valentino, US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson shows disconnected Flo-Jo-esque nails by Angie Aguirre, who described the stiletto-shaped style, entailing antithetic adornments for each nail, arsenic ‘a plot connected a finger’.

Mary J Blige’s aureate shade of a fedora is by Stephen Jones. She wears it with a cream-coloured Stella McCartney three-piece suit (four-piece, if you number the brassiere). She told Vogue it had been a portion since she had travel to the Met Gala due to the fact that she was usually not invited.

Lizzo debuts a platinum blond hairdo, accessorising her corseted achromatic and achromatic tuxedo gown with an unlit cigaret successful a agelong holder.

In an awesome spot of merchandise placement, André 3000 released a astonishment soft task – ‘7 soft pieces’ – soon earlier his accomplishment astatine the gala with a babe expansive strapped to his back. The soft is simply a three-quarter sized exemplary made of foam by the plan workplace Pink Sparrow. Note besides the drawstring ‘trashbag’ bag.

In different spot of philharmonic merchandise placement, Pink Pony Club vocalist Chappell Roan wears a crystal and patchwork fuchsia suit.

Quinta Brunson’s pinstripes were constructed successful crystals by Sergio Hudson. She told Vogue the look was inspired by Josephine Baker. Hudson has been engaged lately – helium dressed 16 radical for this year’s Met Gala. Her container is simply a uncommon precocious thoroughfare sighting astatine the gala: Kurt Geiger, nary less.

In 1 of the night’s much subtle pinstripes, The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White told Vogue his Louis Vuitton suit ‘got snugger and snugger’ arsenic the outfit came together.

Back erstwhile tailor Dapper Dan got his start, this benignant of monogrammed suiting was not authorised by the brands it referenced. But rapper Doechii’s mentation was custom-made by Louis Vuitton.

Late Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley’s beingness looms ample implicit this year’s bluish carpet, seen successful the abundance of capes and cocktail accessories. Lauryn Hill’s undulating, food yellowish mentation is simply a peculiarly melodramatic instrumentality connected the cape.

FKA Twigs flutters successful a feathered flapper formal by British decorator Wales Bonner.

Monica L Miller’s publication Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity inspired some the accumulation and the gala’s theme. Here she wears a capelet by Grace Wales Bonner. The striped ammunition embellishment harks backmost to 1 of the garments by the menswear decorator that is featured successful the exhibition, a 2015 look made the twelvemonth aft she graduated from Central Saint Martins.

Rosalía’s minimalist customized Balmain gown is precise virtually modelled connected a mannequin.

Shakira goes afloat princess successful customized Prabal Gurung, with a crushed satin cloak that’s heavy reminiscent of André Leon Talley.

New York’s astir disposable Knicks instrumentality Spike Lee arrives successful a headdress referencing his beloved squad and a mini Rimowa suitcase, presumably to guarantee a swift travel back.

Madonna is simply a precocious arrival, successful a subdued (for her) Haider Ackermann suit. She’s 1 of respective guests who accessorised with cigarettes and cigars. Good happening this 1 isn’t lit, due to the fact that those Desperately Seeking Susan mesh gloves look somewhat flammable.

A$AP Rocky launched his manner statement AWGE past year. His heavy accessorised look – implicit with a crystal-studded umbrella – is from that brand. ‘I truly wanted to springiness it a spot of Harlem Nights,’ helium told Vogue.

Fedoras, similar this 1 worn by histrion LaKeith Stanfield, are 1 of the night’s standout trends.

Thom Browne is 1 of the night’s astir fashionable designers, covering Zoe Saldana successful self-covered buttons.

Janelle Monae brings caller meaning to the operation it’s hep to beryllium quadrate successful a customized Browne look, made successful collaboration with Wicked costume decorator Paul Tazewell.

Still not rather implicit her Wicked ways, Cynthia Erivo wears customized Givenchy couture by Sarah Burton.

Halle Berry’s instrumentality connected stripes is to spot them very, precise strategically.

Instead of a bag, decorator Olivier Rousteing carries a coagulated metallic Balmain-branded sewing machine.

The ever fashionably precocious Rihanna is 1 of the past to arrive, pursuing good down her hubby A$AP Rocky. She uses her pinstriped outfit arsenic a gestation announcement, with a bustle offsetting her bump.