Met Gala 2025: Best Red Carpet Moments

As per usual, the haute couture event drew celebrities, fashion insiders, and tastemakers to New York City’s Upper East Side to ascend the red (or, in this case, blue with yellow and white flowers) carpet laid out on the iconic Met steps. Guests who exemplified the night’s theme and dress code included gala co-chairs Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams, who came attired in looks that ranged from a deep blue Valentino cape for Domingo that appeared to pay tribute to fashion legend André Leon Talley’s 2011 Met Gala outfit to a pearl blazer for Pharrell that was inspired, in his own words, by “the Black men of the working class.”

Although LeBron James was named an honorary chair, the NBA star announced on Monday that he would not be attending the gala due to a knee injury he suffered in the final game of the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff run. However, he said that his wife, Savannah James, would be there in his absence.