How to watch the 2025 Met Gala and everything else you need to know
By Karla Marie Sanford Los Angeles Times The first Monday in May is here That date means one thing to fashionistas worldwide the Met Gala While the event is associated with head-turning haute couture donned by the the majority popular celebrities think Tyla s Balmain sand dress Blake Lively s Statue of Liberty-inspired Versace gown or Rihanna s papal get-up by John Galliano the annual gala serves as a charity dinner for the museum s Costume Institute and coincides with a fashion exhibit that shares the theme of the event Here s what you need to know about fashion s biggest night When is the Met Gala The Met Gala will be held Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City This year dinner will be overseen by chef Kwame Onwuachi owner of top restaurants Tatiana in New York City and D gon in Washington D C Artist Cy Gavin known for monumental landscape paintings will lead the creative direction of the red carpet design What is this year s theme This year the theme and the Costume Institute s spring exhibition is Superfine Tailoring Black Style The dress code for the gala is Tailored for You This combination photo shows various fashion worn by rapper A AP Rocky AP Photo The theme draws from Monica L Miller s book Slaves to Fashion Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity In it Miller explores how Black people and Black men in particular through the way of life of dandyism have used flamboyant fashion to manage identity and expand their possibilities in otherwise limiting environments Superfine Tailoring Black Style will be on view at the Met from May to Oct Who are the chairs This year s Met Gala will be co-chaired by Colman Domingo Lewis Hamilton A AP Rocky Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour LeBron James will serve as an honorary chair F driver Lewis Hamilton reacts during the official opening of the brand-new flagship Fanatics Collectibles store on Regent Street in London Friday April Bradley Collyer PA via AP In line with the theme the four co-chairs are all Black men known for their impeccable style Domingo regularly tops red carpet best-dressed lists Hamilton brought fashion to F A AP Rocky made even the courtroom his runway during his new felony assault trial and Williams is the creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton is a major sponsor of the exhibition and event Vogue s May issue features four covers with each of the four co-chairs showing off his signature cool In addition to the co-chairs there is also a host committee featuring modern-day dandies including Andr Dapper Dan Edward Enninful and Jeremy O Harris as well as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Jordan Casteel Simone Biles Jonathan Owens Doechii Ayo Edebiri Olivier Rousteing Grace Wales Bonner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Tyla Rashid Johnson Regina King Spike Lee Tonya Lewis Lee Audra McDonald Janelle Mon e Jeremy Pope Angel Reese Sha Carri Richardson Usher and Kara Walker This combination of photos show various fashion work by actor-performer Janelle Monae AP Photo Who else will be in attendance Aside from the co-chairs around guests attend the Met Gala according to Vogue with Wintour having the final say on well everything Related Articles Met Gala Fashion s biggest night of the year is here Here s how to follow along Opera review How does the inane Barber of Seville become transcendent Literary calendar for week of May Readers and writers Surprising facts about St Paul s parks in an adult coloring book How a surprising Shakespeare discovery was discovered in a letter used as scrap paper One attendee of note is image architect Law Roach famously Zendaya s stylist who this year will partner with British luxury fashion house Burberry on their Met Gala presence Other doable attendees include Rihanna whose partner A AP Rocky is co-chairing the gala the Kardashian-Jenner clan Sarah Jessica Parker Gigi Hadid Lady Gaga Cardi B and Blackpink stars Ros and Lisa Musicians Shakira Lizzo and Mary J Blige are also rumored to attend How can I watch Vogue will livestream the Met Gala on all of its digital platforms including YouTube starting at p m EST p m PST Teyana Taylor La La Anthony and Ego Nwodim will host the livestream E News will also broadcast a livestream hosted by Zanna Roberts Rassi Maria Taylor Elaine Welteroth and Yvonne Orji at the same time from New York City s Lincoln Center Los Angeles Times Visit at latimes com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency LLC
