Met Gala 2025- Official Thread

This years theme is “Tailoring Black Style” and the co-chairs for this year are Anna Wintour, Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Colman Domingo.

Confirmed guests (so far) are Lana Del Rey, Anne Hathaway, Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter, Jenna Ortega, Miley Cyrus, Glenn Close, Jeremy Allen White, Jeff Goldblum, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, LaKeith Stanfield.

Kale & Okra?

What does Tailoring Black Style mean? Not a fashion follower.

It means cultural appropriation of European suiting!

Celebs flaunting their weath doesn't hit the same in hard times.

I’m shaking with excitement!

[quote]The cost of entry to the 2025 Met Gala for an individual is $75,000. Tables for multiple guests start at $350,000. Often, couture powerhouses that sell high-end fashion will purchase tables and invite stars as their guests, so some celebrities won't pay a dime to attend.

[quote]One day before the Met Gala, a newer red-carpet event, The Debt Gala, will be held in Brooklyn. The event was founded to raise funds for organizations that help relieve medical debt for people in marginalized communities. It also has a theme: Let Them Eat Cake: Ruined Riches. Tickets cost $35.

Wouldn't it be better if the cost to attend were reversed?

I bet serena williams will be there

The full list

How the fuck did super loser JLo get invited again? She was a disaster and a laughingstock last year.

r10 This is her rebranding/ redemption attempt. I bet she begged to be included.

r9 Naomi is on that list as well, so did that Metro article in the other thread lie to us? Is that why they pulled it now?

Isn't Galitzine roided out right now? I wonder what he's gonna look like.

[quote] Isn't Galitzine roided out right now? I wonder what he's gonna look like.

Superfly!

R13 he will look fine, as the clothing is usually custom fit

Bwahahaha love that a certain someone people swore would be invited wasn’t

How many OFFICIAL threads does one gala need?

r16 Who that?

who are the sports people going? Tom Brady? Tiger woods?

R17 this was the first

I dunno, r20. This one was from last Friday.

Katy Perry, hahaha.

Perry and JLo were both on the cusp of being invited, I'm sure. They're on probation.

There's a fair assumption that those who took part in Vogue's Met Gala Superfine issue are invited so that means a ton of others likAyo Edibiri, Lakeith Stanfield, Tyson Beckford, Spike Lee, Dapper Dan, Naomi Ackie. Teyana Taylor is listed in the video at R9 and there are people who think she and Aaron Pierre (who was also in Vogue's Met Gala issue) are going to make their debut as a couple tonight.

J Lo is ALWAYS invited. Anna loves her

Yes Anna!!! Love that this year is honoring black designers, particularly black men.

Anna being interviewed about today

R25 = JLo, alone and unengaged.

E! will be showing the red carpet at 6:00 PM Eastern.

Katy Perry will be fantastic for a few schadenfreude laughs. She’ll do something totally tone deaf and foolish to add to her recent title as the head clown of the music industry.

We’re counting on you, Katy!

[quote] She’ll do something totally tone deaf

Everything about the gala seems tone deaf this year. They should all be dragged for attending and Vogue should be dragged for hosting it.

Let's go!

I had to run an errand on the UES and (foolishly) decided to take a shortcut through the park to west to get home about noon.

I worked the event about 15 years ago, but I don't remember security being as tight, the streets being as secured and tension being as high as it was this morning.

I love going to The Met in general (and I think they do a better job than most of their stature) so I'm happy that at least one arts organization has a means to generate "fuck you" money but, Christ Almighty, it massively creeped me out to see that level of extreme contortions for a dinner that nobody actually eats.

The Vogue stream

This is still a thing

????

Had to look up who Emma Chamberlain is. I already knew her taste level was wanting, lol.

Miss Ross!!! Yes.

Shouldn't it be Mexican themed?

Annas wig has 2 hairs sticking up on top. Heads will roll

I had no idea Zendaya was so titless.

R39 no. It’s black themed.

diana ross looks amazing total star!

R41 everyone knows what her figure looks like. Idiot

Sydney never misses. Drop dead gorgeous

As Anna ages, she seems more and more trans. She sounds like India Willoughby. The sunglasses are really getting ridiculous as well.

I’m not impressed

Andrew Scott goes a long way to offset James Corden.

One of the things I've forgotten in the years since I've been there is how relieved everyone is once it's finally over. Watching this clip sends my heart racing and you realize how much pressure there is to be absolutely perfect for those 7 minutes on the red carpet where everyone is trying to get "the shot"

How many official Met Gala threads can DL manage to keep going this evening?

It's raining cats and dogs here in NYC!

Would it kill Vogue on its livestream to have a chyron operator putting up the names of the people on the red carpet (and ideally who they're wearing, which presumably Anna knows well in advance)?

Not sure if it’s just a product of getting older, the tone of our times, or the underwhelming nature of modern celebrities, but I find myself being largely repulsed by displays like this. Used to love it, but not any more.

r53, it was better when the clothes were flattering and glamourous rather than weird.

I think Audra McDonald looks the best out of all of them. I also like Pam Anderson and Debbie Allen and Norm Nixon. But Audra to me was the definition of a star.

Diana Ross doesn't look bad, but it's a bit underwhelming. It the same look we've seen from her all the time. I wish she'd bring something different for one evening. Pulled back hair, or maybe a different styled hairpiece altogether. Like Streisand, I think both could use a good change in look.

Hunter Schafer looks amazing

I love that Pam isn’t having facelifts or fillers or any of it.

One of the few famous people who look like humans.

LOVE Patrick Schwarzenegger’s look!!!

r53 I'm here thinking who are these people? I've recognized a few, very few.

Here's a freebie, R59

The Met Gala just seems so silly in times of catastrophe.

Tracee E. Ross watching her mums limo leave without her.

It´s not that she was late

R61 welcome to The Hunger Games

Rihanna and Rocky are the most stylish couple in the music industry maybe Hollywood period. I said what I said.

Apologies if it’s been said elsewhere but it really is a “ let them eat cake” event. Talk about tone deaf!

Black tie and evening gown would be much more appropriate. I know that the Met is a great cultural institution but nobody’s going to starve if they don’t get funding for a couple of years.

Madonna did a great version of Hallelujah at the Met Gala a few years ago.

I could’ve sworn Zendaya was dead ?

Sarah Snook lost some weight.

Nicole Kidman looks GORGEOUS

[quote] Nicole Kidman looks GORGEOUS

Classic old Hollywood glamour

[quote] The Met Gala just seems so silly in times of catastrophe.

You may be on to something...

Madonna looks AMAZING

I doubt very much Cynthia Erivo paid for her nails and clothes. She's probably not what's considered rich these days, either.

The train on Diana Ross’ gown looks amazing but she’s worn a variation of the dress for the last 40 years.

R73 WHAT? Dude. Get help. Seriously.

Or at least a job. Born in 2005 but posting on here all day. What kind of 20 year old is that?

R74 and that’s fine. She’s 81. She can wear what she wants.

Nicole is ageless.

R73 PS uneducated one, almost none of them pay for their hair, makeup and clothing for this event

R68 ozempic

Madonna unfiltered.

Nicole Kidman looks pregnant.

Rege-Jean Page is 🥵

Cynthia Erivo has tattoos all over her thighs? How trashy.

Sabrina Carpenter really has a big head.

Madonna looks great. The videos of her are far better than still pics.

DIANA! Stunning!

Kendall looks good.

Madge in video.

Best Madonna has looked in a while. Doesn't look freakish like she typically does

Diana Ross really is iconic.

Has Madonna taken some of that shit out of her face? She looks semi-normal now. Maybe she’s taken a lesson from Demi Moore.

[quote] One day before the Met Gala, a newer red-carpet event, The Debt Gala, will be held in Brooklyn. The event was founded to raise funds for organizations that help relieve medical debt for people in marginalized communities. It also has a theme: Let Them Eat Cake: Ruined Riches. Tickets cost $35.

So a hospital fundraiser? To make sure no invoices for $60 Tylenols go unpaid? Why do people in “marginalized communities” (or any communities) need to pay off medical debt? What happens if they don’t? And how much of an impact can this have at $35/ticket? This sounds a little grifter-ish, but I’m willing to change my mind.

Kylie sans Ratboy.

Kamala Harris simply lovely.

Madonna's morphing into Liberace

Madge giving glamorous bulldagger chic.

Love the added touch of the cigar, too.

Celebrating Black culture is important and subversive at a time like this. There are certainly worse things rich people could be doing with their money (and many of them are)

Timmy was invited but didn’t go? Must be busy

TWO TIME Oscar winner

Madonna looks like Dyan Cannon cosplaying Grandmadonna

Madonna looks just fine, actually.

Madonna in video with cigar. She looks..normal.

Zendaya and Madonna tied for most boring. the men look great.

Was Miss Ross able to get herself up the stairs unassisted?

R104 probably not as many of the young women needed help themselves

Elmo wanted to go but it's past Elmo's bedtime!

I watched for a little while, got bored and quit.

Maybe Timmy didn't like the optics of this and that's why he didn't go.

It's a fundraiser for a fashion museum...which I think is valid but mostly this is just a celebration of Anna Wintour's hugeass ego.

The stars don't pay to go...the donors pay for tables and invite celebrities to fill seats. They're all dressed by big design houses.

Stars pay for nothing.

Timmy has gone a handful of times

Oh, Henry. Looking amazing.

Is this streaming somewhere?

R108 the majority of stars don’t pay. The fashion houses buy a whole table then invite who they want to sit at their table (usually ambassadors of theirs). The whole table costs over $350k. There are also some celebs invited independently by Anna and they have to pay $75k if they wanna go.

Wow. Madonna looks like herself again. Nice to see.

And no Gaga? She always kills it at these things.

There are a couple of lingering nude shots of Henry plump ass in that new Netflix film with Anna Kendrick. It’s perfection.

I don’t have a clue who most of them are and most of the costumes are kind of silly. What a waste of money- unless you think clothes are worth saving as art. One can make a case that they are. Just not these getups, rather the archives of dress over the years in the Met vaults.

Frankly I like the society ladies sprinkled with show biz royalty. Individual style, taste and talent on display. This is kind of spectacle at best laid on by 15 minutes of celebrity. I suppose that’s fun for some.

R114 we are aware. It’s on here. You know that though.

I don’t know your world, hall monitor.

Sabrina Carpenter looks like an adult size toy doll.

Lana had a lil' golden gator pin in her hair as a shoutout to her new MAGA hubby, lol.

New York Knicks are in the playoffs. I’m pretty sure Timmy was watching the game tonight.

R78 is right. Last year Zendaya floored John Galliano by buying her scene-stealing fishtail dress before the Gala. Most unusual.

This event is so oligarchy coded, just seems wrong for the times we're in.

R122 saying it over and over doesn’t change anything

He men like Timmy don't go in for no fashun sheeit!!!

No Billy Porter?

John Galliano's career has been resurrected after the antisemitic incident?

Is Madonna wearing a tuxedo there, or did she put on Faye Dunaway??!

R122 Will the feudal-vibe infused wealth-centric aristocracy-flavored plutocracy-leaning overclass ever learn?

R126 Honey, that was 15 years ago...he was in the dog house for a couple years then became the head designer at Maison Margiela. He just left them in December, after a glorious year that featured a highly praised show.

R125 he hasn’t been back since verbally attacking Anna

R126 yes

I'm curious...if you burnt sage in the presence of Anna Wintour, would she start shrieking and begin to fade away?

Sabrina carpenter has no neck. She looks like a Barbie doll when you smash its head down.

I hated most of the colors but loved the ice blue on Serena Williams.

Diana Riss is giving Eartha Kitt vibes.

Diana was amazing.

I love Henry Goulding’s look. That color looks gorgeous on him

I hated Halle Berry’s look, and she usually looks perfect

R132 She creeps me out. I don't get her appeal at all

She freaks me out too. She looks like a creepy porcelain doll come to life. Like that Megan/Female Chucky doll shaking her ass and whimpering.

People with a yearly couture budget must get pissed when a designer does something stupid.

Joey King looked amazing

Halle is pushing her healthy at 60 vaginal wellness brand and has to show what she’s selling. I don’t know what she has done to her cheeks.

Diane has always had an interest in fashion, r134.

Halle looks like Janelle Monet's slutty grandma that stays too long after the other older people go to bed.

Halle I can smell your nappy pussy…

Veep

I don't like Pamela Anderson's new haircut, and she needs to put on a little bit of makeup, but I liked her dress.

I was hoping to see Lana Del Rey's husband. It would be interesting to see that blue-collar Cajun amongst the glitterati.

R144, we cant take you anywhere.

Why no pics of Galitzine? Wasn't he on that invite list that was circling around yesterday?

Lorde looks like she's 48 years old and she's only 28.

Caleb looks sharp. Cardi B is stunning. Jodie Turner Smith brings some Clive Barker dangerousness. I love it.

[quote]Timmy was invited but didn’t go? Must be busy

He had much better things to do with his time, and was much happier for it.

Fribbins, what is all this?

Madonna showed up with her ear drum bleeding and looking like she was made up by a mortician.

Miss Ross and Lana were my favorites. I liked FKA Twigs' dress too, although I can't stand her stupid facial expressions.

Chappell Roan, who hates being famous so much, couldn't stay away for some reason...and she looks like she rolled off the set of Godspell?

Godspell? More like The Banana Splits.

I try not to get too invested in hating celebrities but Chappell Roan and all her nonsense makes me want to hurl crockery against the nearest wall.

“I hate being looked at and don’t take my picture” as she preens on the nearest red carpet.

Go in through the staff entrance, then, you stupid bitch.

All of the white dudes looked pretty dumb.

R157 they looked normal. Most of them wore sharp suits.

R148 invited doesn’t mean he actually went. There were a few people who were invited who didn’t actually attend. The list released probably wasn’t the official list.

R153 Sorry, she looked good despite your best efforts to find a bad pic. She’s 66, and while doesn’t look it, she certainly looks more her age range.

The Kardashians and their ilk ruined celebrity culture for me. It’s always been excessive, but at least the people at these things had tangible, successful products you could point to. Half of these people seem to be marginal talents, at best, but with good PR.

No Patrick Kelly barring one dress at the after-party? Boo!

Oops!

[quote]Sabrina Carpenter might’ve helmed the pants-less trend at Met Gala this year, subsequently causing a stir, but singer Lisa’s sans-trousers look is downright sparking outrage.

[quote]The drama, however, kicked off after eagle-eyed fans took a closer look at the Thai singer’s ensemble and noticed that a face resembling famous civil rights activist Rosa Parks, among others, appeared on her bodysuit, and were most visible in the panty area.

[quote] Sorry, she looked good despite your best efforts to find a bad pic.

Honey, stop.

So apparently, “Tailoring Black Style” meant wearing average award show formalwear with random feather boas and tilted fedoras thrown in.

What’s “black style” anyway and how does it differ from “white style”?

These were suits no one was going to win.

I dood it so it gotta be bona.

The usual claim.

THAT'S the usual claim?

R164 Cunt, stop

It doesn't feel like a guest list that matters. There are too many "celebrities" these days. When everyone is famous, then nobody is. All in all, it just lacks class.

Totally agree, r136.

Halle is one of my Red Carpet favorites and, for the 1st time, I’m seeing her in desperate mode.

Celebrities do not nevessarily equal noteworthy and admirable.

Here's Lana and Alligator Man going to an after party. He looks better than usual, like he may have had a flea dip, but still very out of his element.

You all are acting like Noah Beck was there. Relax. It was almost all actors, singers/musicians, designers, models etc. and some random rich people like the CEO of Instagram.

You all are acting like we were seeing Jeffree Starr there.

Kim K has been to 11 of these now. Complaining about her being there is diabolical at this point.

Nicole Kidman has the weirdest earlobes.

The chairs of this amazing year

R136, Halle Berry looking tawdry and desperate on the red carpet is nothing new. She wore a dress to the Oscars a few years back that had her breast implant scars on full display. She craves attention and can’t get it through her performances (despite having an Oscar, she is no actress) so showing off the good china will have to do.

I watched a few minutes of the E! coverage, in which the four hosts, who seem to share one brain cell between them, declared every tired look iconic, stunning, powerful, and fresh.

Lauryn Hill was my favorite, but it was a bad night overall.

Next year's theme will be " Celebrating the fashion of straight designers." Everyone will come naked.

Paul Tazewell, the Oscar winning costume designer for "Wicked" styeld both Chappell Roan's looks (with some pieces sourced from EBay) and Janelle Monae. Monae is the clear winner.

The superfinest of all…

[quote]Lauryn Hill was my favorite

Lauryn Hill was on time for something?!?

r126, there was also a documentary made about him, meeting rabbis, going to concentration camps, and recanting his views.

This is truly the dumbest event imaginable. It’s up there with Katy and Gayle in space.

White Lotus wore Rosa Parks on her pussy.

The Rosa Parks on her pussy sums up this tired shit.

90% of them looked ridiculous

Serena Williams looked like she grabbed a comforter off her bed.

Halle Berry looked awful.

Does Janelle Monar actually do anything other than attend red carpet events where everyone wonders why the fuck she’s there?

R180 reminded me of one of my favorite Lauryn Hill memes.

Her outfit was a lot and I’m not sure why she’s carrying an Hermés Kelly bag? The suit isn’t Hermès.

Zendays Blows

I liked the outfit Diana Ross wore the best. There were a lot of bad looks and I was very disappointed with what Halle Berry wore.

meh.

R173 Not sure anyone is freaking out, but it does feel like a tacky crowd.

R176 she gets attention no matter what loser. Get a job.

Halle was a model before anything. Her looks have always gotten her attention and her looks are why she was cast in tv and film roles and she became a household name.

Barry looked great!

Janelle Monae looked great!

He looks like the doorman at Mann’s when it was called Graumann’s Chinese.

Walton looks amazing

Loved Patrick’s look and loved that he carried a clutch

Great tits!

Diane should not be showing those arms anymore.

I don't like it, but structurally, a necktie dress is genius.

Did Stevie Wonder Nicks ever show up?

R201 what’s “genius” about it?

Stevie Wonder was there. Stevie Nicks wasn’t

Did Stevie know he was there?

Being that he was interviewed, yes.

This looks like some trashy BET Awards event. Tacky beyond belief with non-stop nobodies. Even AVN Awards folks make better fashion choices.

Hunter Schafer is absolutely gorgeous

James Corden wears the same suit every Met Gala

But the hair, tho....

Quite fake tits!

[quote] Hunter Schafer is absolutely gorgeous

Said absolutely no one.

Enough trying to make Pamela Anderson into anything other than a stupid old whore. No one is buying it.

R165 "What’s “black style” anyway and how does it differ from “white style”?"

I'm waiting for "Mexican Style", where it can be anything but it has have to been stolen off the back of a truck.

Fuck off

R119 it appears Lana has had a thing for crocodiles long before the husband. She was wearing similar crystal crocodile clips at an awards event around a decade ago.

R214: 🤮

40 years ago... a little perspective

Pamela Anderson always looks like she’s being held hostage by that son/manager of hers.

The Met Gala used to be exclusive and a place where you can see only certain types at. Now it's like the people that don't go have more cache for not participating in pure trash. It's officially like only go when you're nominated at the Oscars. Once they let the cockroaches through it's only classed up when actual stars and legends go.

What's the worst thing that can happen to a woman at a fashion event?

I abso-fucking-lutly LOVE part of the interview La Wintour gave, saying that drump was never going to be invited because he didn’t fit in.

Total brutal takedown.

Let me find the quote, hold on.

Of course now I can’t find the video I saw. Don’t know if it was recent or an older quote. Sorry. 😞

That’s not the take down you think it is, R222. She comes across worse than him, and that’s no small feat. “Sacred night.” JFC.

Gay-la

Gal-la

Gall-a

Gall-a,

Thank you, R224!

I still think it’s great, regardless of what you think of the snob Wintour.

She’s just basically saying he doesn’t belong in the upper echelons of NYC society. He never did fit in. No matter how much money he lied and said he had. He is too vulgar and cheap and. tacky.

Well, the night is a fund-raiser so it does a positive thing. It’s been around for ages and sadly has drawn attention whores lately.

How the Met Gala raised $31 million before the event started.

{Also: fascinating how many of the comments get Mellody Hobson's name wrong while they're being outraged that the video never mentions her.)

R222, that only helps endear him to the majority of America who looks at this ghetto party with disgust.

Well, considering I. Don’t. Give. A. Fuck. What. Those. Uneducated. Racist. Assholes. Think, them and their opinions can fuck right off.

I didn't see Blair Waldorf this year.

I didn't hear you complain in 2022...or 2021...or the year you were there...

"Seems like you thought those themes were all white..uh...alright..."