In the lead-up to this year’s Met Gala, we’ll admit we were a little anxious about how guests would interpret the theme. The corresponding Costume Institute exhibit “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” examines and celebrates the Black dandy and fashion’s role in Black identity, while the official dress code was “Tailored for You,” putting the focus on tailoring and individuality.

Designers put their celebrity clients in tailored looks that often incorporated dandy-like grandiosity via sharp menswear suiting, bold proportions and campy accessories. Marc Jacobs did some suberb tailoring around Rihanna’s newly unveiled baby bump, and with Doja Cat’s suit-meets-bustier-meets-leotard.

Meanwhile, Thom Browne unsurprisingly really excelled with this year’s theme: He collaborated with Oscar-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell to dress Janelle Monáe in a trompe l’oeil pinstriped suit overcoat with extreme sharp shoulders, with a real color-blocked suit underneath. He dressed Lorde in a grey “floating” cummerbund-turned-bandeau. He put Demi Moore in an also-gravity-defying gown version of a pinstriped tie.

Others referenced Black Fashion history: Dapper Dan’s Harlem Renaissance-inspired zoot suit incorporated the Sankofa, a mythical Ghanian bird symbol, while Gabriella Karefa-Johnson styled Gigi Hadid in a Miu Miu dress inspired by a design from the groundbreaking Black 1940’s designer Zelda Wynn Valdes.

And of course, the industry’s many talented Black designers dressed several of the night’s most stylish guests: Lala Anthony wore an Off-White piece based on an original design by the late founding designer Virgil Abloh; Cole Escola wore a colorful suit by Christopher John Rogers; Quinta Brunson stunned in Sergio Hudson; Kendall Jenner’s tailored two-piece was by rising star Torishé Ju; and Aimee Lou Wood looked hot in Ahluwalia — just to name a few.

See all the best looks from the 2025 Met Gala below.

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