The 39 Best Met Gala Beauty Looks of All Time

Ever since its first “Fashion Plate”-themed event in 1971, the Met Gala has remained an annual playground for the kind of visionary, no-holds-barred glamour that’s otherwise reserved for photo shoots.…

Ahead of the 2025 Met Gala, Vogue Remembers Menswear Designer Waraire Boswell, Who Masterfully Tailored Black Style

The Fear of God founder recalls far more than Boswell’s design talent, though. “I remember his hugs, his laughs, and our smiles together,” he says. “He was elegant and the…

A Look Back at 10 Years of Celebrities Navigating Tricky Met Gala Themes

Just about every annual Met Gala is preceded by a mix of anticipation and trepidation around how celebrity guests, and the stylists and designers with whom they work, will interpret…

What André Leon Talley—A “Dandy Among Dandies”—Wore to His Met Galas

Photo: Patrick McMullan / Getty Images For André Leon Talley, attending the Met Gala might have felt like a homecoming. In 1974, two years out of Brown University, he interned…

See Every Met Gala Look From the Past 14 Years

Over the past decade, the Met Gala red carpet has become increasingly jaw dropping. The star-studded event—and its various themes—have encouraged attendees to have unabashed fun on the red carpet,…

Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Usher Start a Fashion Trend Before The Met Gala

The countdown is on for the Met Gala — with guests toning up, Upper East Side hotels filling up and fans gearing up to watch Monday night’s arrivals. As messengers…

How The Mark Hotel Preps for the Met Gala 2025

While the Metropolitan Museum of Art is where the actual Met Gala takes place, everyone knows that the festivities begin properly in the lobbies of two of New York’s most…

Met Gala: The 66 Best Dress-Code Rejectors of All Time

The Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has played host to a number of red-carpet rebels over the years. Katy Perry famously lit up the night with her dress of 3,000 LEDs in…

A Look Back at Stunning Met Gala Interiors Over the Years

Every year, event planner Raul Ávila is given a daunting task: to transform the Metropolitan Museum of Art into an otherworldly spectacle for the annual Met Gala. For 2019’s “Camp:…

Law Roach, LaQuan Smith Tap Into Met Gala Fever

Everyone seems to want in on the Met Gala, whether that be party crashers, Instagram fashion critics or celebrity-chasing oglers outside of the Fifth Avenue museum. Monday’s gala will celebrate…