How to watch the 2025 Met Gala and everything else you need to know

The archetypal Monday successful May is conscionable a fewer days away! That day means 1 happening to fashionistas worldwide: the Met Gala.

While the lawsuit is associated with head-turning haute couture donned by the astir fashionable celebrities — deliberation Tyla’s Balmain soil dress, Blake Lively’s Statue of Liberty-inspired Versace gown oregon Rihanna’s papal get-up by John Galliano — the yearly gala serves arsenic a foundation meal for the museum’s Costume Institute and coincides with a manner grounds that shares the taxable of the event.

Here’s what you request to cognize astir fashion’s biggest night.

When is the Met Gala?

The Met Gala volition beryllium held Monday astatine the Metropolitan Museum of Art successful New York City.

This year, meal volition beryllium overseen by cook Kwame Onwuachi, proprietor of apical restaurants Tatiana successful New York City and Dōgon successful Washington, D.C. Artist Cy Gavin, known for monumental scenery paintings, volition pb the originative absorption of the reddish carpet design.

What is this year’s theme?

This year, the theme, and the Costume Institute’s outpouring exhibition, is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The formal codification for the gala is “Tailored for You.”

The taxable draws from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 publication “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.” In it, Miller explores however Black people, and Black men, successful particular, done the civilization of dandyism, person utilized flamboyant manner to navigate individuality and grow their possibilities successful different limiting environments.

“Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” volition beryllium connected presumption astatine the Met from May 10 to Oct. 26.

Who are the chairs?

This year’s Met Gala volition beryllium co-chaired by Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour. LeBron James volition service arsenic an honorary chair.

In enactment with the theme, the 4 co-chairs are each Black men known for their impeccable style: Domingo regularly tops reddish carpet best-dressed lists; Hamilton brought manner to F1; A$AP Rocky made adjacent the courtroom his runway during his recent felony battle trial; and Williams is the originative manager of menswear astatine Louis Vuitton. (Louis Vuitton is simply a large sponsor of the accumulation and event.) Vogue’s May contented features 4 covers, with each of the 4 co-chairs showing disconnected his signature cool.

In summation to the co-chairs, determination is besides a big committee, featuring modern-day dandies including André 3000, Dapper Dan, Edward Enninful and Jeremy O. Harris, arsenic good arsenic 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 Monáe, Jeremy Pope, Angel Reese, Sha’Carri Richardson, Usher and Kara Walker.

Who other volition beryllium successful attendance?

Aside from the co-chairs, astir 450 guests be the Met Gala, according to Vogue, with Wintour having the last accidental on, well, everything.

One attendee of enactment is representation designer Law Roach, famously Zendaya’s stylist, who this twelvemonth volition spouse with British luxury manner location Burberry connected their Met Gala presence.

Other imaginable attendees see Rihanna, whose spouse A$AP Rocky is co-chairing the gala; the Kardashian-Jenner clan; Sarah Jessica Parker; Gigi Hadid; Lady Gaga; Cardi B; and Blackpink stars Rosé and Lisa. Musicians Shakira, Lizzo and Mary J. Blige are besides rumored to attend.

How tin I watch?

Vogue volition livestream the Met Gala connected each of its integer platforms, including YouTube, starting astatine 3 p.m. PST/6 p.m. EST. Teyana Taylor, La La Anthony and Ego Nwodim volition big the livestream.

E! News volition besides broadcast a livestream, hosted by Zanna Roberts Rassi, Maria Taylor, Elaine Welteroth and Yvonne Orji, astatine the aforesaid clip from New York City’s Lincoln Center.