Met Gala 2025: Best tailored looks of the night, from Zendaya to Shah Rukh Khan and S Coups

Fundraiser's theme and Metropolitan Museum of Art's latest exhibition inspired by black dandyism

Zendaya poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, in New York, New York, USA, 05 May 2025. The event coincides with the Met Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ which will be on view from 10 May 2025 through 26 October 2025. EPA / JUSTIN LANE

Rihanna wears a look by Marc Jacobs. Her partner, A$AP Rocky is co-chairman of this year's gala. AFP

Shah Rukh Khan attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

Louis Vuitton menswear creative director and gala co-chairman Pharrell Williams arrives with his wife, fashion designer Helen Lasichanh. AFP

TOPSHOT - (L-R) Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, US actor Colman Domingo, and race car driver Lewis Hamilton arrive for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York. The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The 2025 Met Gala is themed "Tailored for You," aligning with the Costume Institute’s exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," set to open to the public on May 10. (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP)

TOPSHOT - US singer Diana Ross arrives for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York. The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The 2025 Met Gala is themed "Tailored for You," aligning with the Costume Institute’s exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," set to open to the public on May 10. (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP)

Gigi Hadid attends the gala in a look by Miu Miu. Reuters

US singer-songwriter and actress Teyana Taylor arrives for the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York. The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The 2025 Met Gala is themed "Tailored for You," aligning with the Costume Institute’s exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," set to open to the public on May 10. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

S. Coups attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

Singer and actress Nicole Scherzinger. AP

Singer Lizzo joins other global stars at the event. AFP

British actress Jodie Turner-Smith in Burberry. AFP

NFL player Russell Wilson with his wife and pop star Ciara. Getty Images

Pop star Dua Lipa with British actor Callum Turner. AFP

Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and TV host Nessa Diab. EPA

Shakira in a gown by Prabal Gurung. PA

British actress and singer Cynthia Erivo in Givenchy. AFP

Singer Sabrina Carpenter in Louis Vuitton. PA

Singer Lana Del Rey in Valentino. AFP

White Lotus stars Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Reuters

Actress Demi Moore in Thom Browne. AFP

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra wear looks by Olivier Rousteing. AP

Actress Lupita Nyong'o in Chanel. EPA

Former US tennis star Serena Williams in Moncler. Reuters

The world's biggest stars donned their best menswear-inspired looks for the Met Gala 2025, one of fashion's most illustrious occasions.

The suggested dress code this year was Tailored for You, inspired by black dandyism and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's latest exhibition, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.

Actress Zendaya, a co-host last year, wore a perfectly tailored white trouser suit with a matching wide-brim hat by Louis Vuitton.

Meanwhile, singer Teyana Taylor, went for a stunning zoot suit look with a red, feather-adorned top hat and a huge matching cape dripping with flowers and bling. She collaborated with Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E Carter for the look.

Teyana Taylor collaborated with Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E Carter for her look. AFP

Elsewhere, gowns were influenced by men's suiting and pinstripes. Model Gigi Hadid, who said she was inspired by 1920s singer and actress Josephine Baker, chose a shimmery gold halter gown by Miu Miu.

Diana Ross turned heads as the more than five metre train of her white coat swallowed the carpet. The music icon said the look and accompanying gown, by Nigerian designer Ugo Mozie, was special because it had the names of all her children and eight grandchildren embroidered on it.

Diana Ross in a look by Nigerian designer Ugo Mozie. AFP

Met Gala chairwoman, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, draped a baby blue coat over a white gown by Louis Vuitton, one of the gala's sponsors. Wintour arrived at the event with actor Colman Domingo, a co-chairman on the night.

Domingo, who wore a pleated, gold-adorned cape over a grey and black suit by Valentino, said his look was an homage to the late Andre Leon Talley, the fashion icon who made history as the first black creative director of Vogue.

From left, Met Gala chairwoman Anna Wintour, in a Louis Vuitton outfit, with co-chairmen Colman Domingo, in Valentino, and Lewis Hamilton, in a look by Grace Wales Bonner. AFP

Domingo's co-chairman Pharrell Williams wore one of the night's most striking looks, a double-breasted evening jacket made entirely of pearls. Williams, the Louis Vuitton menswear creative director, said 15,000 pearls were arranged in a pinstripe design on the jacket, which took 400 hours to construct.

Pharrell Williams, in Louis Vuittin, with his wife Helen Lasichanh. PA

Several international celebrities attended the event, including Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who made history as the first male Bollywood star to attend the Met Gala.

Khan, who arrived at the red carpet with designer Sabyasachi, who created the actor's look for the night, said he was "nervous", but was encouraged to attend the event by his children.

“I’ve not done too many red carpets, I’m very shy,” he said.

Shah Rukh Khan in Sabyasachi. AP

K-pop star also attended the event, including Jennie, Lisa and Rose from Blackpink. S Coups, a member of the hit group Seventeen, also walked the red carpet, in a layered grey look by Boss.

Pop star Rihanna, the last to walk the carpet as she is known to do, made waves with her Marc Jacobs look as well as her announcement that she's expecting a third baby with rapper A$ap Rocky.

K-pop star S Coups in a look by Boss. AP

Rihanna's pinstripe look included tied sleeves of a men's suit that served as a bustle behind her. Her hair hung long in a mermaid twist behind her as she finished her look with a giant hat.

This year's spring exhibition was inspired by Monica L Miller's book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

The gala serves as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. At the start of the evening, the event had raised a record $31 million, the first time the event has crossed the $30 million mark and eclipsing last year’s haul of more than $26 million.

Rihanna in Marc Jacobs. AFP