Despite the New York rain, the Met Gala 2025 unfolded in suitably spectacular style, proving once again that nothing – not even the weather – can dampen fashion’s biggest night. This year’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” paid homage to the radical elegance of Black dandyism, drawing directly from Monica L. Miller’s seminal text Slaves to Fashion. With a dress code dubbed “Tailored for You,” guests were invited to serve bespoke realness, remixing the codes of high-style menswear through deeply personal, wildly expressive lenses. Co-chaired by a powerhouse lineup – Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton and Colman Domingo – the night was as culturally rich as it was visually opulent. Kicking off with a rousing rendition of Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by a Black choir and unfolding atop a daffodil-flecked blue carpet designed by artist Cy Gavin, the evening set the tone for a new chapter in fashion history. All this, while raising a record-breaking $31 million for the Met’s Costume Institute. And so, to the Upper East Side we go – here’s who understood the assignment and rewrote the syllabus.

In a rare – but rapturous – turn of events, the menswear arguably eclipsed the womenswear at this year’s Met Gala. The boys didn’t just come dressed; they came to dismantle and redefine the menswear memo, piece by painstakingly tailored piece.

Co-chair Pharrell landed in Louis Vuitton (but of course), his pinstripe suit reimagined in rows of pearls – a mic drop in tailoring. Beside him, Lewis Hamilton served purity and power in an all-white Wales Bonner tuxedo with coattails and a beret. Co-chair Colman Domingo gave us a full three-act play: entering cloaked in a regal blue robe, he revealed a sequinned chequerboard blazer, pearl ear halos and grey tailored pants finished with a playful polka-dot scarf by Valentino. As for Rocky? The fourth co-chair arrived in his own AWGE label, cloaked in a baggy black suit that managed to be both slick and subversive – a sartorial smirk.

Elsewhere, Bad Bunny cropped his olive Prada blazer, carried a bowler bag and flexed crystal-laced leather gloves, while Alton Mason channeled peak avant-glam in a bumster and a silver, heart-slit jacket by Gaurav Gupta. Seventeen’s S.Coups looked like a Jedi knight from the planet Savile Row in Boss and Damson Idris committed to full drama: entering in a race suit before tearing it off to reveal a wine-red Tommy Hilfiger number, glitter helmet and all. Yes, he arrived in a branded car.

Spike Lee gave classic Spike: brown suiting, Knicks cap and matching orange specs. Pusha T shimmered in rhinestone-encrusted Louis Vuitton burgundy, while Stevie Wonder floated in a black sequin cape by Sergio Hudson. Barry Keoghan leaned into the romantic eccentric in a Valentino suit tied with a crimson sash and Adrien Brody gave brooding minimalism in a stark black coat. Also in Wales Bonner, Omar Apollo donned a loose fitting black suit cut with white accents and a dramatic floral brooch and a leopard print shirt. Burna Boy wore a single-breasted red suit with a sherbet yellow shirt under a textured leather overcoat by Ozwald Boateng. British designer Nicholas Daley applied his aptitude for sharp tailoring that weaves personal narratives of community and craft to a look for singer-songwriter Leon Bridges.

Andre 3000 arrived with a piano strapped to his back (as one does), in forest green Burberry, while Patrick Schwarzenegger wore Balmain in a belted army green moment with a sorbet-yellow shirt. Willy Chavarria and Maluma made the case for Pachuco-meets-future glam in pink, green, foil and fabulousness.

Rounding out the list: Jeff Goldblum brought fur-draped grandeur in Wales Bonner, Caleb McLaughlin stole hearts in mint gloves and Dior and Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange) looked monastic-cool in square-shouldered Valentino. Finally, Charlie Casely-Hayford paid tribute to his late, great father in cornflower blue – a sharp, soulful nod to legacy on fashion’s biggest night.

The men? They ate.

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