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Met Gala 2025

May 2026

  • Lady Gaga in a voluminous pink gown with elaborate drawn-on eyelashes and a platinum blonde wig

    Fashion Statement newsletter
    Omelette dresses and political statements: the most unforgettable Met Gala looks

    Fashion’s Oscars - aka the Met Gala - arrives this Monday. But before we see this year’s outfits, our writers revisit the looks that still spark debate, delight and the occasional meme
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  • Sabrina Carpenter attends the Met Gala 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

    Look, no trousers! Why the ‘day knicker’ trend is growing legs

    Met Gala 2025 was awash with stars wearing tuxedos, pants … and little else. It’s about female strength, experts suggest
  • A recent swell in violence in DRC has killed more than 7,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.

    The Long Wave
    Minerals, mobile phones and militias: how war unfolded in DRC

    How the global wrangle for natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fuelling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
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  • a pregnant woman dressed in a pinstripe tailored suit and large hat

    Rihanna and A$AP Rocky reveal they are expecting third child at Met Gala

  • Zendaya in a white suit and hat at the 2025 Met Gala

    Glamour trumps politics as ‘black style’ honoured at Met Gala

  • Stars donned their Monday best at the blue carpet for this year's Met Gala.

    Black style, a gospel choir and pregnancy announcement: stars stun at Met Gala 2025 – video

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  • Anthony Pratt at the 2025 Met Gala

    Who is Anthony Pratt, the Australian recycling billionaire who turned heads at the Met Gala?

  • Diana Ross in a silver sequined dress and white feather hat and cape

    Met Gala 2025 red carpet: pinstripes, capes and pouring rain – in pictures

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  • person wearing white hat, suit and pants looks down

    Met Gala 2025 updates: all the stars and red carpet looks from fashion’s biggest night – as it happened

  • four mannequins dressed in clothes

    Met exhibition review: show-stopping peacockery and introspective origins

  • A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and Pharrell Williams on Vogue covers

    Met Gala will pose question: can Vogue keep diversity in fashion in Trump’s America?

April 2025

  • From left: Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, André 3000, and Janelle Monáe

    ‘An incredibly political moment’ – why fashion and the Met Gala are celebrating Black dandyism

    This year’s Met theme is ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ and focuses on Black men’s strategic use of fashion. Author of the text the show is inspired by, Monica L. Miller talks about why it’s being celebrated at this year’s show and gala
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