Photos: Best and worst looks from the 2025 Met Gala

NEW YORK AP Let the year s biggest fashion party begin A rainy Met Gala got underway Monday with a tuxedoed choir and a trend true to the menswear theme Emma Chamberlain and other women in pinstripe gowns Chamberlain and Zuri Hall were among those who wore sleek sexy gowns that play on men s suiting in pinstripes and other details Related Articles Met Gala kicks off with Teyana Taylor Emma Chamberlain and Lewis Hamilton Here s how to watch For Black men fashion has been a tool of self-expression and a way they ve been judged Oaks excel at supporting the food web including us Arbor Day s a good time to plant one Jill On Money Bond domain forces Trump to blink One Tech Tip Locking down your device when spanning borders I expect this to be a frequent thing tonight women wanting to maintain a traditionally feminine dress silhouette while still respecting the theme mentioned William Dingle director of style for blackmenswear com a cultural impact agency that focuses on uplifting Black men The suggested dress code Tailored for You is inspired by Black dandyism 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 The Zoot was popularized in Harlem in the s Colman Domingo one of the evening s hosts wore a pleated gold adorned cape over a gray suit His look evoked the late Andr Leon Talley the fashion icon who made history as a rare Black editor at Vogue Domingo arrived with Vogue s Anna Wintour dressed in a baby blue coat over a shimmery white gown Fellow co-chair Lewis Coco Jones attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Hamilton donned a jaunty ivory tuxedo with a cropped jacket and matching beret Colman Domingo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Pharrell Williams attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Lewis Hamilton attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Sydney Sweeney attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Emma Chamberlain attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Teyana Taylor attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP Anna Wintour attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Superfine Tailoring Black Style exhibition on Monday May in New York Photo by Evan Agostini Invision AP