Everything you need to know about the Met Gala 2025: Venue, hosts, tickets...
Met Gala Monday is quickly approaching... here’s all you need to know.
The annual Met Gala, put on by Vogue, is the biggest night in fashion.
The Met Gala is coming up on Monday, May 5. The Met Gala isn’t just about fashion. This year’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” nods to centuries of Black dandyism: the crisp, provocative style that’s long been used to flip expectations of race, class and masculinity on their heads
The Met Ball, also known as the Costume Institute Gala or the Costume Institute Benefit, is a fundraiser helmed by Anna Wintour to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in Manhattan, New York City.
The world’s most prestigious fashion event is the fashion world’s most highly anticipated event, and an invitation is greatly coveted by those in the industry.
Only the A-List celebrities are invited to the glamorous benefit, those who are perceived as the most relevant influencers in the entertainment industry, business, sports, media, and politics.
This year, some of the big names attending the event are:
- Pharrell Williams
- Colman Domingo
- A$AP Rocky
- Lewis Hamilton
- LeBron James
- Usher
- Regina King
- Spike Lee
- Simone Biles
- Jonathan Owens
A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, LeBron James and Colman Domingo have influenced the fashion industry as they have their respective fields. Vogue Business breaks down their impact. https://t.co/ifLwJ79Ov1
— Vogue Business (@voguebusiness) May 5, 2025
What is the Met Gala?
Held each year on the first Monday in May, a date that also signifies the first day of the museum’s Anna Wintour Costume Institute’s annual exhibit, the Met Gala was established in 1948 by Eleanor Lambert, a fashion publicist, to raise funds for the Costume Institute, which was newly founded at the time.
The event is now the biggest fundraiser in NYC. The Meta Gala raised $9 million in 2013 and $12 million in 2014; by 2022, the gala broke records with $17.4 million.
Total contributions surpassed $26 million in 2024.
The cost of tickets to attend the Met Gala in 2025 is a whopping $75,000.
the 2018 met gala was one for the books pic.twitter.com/aFYkoMsAMV
— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) May 4, 2025
Where is the Met Gala held?
The glamorous fundraiser event is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
The first Met Gala Benefit in 1948 was a formal dinner, and tickets cost $50. The attendees of the then-simple event were those in Manhattan’s fashion industry and members of New York high society, and the fundraiser was held at varying locations across the city.
Enter Diana Vreeland in 1972. The prominent businesswoman served as Costume Institute consultant and totally upscaled the glamor and prestige of the event. From that year on, the benefit was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and each year there would be a different theme.
The Met Gala also became a more global and diverse attraction, drawing the interest of higher profile celebrities in the entertainment and arts industry like Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger, Diana Ross, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, Madonna, and Cher.
Which of Taylor Swift’s Met Gala looks is your favorite? pic.twitter.com/3gXFRbfhM6
— Zain (@cowboylikezain) May 4, 2025
Who is invited to the Met Gala?
Anna Wintour, who has been chairperson of the Met Gala since 1995, is at the helm of the guest list. She began including even more global figures in the fashion, entertainment, business, sports, and political sectors.
Selected fashion, music, and film celebrities are invited to the event that annually sends out only 600 to 700 invitations. People who have appeared on the cover of Vogue in the past year are usually prominent attendees, as well as significant players across the various sectors beyond entertainment, such as sports stars, politicians, media figures, and billionaires.
Many guests at the globally renowned event come from countries far beyond the United States, with some attendees coming from Europe and beyond.
How can I watch the 2025 Met Gala red carpet?
The Met Gala is always held on the first Monday in May, which is May 5, 2025. Ahead of the gala, which gets underway at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, celebrities and others connected with the fashion world will be out on the red carpet, showing off their best sides, if not all sides, to the assorted cameras.
The whole event will be streamed live on Vogue’s official website (www.vogue.com), and you can also follow everything as it happens on their social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Vogue’s livestream will be hosted by singer/actor Teyana Taylor, actor/producer La La Anthony, and “Saturday Night Live” star Ego Nwodim. Entertainment channel E! provides another option of the gala live.
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