Anna Wintour attends The 2024 Met Gala on May 6, 2024, in New York City ; Pharrell Williams attends The 2021 Met Gala on Sept. 13, 2021, in New York City ; A$AP Rocky attends The 2023 Met Gala on May 1, 2023, in New York City. Credit :
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Met Gala Monday has arrived, and if you didn’t snag a spot on the exclusive invite list, don’t fret — there are still plenty of ways to watch!
The annual event brings together the biggest names in fashion and entertainment, serving as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. This year’s Met Gala takes place on May 5 and honors the new spring exhibition with its theme: “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”
During an April 2025 appearance on The Run-Through With Vogue podcast, Pharrell Williams, who is also one of this year’s co-chairs, teased what people can expect from the event, saying, “It’s going to be a very impactful, beautiful night where we celebrate the color Black.”
“We celebrate the things that come from that color,” the “Happy” singer said. “We celebrate the mentality. We celebrate the plight. We celebrate the progress and the success. And we celebrate the potential.”
From when it begins to how to stream the red carpet, here’s everything to know about how to watch the 2025 Met Gala.
Zendaya attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” on May 6, 2024, in New York City. Theo Wargo/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty
Guest arrivals are scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST, with much of the red carpet coverage beginning to air and stream at 6:00 p.m.
Cardi B attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” on May 6, 2024, in New York City. Dia Dipasupil/Getty
You can watch the Met Gala on cable by tuning into E! at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande attend The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” on May 6, 2024, in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty
No cable? No problem. The 2025 Met Gala livestream will be available via Vogue‘s various digital platforms, including the magazine’s YouTube channel.
You can also tune into the E! live red carpet, which will be available on Peacock, E! Online and YouTube, along with the network’s other social media platforms.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press will provide live coverage of celebrity departures from the Mark Hotel starting at 5 p.m. EST and will stream the red carpet on delay at 6:30 p.m., with feeds available on YouTube and APNews.com.
Teyana Taylor attends The 2024 Met Gala on May 6, 2024 in New York City ; Emma Chamberlain attends The 2024 Met Gala on May 6, 2024 in New York City ; La La Anthony attends the 2024 Costume Institute Benefit on May 6, 2024 in New York City. Aliah Anderson/Getty ; Mike Coppola/MG24/Getty ; Taylor Hill/Getty
Teyana Taylor, Ego Nwodim and La La Anthony will lead Vogue‘s red carpet coverage, with Emma Chamberlain serving as the outlet’s special correspondent.
Both Anthony and Chamberlain have hosted the red carpet in previous years, while Taylor has attended the evening as a guest. This will, however, mark Nwodim’s first Met Gala appearance.
“The great thing about the Met Gala red carpet is that you never know what to expect or what you’re going to see,” Anthony told PEOPLE in 2023. “There’s always a surprise, like Zendaya when she came out in that Cinderella dress or Lady Gaga and all her dresses or Blake Lively when her dress changed colors when she moved it around. I’m just looking forward to what’s going to be our ‘wow’ [moment].”
As for the event itself, it will be co-hosted by a group of Met Gala veterans and newcomers alike, including Colman Domingo, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Williams and Anna Wintour. LeBron James will serve as honorary chair.
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” on May 1, 2023, in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty
The 2025 Met Gala theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and the dress code is “Tailored for You.”
According to Vogue, the dress code is a nod to the exhibition’s focus on menswear.
As always, it’s up to attendees to interpret the theme as they wish, but it draws inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.
“Black style is really related to thinking about how fashion and power connect,” Miller told Vogue ahead of the big night. “The way that people are styled, are fashioned or fashion themselves, in response to the degree of agency that they feel.”
“Silhouettes change, use of pattern, color — all of those things change in relationship to time, and relationship to history,” she continued. “Fashion, power, aesthetics, politics — those are all wrapped up in one way that we can see the world.”
