Ayo Edebiri at The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" held at the Metropol...
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NYLON's 2025 Met Gala Best-Dressed List

These 15 starlets out-dandied the whole crowd.

by Kevin LeBlanc

Well, as of 9:22 p.m. on the night of the Met Gala, there’s still no sign of Rihanna on the red carpet. (She was spotted heading into her hotel — while others made their way to the museum — quietly debuting her third baby bump.) While we wait with bated breath to see what RiRi wears, we’ve taken a summary of the vast amount of looks that slowly waddled and weaved their way up the blue-and-floral stairscase and decided who has come out on top. As a quick reminder: The theme of the evening’s gala was “Tailored for You” to accompany the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition within the Costume Exhibit. With that in mind, we’ve chosen the below superlative dressers for their commitment to the prompt, their gender-bending abilities, and, well, just being dandy. Keep scrolling to see who we thought won the night.

Hunter Schafer in Prada

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It’s part Marlene Dietrich, part butler, and 100% dandy.

A$AP Rocky in AWGE

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The man with the most swag, wearing his own designs (with a little Bulgari bling). The true embodiment of the theme and the night.

Myha’la in Luar

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A gravity-defying dress that is made more cool (if that’s possible) with her low-key makeup and killer Timberland-inspired boots.

Ayo Edebiri in Ferragamo

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The co-chair is a vision with a look honoring her Nigerian heritage, and making it look so fresh and modern.

Ugbad Abdi in Michael Kors Collection

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The perfect homage to André Leon Talley. No notes.

Monica Barbaro in Dior

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We were not expecting this from Monica, but consider us enchanted by this Bar jacket and boater hat situation.

Cole Escola in Christopher John Rogers

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The best makeup look of the night, and the best use of pattern (in fact, one of the only uses).

Colman Domingo in Valentino

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The best-dressed man in the world naturally made our list, and this oyster-shell cape was one of the best entrances of the whole night.

Colman Domingo (Again) in Valentino

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And underneath the cape, this excellent display of haberdashery awaited us.

Paloma Elsesser in Ferragamo

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A sensual (and rare) pop of color on the carpet. She looks ever the Harlem Renaissance cool cat.

Kendall Jenner in Torishéju

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Kendall enlisted stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson to outfit her in this Nigerian-Brazilian designer, and the research paid off.

Imaan Hammam in Magda Butrym

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Our favorite styling of the night. Simply divine.

Joey King in Miu Miu

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This was also an unexpected sleeper hit in our team Slack chat. We appreciate her standing 10 toes down on the pattern-clashing.

Bad Bunny in Prada

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How dapper (and unbelievably hot) does he look?

Whitney Peak in Chanel

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In: Smoking in the carpet in a Chanel suit.

Out: Not wearing a boater hat, I guess.

Diana Ross

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A legend, and we can’t think of much more to say than that.