Met Gala: How to watch fashion's biggest night of the year

Fashion’s biggest night of the year has arrived with the 2025 Met Gala in New York City. 

On the first Monday of May, celebrities flock to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan for a fundraising event. Each year has a theme and draws a following as fans wait in anticipation of the fashion looks that will be debuted on the red carpet.

Here’s how to watch the event Monday evening: 

Vogue will be livestreaming the event starting at 6 p.m. EDT on its website. Viewers can also tune in on Vogue’s YouTube channel.

The livestream will be hosted by singer and actor Teyana Taylor, actor La La Anthony and comedian Ego Nwodim.

Pop culture TV network E! will also be streaming a multihour red carpet event, which will begin at 6 p.m. EDT. A separate livestream will air on E!’s social media platforms, E! Online and Peacock from 6:30-8 p.m.

The Associated Press will livestream celebrity departures from the Mark Hotel beginning at 5 p.m. EDT and will stream the red carpet beginning at 6:30 p.m. on its website and YouTube channel. 

What is this year’s theme? 

The 2025 theme explores Black style through “Tailored for You.” The spring exhibition in the museum examines Black style and the history of dandyism. 

It’s the first gala to focus exclusively on Black designers and the first since 2003 to have a menswear theme.

When guests arrive at the Met Gala, they will arrive at the exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." Vogue said this year’s theme is a nod to the exhibition’s focus on menswear and is “purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation.” 

Vogue said the theme explores the tailoring of clothing in forming Black identities, with a focus on the “emergence, significance, and proliferation of the Black dandy.” 

About 450 guests composed of “rising stars, young creatives” and celebrities of fashion, the arts, sports and politics are expected at the event Monday evening.