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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

Everything you need to know about the Met Gala 2025: Theme, dress code and attendees

The Met Gala 2025 is fast approaching, and all those last-minute adjustments are underway. Designers are making the final fixes to their looks. Personal assistants are booking vans for those wearing extra bouffant gowns. Facialists are applying every lick and slick of slime to the world’s most beautiful faces.

But really, planning for the Met Gala 2025 has been ongoing for months. Those attending have had plenty of time to pick their looks, with the theme announced back in October 2024, a whopping seven months before the event. This year’s Met Gala will take place on Monday, May 5, 2025.

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