Dozens of couples glided up the steps of the 2025 Met Gala to show off their interpretations of the vintage-forward theme. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, two of the most enthusiastic interpreters of each year's dress codes, weren't among them.
By the time the red carpet heading into the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" event had welcomed its last stars—Cardi B and Kendall Jenner among them—there was no sign of Blake Lively. (Her close friend Taylor Swift also left her 2025 Met Gala suit on the hanger.) "Tailored for You," the evening's dress code honoring the style legacy of the Black dandy, would have been a natural progression from the two-piece sets and cane Lively had worn onscreen during her turn as the scheming Emily Nelson in A Simple Favor. However, as TMZ reported in March the star planned to skip months in advance of the big night.
