Met Gala 2025 photos, best looks and moments celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style"

Singer and businesswoman Rihanna, who is pregnant, arrives on the blue carpet at the 2025 Met Gala. Earlier, A$AP Rocky confirmed the couple's third child is on the way. 

Rapper Cardi B, who was raised in the Bronx, and actress Halle Berry walk the blue carpet together at the 2025 Met Gala. 

Kim Kardashian, a regular at the Met Gala, stops for pictures on the blue carpet. 

New York Giants quarterback Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara walk the blue carpet. 

Fashion designer Stella McCartney and award-winning singer Mary J. Blige walk the blue carpet together. 

Singer and rapper Lizzo arrives for the 2025 Met Gala. 

Legendary singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder stops on the Met Gala blue carpet. 

Global pop star Shakira arrives for the 2025 Met Gala. 

Usher and his wife Jennifer Goicoechea Raymond arrive on the blue carpet together.  

Actor Jeff Goldblum stops for pictures on the Met Gala's blue carpet.   

Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, a New York City-native, attends the 2025 Met Gala. 

The 2025 Met Gala theme is "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." It goes hand-in-hand with The Met's spring exhibition, celebrating the history of Black fashion and dandyism.

So what is Black dandyism?

"It's really someone who is dedicated to dress, like they see dress as a discipline, in the same way viewing working out as a discipline or studying music as a discipline. So they view it as a discipline, and a lot of the times it shows up in tailored clothes, but... it's not only people who wear suits, it's become more casual and I think just more free and fluid," Complex Editor-in-Chief Aria Hughes told CBS News New York.

The Costume Institute's spring exhibition was inspired by Monica L. Miller's book,"Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity." Miller writes about Black servants in 18th century England, slaves being stripped of their identities when they arrived in America, followed by Emancipation and the expressive styles born from the Harlem Renaissance. 

"Ultimately, it's someone who wants to use clothes as armor in a way to impact the way in which people perceive them and fight stereotypes that are sometimes rooted in racism," added Hughes.

"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King walks the blue carpet at the 2025 Met Gala. 

Activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick walks the blue carpet with TV and radio host Nessa Diab. 

Rapper A$AP Rocky - a Met Gala co-chair with Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton and Pharrell Williams - arrives on the blue carpet. The rapper confirmed he and Rihanna are expecting their third child. 

Savannah James walks the blue carpet. James' husband, LeBron James, a Met Gala honorary co-chair, is not attending after he suffered a knee injury. 

Pamela Anderson arrives at the Met Gala with her eldest son, Brandon Thomas Lee. 

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow walks the blue carpet. 

The Met Gala dates back to 1948, but the first theme appeared in 1973. Each year, it goes hand-in-hand with the Costume Institute's spring fashion exhibition. 

Last year's theme was "Sleeping Beauties: Fashion Reawakened," and the dress code was "Garden of Time." 

Other recent themes honored the late designer Karl Lagerfeld, two years of American fashion, "Camp: Notes on Fashion" and "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination."

CLICK HERE for a look back on all the past themes.

Bad Bunny, who co-chaired the 2024 Met Gala, arrives for the 2025 event.

Zendaya arrives on the blue carpet for the 2025 Met Gala. Last year, Zendaya surprised everyone by walking the carpet twice. 

Music legend Diana Ross, 81, stuns the Met Gala blue carpet with her all-white 18-foot train, which nearly covered the entire staircase. 

Multiple people helped carry Ross' massive shawl while walking up the famous steps.

2025 Met Gala co-chair Pharrell Williams arrives on the blue carpet. 

Grammy-winner and actress Coco Jones walks the blue carpet at the 2025 Met Gala. 

The Met Gala raises money for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while celebrating its spring fashion exhibition. 

Individual tickets cost $75,000, and tables for multiple guests start at $350,000, The Met told CBS MoneyWatch. Ticket prices remain on par with last year. 

Stars must be invited to attend the gala, and the night's guest list, along with much of what happens inside, are shrouded in secrecy. 

The museum's CEO announced Monday this year's event had already raised a record $31 million, surpassing last year's more than $26 million. This is the first time it crossed the $30-million mark.

Sabrina Ionescu, who helped lead the New York Liberty to the 2024 WNBA Championship, arrives at the 2025 Met Gala. 

WNBA champion and New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart arrives at the Met for fashion's biggest night. 

Philadelphia Eagles running back and Super Bowl LIX champion Saquon Barkley is back in New York for the 2025 Met Gala. 

Actress Sydney Sweeney, from "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus," arrives on the blue carpet. 

LeBron James, honorary co-chair of the 2025 Met Gala, has announced he will miss one of fashion's biggest nights due to a knee injury.

The NBA All-Star posted on X on Monday morning, saying he'd be missing the event after an injury he sustained at the end of the basketball season. It is unclear when he suffered the injury.  

"Unfortunately, because of my knee injury I sustained at the end of the season I won't be able to attend the Met Gala in NY tonight as so many people have been asking and congratulating me on! Hate to miss an historical event!" his post said.

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour arrives on the blue carpet with co-chairs Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton.

"Saturday Night Live" actress and comedian Ego Nwodim poses on the blue carpet. 

Representing Harlem, singer-songwriter and actress Teyana Taylor is first to arrive at the 2025 Met Gala. 

You may recall Zendaya's light-up Cinderella dress, Doja Cat's full on cat, and Billy Porter's epic gold ensemble, but what about Cher's "naked dress" at her Met Gala debut in 1974?

We're counting down some of the most iconic looks from the recent favorites and all the way back to the early years. 

See 31 of the most iconic looks here.

Celebrity stylist Alexandra Mandelkorn said the Met Gala is about going big. 

"It's really the one night that we really get to dive deep into fashion and go big," Mandelkorn told CBS News New York. "I think there's many other red carpets that are very elegant, sophisticated, chic, but with the Met Gala, you really get to let your creativity fly and you see things you wouldn't see anywhere else." 

Makeup artist Vincent Oquendo said this is his 12th Met Gala and he started creating mood boards a month ago, pulling inspiration from the Victorian-era and the Harlem Renaissance.

"When I think of 'Tailoring Black Style,' I just think of those crisp suits and that really cool Big Daddy Kane hip hop energy," he said. "For me, it's the pinnacle of style." 

So what are the looks to watch for this year?

"We're going to see lots of suits, I think in all shapes, sizes, colors," Complex Editor-in-Chief Aria Hughes explained. "I think designers are going to play in different ways, and then hopefully lay in some storytelling. I hope to see some archival pieces from Black designers, like a Patrick Kelly or a Willi Smith. So I'm really hoping that people have fun with it." 

"I think there's going to be a lot of hybrid suiting, a lot of details that we see on traditional tailoring - lapels, cuffs, buttons, pocket watches, all these types of things. And I think color, and prints, and that really flamboyant side of dandyism," Mandelkorn said.

Hughes pointed to British designer Grace Wales Bonner, and Mandelkorn also praised Sergio Hudson.

The Met Gala is held annually at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The museum dates back to the 19th century and is home to more than a dozen different collections featuring tens of thousands of pieces. 

The Met originally opened to the public in April 1870. It occupies two million square feet between 80th and 84th streets on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan's Upper East Side. 

The Met Gala is actually a fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute. The event started out in 1948 as a supper club called "The Costume Institute Benefit."

Since 1999, the guest list has been controlled by Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour. Under her leadership, the event has raised nearly $250 million.

The museum CEO announced Monday this year's gala has already raised a record $31 million. 

The Met Gala is a New York City tradition, held each year on the first Monday in May.

The red carpet arrivals kicked off at 5:30 p.m. E.T., and they usually last for several hours. 

There is no official end time, and stars have been known to show up late, most notably Rihanna. 

Last year, Zendaya made a surprise return on the red carpet with a second look in the 9-o-clock hour. 

Once the stars make their way up the Met steps and into the museum, there is a party inside dinner and music. They also have a chance to check out the Costume Institute's spring exhibition before it officially opens to the public on May 10.