MET GALA 2025: THE ICONIC LOOKS AFTER PARTIES

May 16, 2025

Met Gala 2025 & The After-Party Style Icons We Can’t Stop Talking About

The Met Gala 2025 wasn’t just a celebration of fashion—it was a powerful ode to heritage, identity, and individual expression. With this year’s theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art became a grand stage for reinterpreting dandyism through a modern, inclusive lens. Rihanna, Zendaya, and Dua Lipa took center stage with bold statements in structure and elegance—but as image architect Law Roach reminded us, “there’s always a second (and sometimes third) look.”

And that second act? The after-parties. That’s where fashion truly loosened its collar, and creativity danced until dawn.

Independent Voices Steal the Spotlight

While the red carpet often belongs to the big fashion houses, the after-parties are a different world altogether—one where celebrities embrace risk, celebrate emerging designers, and reveal personal style in its rawest form.

Kim Kardashian turned heads in a dramatic piece by Dilara Fındıkoğlu, the London-based designer who’s become a name to watch. Hunter Schafer joined her in another sculptural masterpiece by the same label, proving that avant-garde fashion doesn’t sleep after midnight. Meanwhile, Zendaya, ever the style chameleon, traded her zoot suit for a vintage Patrick Kelly dress—a poetic nod to a Black designer who broke barriers in Paris during the ‘80s.