The 2025 Met Gala Jewelry Looks That Stole the Red Carpet

Sure, the Met Gala is the night when designers ascend to fashion’s highest altar, chasing the outer limits of beauty, construction, and spectacle—from Diana Ross’s 18-foot train by Ugo Mozie to Zendaya’s crisp white Louis Vuitton suit by Pharrell Williams. But it’s also a sacred hour for jewelers, who adorn the necks, wrists, ears, and lapels of Met Gala-goers with centuries-old stones, storied settings, and—more often than not—a bodyguard somewhere nearby. Tonight, sparkle isn’t a detail—it’s the headline.

And in a year shaped by “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”—the Costume Institute’s exhibition devoted to Black dandyism and the radical elegance of self-invention—it feels especially fitting that men are commanding the red carpet not only in sharp tailoring but in serious carats. The dress code, “Tailored for You,” asked attendees to come as their most considered, expressive selves. And for many, that meant letting the jewelry speak.