Top 5 looks at the 2025 Met Gala - Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

The Met Gala is not simply a night of extravagance—it is a cultural compass. Each year, it gathers the visionaries, the provocateurs, and the sartorially daring beneath the marble columns of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 2025 Met Gala was no exception. With the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and the dress code titled "Tailored for You,” the event celebrated the legacy and cultural significance of Black dandyism and bespoke tailoring. It was a powerful homage to self-expression through craft, memory, and silhouette—a night where garments became declarations, and jewellery transformed into heirlooms of personal style.

This year’s red carpet was a lyrical blend of heritage and innovation, where tailoring took centre stage and jewellery added eloquent punctuation. Among the stars who most deeply embodied this spirit were Lewis Hamilton, Zendaya, A$AP Rocky, Gigi Hadid, and Doechii. Their ensembles weren’t just styled—they were storied.

 

Why These Icons? The Language of Intentional Style

The 2025 Met Gala served as a rare tableau—where fashion, culture, and storytelling converged with reverence and radical grace. In choosing Lewis Hamilton, Zendaya, A$AP Rocky, Gigi Hadid, and Doechii, we weren’t simply selecting stars—we were tracing the silhouettes of style leaders who consistently challenge, reinterpret, and elevate the language of adornment.

Lewis Hamilton continues to prove himself as more than a sporting icon—he’s a style revolutionary. His fashion choices celebrate culture, craftsmanship, and confidence, making him one of the most fearless male dressers of our time. Zendaya, with her sculptural, minimal-forward presence, continues to redefine red carpet femininity with an editorial edge and emotional precision. A$AP Rocky has long walked the line between heritage and hip-hop, infusing streetwear with tailored sophistication. Gigi Hadid brings sculptural grace and versatility to the red carpet, pairing high fashion with a quiet confidence. Doechii paid homage to the late Andre Leon Talley while out and about in New York City over the weekend, wearing a full Louis Vuitton look that included a track suit, LV-logo embellished tennis rackets and matching luggage as well as a terrycloth towel glamorously draped across her shoulders.

Each of these individuals not only wore fashion—they inhabited it with intention. Their choices at this year’s Gala were less about spectacle, more about symbolism. They reflect the evolving ethos of style: thoughtful, bespoke, and deeply rooted in identity.

 

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Lewis Hamilton: The Sculpted Iconoclast

Lewis Hamilton arrived in a custom Burberry ensemble that epitomized modern Black elegance. The sharply tailored look featured a pearl-encrusted blazer with sheer embroidered sleeves, paired with wide-legged trousers and glossy dress shoes. The outfit nodded to tradition while making space for softness, shimmer, and boldness—a true reimagining of masculinity in formalwear.

He paired his look with a cascading pearl necklace and diamond brooch, signaling a new era of red carpet jewellery for men—less about extravagance, more about expression. In Lewis’ hands, jewellery becomes language. One of power, poise, and precision.

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Zendaya: A Living Fashion Artefact

Zendaya, ever the chameleon, stunned in two looks that reimagined historical silhouettes with a contemporary soul. Her first appearance featured a custom Maison Margiela gown designed by John Galliano—a symphony of navy, emerald, and black, with floral motifs and sharp tailoring. Her second, a corseted archival Givenchy design from the McQueen era, featured theatrical draping and a structured bodice.

What truly punctuated her looks was the jewellery—ornate brooches and vine-like pins curated to resemble antique pieces reawakened for a modern age. Styled by Law Roach, Zendaya embodied the night’s theme with her signature blend of grace and subversion.

 

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A$AP Rocky: Heritage Meets Modern Majesty

A$AP Rocky's 2025 Met Gala ensemble was a masterclass in elevated street-formality. Wearing a custom Bode creation, his look was a homage to Black cowboys and 19th-century tailoring, featuring a long black coat, crisp white shirt, and wide-legged trousers stitched with layered silk and wool.

But it was the jewellery that added depth—oversized brooches, heirloom rings, and pearl embellishments reframed in masculine context. Rocky's look was more than stylish—it was a wearable essay on heritage and identity.

 

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Gigi Hadid: Sculptural Softness and Modern Glamour

Gigi Hadid’s appearance in a bespoke Thom Browne gown was an ode to meticulous artistry. The cream ensemble, tailored with masculine-cut shoulders and a nipped-in waist, was embellished with beadwork that caught the light like woven constellations. It blurred the boundaries between traditional menswear and feminine glamour.

Her jewellery, sourced from Chopard’s high jewellery collection, included asymmetrical diamond earrings and a set of stackable rings that played on contrast and balance. Together, the look offered modernity with reverence—a perfect embodiment of tailored storytelling.

 

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Doechii: Dandyism Reimagined

Making her Met Gala debut, Doechii delivered a masterclass in modern dandyism. Collaborating with Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director, Pharrell Williams, she donned a custom tuxedo jacket emblazoned with the iconic LV monogram, paired with checkerboard shorts and a contrasting mahogany tie. Her natural afro and a delicately stamped LV logo on her cheek added a personal touch to the ensemble.

Accessorizing with Tiffany & Co. jewelry—including a bespoke brooch, artisan ring, and statement earrings—Doechii’s look was a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation, embodying the evening’s theme with flair, and reflecting the very ethos of our bespoke jewellery philosophy.

 

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Bespoke Jewellery as Cultural Language

If fashion is a dialect, then jewellery is its punctuation—anchoring meaning, adding weight, directing tone. At this year’s Gala, jewellery played more than a supporting role. It carried the soul of the theme.

Across lapels, earlobes, wrists, and hands, bespoke jewellery shimmered with quiet significance. Pearls—once relegated to a narrow canon of femininity—adorned men with regal softness. Brooches, often seen as relics, were reborn as narrative symbols. Rings bore ancestral weight. Necklaces draped not for adornment alone, but for remembrance and declaration.

This shift mirrors what we see at Layla Kaisi Collection: a move away from jewellery as decoration, toward jewellery as design language. A way to speak legacy. A way to hold presence. A way to craft the self.

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Special Mention: Isha Ambani – A Modern Maharani

At the 2025 Met Gala, Isha Ambani seamlessly blended Indian heritage with contemporary fashion. Donning a bespoke ensemble by Anamika Khanna, the outfit featured tailored trousers paired with a handwoven Benarasi train, intricately adorned with Zardozi and delicate bow embroidery. This creation, requiring over 15,000 hours of craftsmanship, honored India's rich textile legacy while embracing modern design.

Complementing her attire, Ambani wore a vintage-inspired necklace from her personal collection. This piece, paying homage to the Maharaja of Nawanagar, showcased 89 stones totaling 481.42 carats, with the centerpiece being an 80.73-carat cushion-cut diamond. Additional accessories included diamond buttons on her coat, a diamond headpiece on her hip, Tiffany & Co. bird rings, and pearl-encrusted birds in her hair, each element reflecting a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation. 

 

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The Future of Formalwear: Where Tailoring Meets Storytelling

“Tailored for You” was more than a dress code—it was an invitation to exist loudly in one’s own truth. The 2025 Met Gala marked a turning point in formalwear, especially for men. No longer confined to strict codes of black-tie austerity, masculinity was redefined through color, silhouette, embellishment, and craftsmanship.

Lewis Hamilton’s embellished tailoring, A$AP Rocky’s layered heritage pieces, and Zendaya’s sculpted reinterpretations all challenged what it means to be “dressed up.” Fashion, when made personal, is no longer performance—it becomes philosophy.

At Layla Kaisi Collection, we believe the same should be true of jewellery. Our bespoke pieces are designed for moments like these—where legacy and design merge, where the personal becomes timeless.

To those who seek not just to wear, but to express—our atelier stands open. Enquire with Layla Kaisi Collection, where your story is the starting point and each jewel is crafted as a chapter of self. Here, luxury is not loud—it is lyrical. And your legacy begins not with a trend, but with a conversation.