Anna Wintour is remembering André Leon Talley at the Met Gala 2025.
The Vogue editor, who helped plan fashion’s biggest night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, detailed how the evening’s “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme and its coordinating dress code Tailored for You, pay homage to her late friend.
“I just hope that people see the exhibition and understand the talent that is involved in putting it together,” Wintour told E!’s Zuri Hall at the Met Gala 2025. “And the incredible designers that we’re putting a spotlight on in the show. And the people who have influenced the show like my friend André Leon Talley, who’s been such an inspiration throughout.”
As she put it in the exhibition—which will be displayed at the New York museum from May 10 to October 26, “It’s about optimism and hope and community. I hope that many, many people come and see it.” (See every star who came out to see it at the Met Gala 2025 here.)
And Wintour emphasized that this year’s theme, which is the Met Gala’s first time focusing exclusively on menswear since 2003, was planned “several years ago.”
“We were in a different political climate,” she explained. “But I think it has taken on a sense of purpose and a sense of urgency.”
She gushed, “The whole exhibition has been very moving and very special to me.” (See a peek into the exhibition here.)
Of course, Wintour and Talley were close friends and colleagues prior to the fashion icon’s tragic death in 2022. At the time, notable members of the fashion community, including Wintour, mourned the loss of a true icon in their industry.
“It’s the loss of André as my colleague and friend that I think of now,” Wintour penned in an obituary for Talley in 2022. “It’s immeasurable. He was magnificent and erudite and wickedly funny—mercurial, too. Like many decades-long relationships, there were complicated moments, but all I want to remember today, all I care about, is the brilliant and compassionate man who was a generous and loving friend to me and to my family for many, many years, and who we will all miss so much.”
Keep reading to see Talley’s talent honored in all of the Met Gala attendees’ looks….
Rihanna
In custom Marc Jacobs.
A$AP Rocky
In custom Awge, Bvlgari jewelry and Briony Raymond umbrella.
Zendaya
In custom Louis Vuitton.
Serena Williams
In custom Moncler x EE72 by Edward Enninful and Fred Leighton jewelry.
Kim Kardashian
In custom Chrome Hearts.
Halle Berry
In LaQuan Smith.
Sabrina Carpenter
In custom Louis Vuitton.
Colman Domingo
In Valentino with Boucheron jewelry.
Kylie Jenner
In custom Ferragamo.
Cardi B
In Burberry.
Hailey Bieber
In custom Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Cynthia Erivo
In custom Givenchy.
Kendall Jenner
In Torishéju.
Gigi Hadid
In custom Miu Miu.
Sydney Sweeney
In custom Miu Miu.
Zoe Saldaña
In Thom Browne.
Callum Turner & Dua Lipa
In custom Chanel.
Miley Cyrus
In Alaïa.
Shakira
In custom Prabal Gurung.
Nicole Kidman
In custom Balenciaga Couture and Wolford tights.
Chappell Roan
In a custom look sourced by Paul Tazewell.
Megan Thee Stallion
In custom Michael Kors Collection and Stuart Weitzman shoes.
Pamela Anderson
In Tory Burch.
Halle Bailey
In Coach.
Charli XCX
In custom Ann Demeulemeester.
Doja Cat
In custom Marc Jacobs and Wolford tights.
Anne Hathaway
In Carolina Herrera.
Diana Ross
In Ugo Mozie.
Lorde
In Thom Browne.
Demi Moore
In custom Thom Browne.
