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    Rihanna's Official 2025 Met Gala Red Carpet Look Is Worth the Wait

    She's the epitome the night's theme in custom Marc Jacobs.

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    Last updated 6 May 2025 In News

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    Rihanna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating quot;Superfine: Tailoring Black Stylequot; at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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    This year's Met Gala theme is "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style"—or, in other words, a celebration of Rihanna's personal aesthetic. And, rest assured, she delivered.

    Naturally, the pop star was in her truest form on Monday night, arriving late (as scheduled) to the evening's red carpet. She changed out of her earlier crop-top look into a tailored suit gown by Marc Jacobs, complete with a polka dot ascot that embodied the night's "Black dandy" codes.

    Rihanna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating quot;Superfine: Tailoring Black Stylequot; at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.

    Rihanna attends the 2025 Met Gala, celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style."

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    Rihanna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating quot;Superfine: Tailoring Black Stylequot; at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.

    She wore a suit dress and a matching hat, with a polka dot neck scarf.

    (Image credit: Getty Images)

    Earlier in the evening, Rihanna hosted a pregnancy reveal, when she was photographed outside of the Carlyle Hotel in her laid-back travel outfit. Before changing into her evening look, Riri was dressed casually, by Met Gala fashion standards. She wore a gray, ribbed two-piece skirt set, with matching knee-high socks that was ripped right off the Miu Miu runway.

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    Its cropped top showed off her baby bump perfectly. In 2023, the pop star revealed her second pregnancy during her Super Bowl Half-Time performance, so this debut feels like a good way to top it.

    The mogul embraced 1920s themes in her first look as well, styling her low-key look with a wool cloche hat and a mink sole, embellished with a glittering brooch. The pinstriped pumps from the night before acted as her 'fit's final addition.

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    Rihanna exits the Carlyle Hotel before the 2025 Met Gala in a bump-baring co-ord.

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    Rihanna is a bona fide Met Gala regular and this year marks her eleventh time walking the famed museum steps, since she first attended in 2008. Even so, the 2025 event might be one of her most highly-anticipated appearances to date, given that her partner A$AP Rocky is one of the evening's hosts.

    The rapper lended Vogue his fashion expertise for the 2025 soirée—and, as tonight as proven, it was absolutely the right choice.

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    Kelsey (she/her) is a freelance fashion editor and writer. At Marie Claire, she provides witty celeb style commentary, unpacking the style choices of stars like Zoë Kravitz, Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, and her fashion superhero, Rihanna. When she’s not tracking the personal style of Hollywood’s elite, Kelsey also covers designer collabs and industry news.

    Before taking her talents to Marie Claire, Kelsey was the Senior Fashion Editor at Bustle, where she oversaw the site’s fashion coverage. Prior to Bustle, she came from a six-year stint at Seventeen. In her freelance era, Kelsey contributes to publications like InStyle, Cosmopolitan,and more. Follow @klstieg on Instagram for 'fit pics and travel recommendations.

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