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Chappell Roan made her Met Gala debut with an eye-catching ensemble on May 5
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Her bold look was artfully revealed throughout the journey from her N.Y.C. hotel to the Met steps’ blue carpet
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Roan has quickly become one to watch on the red carpet since she shot to fame with her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Chappell Roan is making her first Met Gala major!
The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer, 27, arrived at fashion’s biggest night in a hot pink ensemble that she pulled off like a performance from her journey from the The Mark Hotel all the way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Earlier in the night on May 5, she was photographed wearing an enormous patterned hot pink cape complete with a train decked out in magenta tinsel.
However, once inside the museum, Roan ditched the accessory (which was so large it needed to be held by an entourage) to unveil the coordinating suit hiding underneath. Like many of the stars in attendance, Roan went with a fitted two-piece look, but hers featured a blazer and bell-bottoms slit right at the center to reveal her epic bejeweled boots.
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Chappell Roan at The Mark Hotel
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Roan’s glam was just as memorable as her outfit as it was all about big hair and makeup described as “maximalist, metallic, and made to move” in a press release.
The famous redhead wore her curls in an extra voluminous hairstyle with bangs complemented by dramatic makeup by Pat McGrath Labs.
“For Chappell, we were channeling the glamour and freedom of the disco era—think Sylvester, Superfly, superfine tailoring, and unapologetic shine,” shared makeup artist Pat McGrath.
Roan’s eyes in particular were the most mesmerizing part of the look with McGrath “layering shimmering metallics with illustrated wings, chrome lashes and rhinestone accents” using theHoliday Mega: Luminous Legends and Mothership XII: Petalmorphosis palettes. False lashes were applied to Roan’s top and bottom lash lines to create a “modern disco glam rock vibe.”
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Chappell Roan
Roan has already made some of her most memorable fashion moments this year.
Back in January, she attended the Grammys with a piece of fashion history on her back. During her first appearance at the awards show — where she walked away with a win for Best New Artist — Roan made a statement in a 2003 Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer couture collection dress complete with the design’s original colorful feather-like hat.
Related: ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’: The 2025 Met Gala Theme and Dress Code Explained
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Chappell Roan
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E!’s fashion correspondent Zanna Roberts Rassi said on the live red carpet pre-show that Roan’s stylist Genesis Webb had this look on her vision board for 10 years and “slept with it in her room because it’s that precious.”
For the Valentino Fall/Winter 2025 show during Paris Fashion Week, Roan channeled a Victorian aesthetic in a romantic ball gown complete with a chiffon and tulle skirt adorned with flower appliqués and a bow-adorned bodice. The look was among the many she wore during her time in the city traipsing from one front row to the next.
Before heading to the Big Apple, Roan celebrated her stylist at the Daily Front Row Fashion Awards wearing a Fall/Winter 2025 Alexander McQueen creation with a sculpted skirt and pleated high neck.
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Chappell Roan in Jean Paul Gaultier at the 2025 Grammys
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Roan revealed how her her personal style has changed over the years, especially since she’s been in the public eye, during a recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
“I’m very modest when it comes to my day-to-day. I think it’s just because, one, I feel like I’m in L.A. and I can dress more masculine and not get dirty looks. But I feel like in other parts of the country, I dress more feminine… I don’t wanna deal with [comments],” she said.
“Before all of this [fame] happened and I had energy and light in my eyes, I would literally just wear my thong out, miniskirt, bottom a– cheeks out. Nipples see through…I dressed, like, really, really bimbo-y,” she explained. “I wore silicone boob inserts to make my boobs come up to my f—ing clavicle. So, I just, lost my shine because it became my job. And then I was like, I’m f—ing tired.”
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Chappell Roan at the Daily Front Row’s Fashion Awards
The theme of the 2025 Met Gala is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and is inspired by guest curator Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, explores “the Black dandy as both a concept and an identity signifier,” according to the Costume Institute’s curator in charge Andrew Bolton.
The exhibit “presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style from the 18th century to the present through an exploration of the concept of dandyism,” according to a post on the museum’s Instagram.
The Met Gala’s dress code this year is “Tailored for You” and is a nod to the exhibition’s focus on menswear and suiting. The host committee this year includes Simone Biles and her husband, Jonathan Owens, Regina King, Spike Lee, Angel Reese, Doechii and Usher.
In October, Vogue announced Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour as co-chairs of the 2025 event, as well as LeBron James as honorary chair.
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