Demi Moore attended the 2025 Met Gala in a custom Thom Browne dress that looked like a giant necktie
Moore’s dog, Pilaf, didn’t attend the Met Gala, but had a matching look of her own
Pilaf matched Moore’s 2025 Met Gala look in a mini black and white necktie for dogs
Demi Moore’s dog Pilaf might not have scored an invitation to the 2025 Met Gala, but the pup was more than ready for a night out at the event.
The Substance actress, 62, gave her Instagram followers a behind-the-scenes look at getting ready for the high-fashion event, which took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 5.
In the videos, Moore was recorded while getting ready in hair and makeup with her glam team before hitting the steps of the Met. During the preparations, Pilaf was responsible for keeping the actress levelheaded.
“A look back as yesterday’s #MetGala prep! With my emotional support @pilaf.littlemouse,” Moore captioned one of the videos, which featured Pilaf sitting calmly in her lap.
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Demi Moore and Pilaf before the 2025 Met Gala.
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After completing hair and makeup, Moore got dressed in her black necktie gown by Thom Browne — and Pilaf had her own matching version created by the designer for fashion’s biggest night.
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“@thombrowne made Pilaf her very own custom look, of course,” Moore wrote over an Instagram Stories video of her fully dressed in her complete Met Gala look, holding Pilaf as she unboxed a mini black necktie that matched her dress. Moore quickly placed the matching tie on Pilaf, cradling her and gushing over how “gorgeous” she looked in the designer item.
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Demi Moore and Pilaf before the 2025 Met Gala.
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Moore’s look for the evening was far more ornate — according to Vogue, the actress’s custom Thom Browne gown contained over 1,400,000 beads, 22,000 pieces of black rectangle sequins, 103,500 pieces of black cut beads and 1,093,500 pieces of black bugle beads. The garment — meant to resemble a men’s necktie — took a total of 7,600 hours to make.
The actress additionally wore black and white pom-pom heels to match the black and white of the dress, and accessorized the look with a pair of diamond-encrusted bracelets and diamond chandelier earrings.
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Demi Moore and Pilaf before the 2025 Met Gala.
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Moore’s look offered a unique take on the 2025 Met Gala theme and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s corresponding spring 2025 exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The dress code for this year was “Tailored for You,” which spotlights the exhibition’s focus on menswear and suiting.
A post on the museum’s Instagram revealed that 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.”
Despite not attending the 2025 Met Gala alongside her superstar mother, Pilaf has attended several events on Moore’s arm throughout the years.
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“I can take Pilaf everywhere. She’s literally been to Broadway shows, museums, the French Open, art openings, restaurants,” Moore told Vogue in an August 2024 interview. “She’s a service animal, so she’s allowed to go everywhere. She’s flown to Europe 14 times.”
The actress continued, “We almost got thrown out of the Sisi Museum in Vienna [until] I found her official card, because I didn’t register her. She saw Romeo and Juliet with Tom Holland—loved it. She saw Funny Girl and Appropriate with Sarah Paulson.”
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Pilaf’s Thom Browne outfit isn’t the only fashionable thing she’s done. Moore also shared that she once took Pilaf to a Versace fashion show — and the dog was in good company.
“The most stressful was the very first show I took her to—which I wasn’t planning on, but I had to go straight to the airport and was traveling alone—which was the Versace show,” The actress added. “And I was so relieved because Pierpaolo [Piccioli, former Valentino creative director] and his wife had their dog there.”
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