Anna Wintour is setting the record straight about a long-standing Met Gala rumor.
Ahead of Met Gala Monday on May 5, the 75-year-old Vogue editor-in-chief sat down with Good Morning America‘s Michael Strahan to reveal if she indeed approves of A-listers’ attire.
“No,” she said laughing.
“Many call and ask our advice, so we try and help some of them as best we can. Some, no idea,” she added.
This year’s theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and all attendees, in theory, must adhere to the dress code, “Tailored for You.”
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Wintour seems to have complete confidence in her guest list.
The 2025 Met Gala co-chairs are Colman Domingo, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and the famed fashion editor, alongside honorary chair LeBron James. The group is a mix of Met Gala veterans and newcomers.
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Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo and A$AP Rocky
“Colman Domingo said he’d text you a photo of what he was wearing,” Strahan, 53, said to his guest, who happily confirmed there was “a discussion.”
The former football star continued, “He said he quote ‘died’ with the response when you told him it was a ‘work of art.'”
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“It was his idea. It was a clever idea,” Wintour said, giving the Emmy winner credit.
When asked if she’d seen looks from the other co-chairs, she said the British race car driver, 40, is waiting for fashion’s biggest night to reveal his outfit.
“Lewis, I’m not sure I entirely believe him, says he doesn’t have a picture, but it’s great,” she said.
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Wintour then dished on others involved, saying, “Pharrell [Williams] and [A$AP] Rocky have both described to me what they’re wearing. It sounds perfect.”
Circling back to Hamilton, she said, “I trust Lewis. Lewis totally knows what he’s doing.”
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Aside from the dress code, one rule attendees must follow is that tickets have to be bought once the individual is invited, or you must be a guest of someone who is on the list.
In 2024, Time reported individual tickets cost $75,000, while a single table started at $350,000.
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Katy Perry, 2019 Met Gala after party
Once inside, there’s a “no cellphone policy,” though that rule has been broken many times by several different stars.
There was also a rumor in 2024 that “allegedly multiple A-list celebrities were complaining about influencers being at this event.
Sources told PEOPLE there was no such rule.
And while there have been many notable looks since the Met Gala began in 1948 — including Katy Perry in a hamburger dress after the red carpet — this year is sure to be one to remember.
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Per Vogue, the theme draws inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity and will “feature garments, paintings, photographs, and more — all exploring the indelible style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th century through present day.”
It will also “illustrate how Black people transformed from being enslaved and stylized as luxury items, acquired like any other signifier of wealth and status, to autonomous self-fashioning individuals who are global trendsetters.”
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