Tyla served old Hollywood glamour and paid homage to at the late André Leon Talley at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5).
The South African star stunned on the blue carpet with her immaculately tailored off-the-shoulder Jacquemus gown that featured a beaded pinstripe design, and a floor-length cape that honored Talley, according to her stylist Law Roach’s Instagram Story.
This year’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The official dress code is “Tailored for You,” a nod to the spring 2025 exhibition’s focus on menswear and is “purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation,” according to Vogue.
“For Tyla’s makeup, we were channeling vintage Hollywood glamour — icons like Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, and Jean Harlow — with a modern twist,” her makeup artist Pat McGrath told Vogue. “The look focused on sultry smokey eyes using warm nudes and deep browns, paired with tonal red lips in varying shapes…. We also played with the brow — arched, softened, and gently toned to echo a new kind of modern Hollywood.”
Tyla attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton served as co-chairs, while LeBron James served as honorary chair. (James announced on X he had to cancel his appearance due to a knee injury he sustained at the end of the season.) Tyla served as one of the members of the costume institute benefit host committee, alongside Doechii, André 3000, Usher, Janelle Monáe and more.
