Diana Ross’ Show-Stopping Met Gala Look Includes Touching Tribute To Family
By Sarah Tate
May 5, 2025
Diana Ross shut down the carpet at the 2025 Met Gala with a show-stopping look that required a whole team to help her walk up the iconic stairs and featured a sweet tribute to her family.
In her first Met Gala appearance since 2003 on Monday (May 5) that correspondent La La Anthony said "shut the whole carpet down," the legendary singer stunned in a gorgeous slip gown embellished with white crystals, per Harpers Bazaar.
It was her extraordinary cape, however, that captured the crowd's attention, requiring a full team to lift it as she made we way inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The cape was trimmed in feathers, matching her dramatic feathered hat, and featured a touching detailed embellishment in honor of her family. The lengthy train included the names of all of her children and grandchildren.
"It's a very special moment," she said.
@voguemagazine The one, the only, #DianaRoss shut down the 2025 #MetGala carpet. This was her first appearance at the Met since 2003!
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The jaw-dropping ensemble was made even more impressive due to her attendance being a bit last minute as she is on tour. However, her son Evan Ross, who accompanied her on the carpet and declared that his mom "is the Met Ball," persuaded her to show up and show out.
"She's the best thing," he added.
The theme for the 2025 Met Gala is "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," coinciding with the Costume Institute's new spring exhibition which was inspired by Monica L. Miller's 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. Guests are encouraged to follow the dress code "Tailored For You," which Vogue notes is a reference to the exhibit's focus on menswear and is "purposefully designed to provide guidance and invite creative interpretation."
Alongside Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, this year's event, which is a benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, is co-chaired by rapper A$AP Rocky, actor Colman Domingo, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and producer Pharrell Williams as well as NBA star LeBron James as an honorary co-chair. Check out more of the eye-popping fashions from the 2025 Met Gala.