With simply days till the 2025 Met Gala, the visitor listing and seating preparations are already set. We mere mortals will not know precisely who’s attending till they stroll up the steps on Could 5—however Hailey Bieber cleverly used a classic Gucci costume to doubtlessly wink at her RSVP.
The Rhode founder touched down in New York Metropolis on April 30. She’d barely made it out of the JFK Airport baggage declare earlier than heading out to Manhattan’s Cafe Zaffri for a late-night chew. Stylist Dani Michelle pulled an icy blue classic Gucci costume, circa the Spring 1998 assortment designed by Tom Ford, for the pointed sidewalk strut. At a first look, it is merely a mid-length sheath with the professional, subtly horny tailoring Ford introduced to Gucci. However Michelle and Bieber logged on Instagram to shed some mild on the look’s backstory.
Hailey Bieber stopped by Cafe Zaffri in New York Metropolis in a classic Gucci mini costume.
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After posting a photograph of Bieber in her Gucci mini, her bronde hair in a contemporary middle-parted blowout and sun shades perched on her nostril, Dani Michelle then shared an archival photograph of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sporting the very same costume. “Icons solely,” Michelle captioned the snap—which Bieber then re-shared on her Tales.
Wintour debuted the Gucci by Tom Ford costume in 1998, for a US Embassy cocktail get together in Paris. She was photographed alongside the legendary late editor André Leon Talley, who additionally wearing the identical fabled assortment.
Bieber and Michelle sourced the decades-old costume from The RealList, a classic boutique that has additionally provided Olivia Rodrigo and Kylie Jenner with their archival crimson carpet grails. The timing for an Anna Wintour reference could not be extra pointed: Wintour, in any case, is famously a co-chair of the Met Gala annually. Hailey Bieber sampling her ’90s wardrobe suggests a connection—and maybe a “Sure” to attending this yr’s occasion.
andré leon talley and anna wintour each sporting gucci by tom ford s/s 1998 (with wintour in a blue variant of the runway look) on the U.S. embassy cocktail get together in paris, photographed by angelica blechschmidt (1998) pic.twitter.com/OphMpbMXa5December 14, 2021
Hailey Bieber’s 2025 Met Gala plans will not be confirmed till she arrives on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, in fact. Nonetheless, she’s overdue for an look. The mannequin and sweetness mogul final attended in 2022, for the “In America: An Anthology of Trend” version with a “Gilded Glamour” costume code. Bieber wore a customized ivory Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello robe with a halter neckline and hip-high slit, paired to semi-sheer black tights and a flowing cape. She supposed to pay homage to Seventies mannequin Jerry Hall.
Hailey Bieber final attended the Met Gala in 2022, when she wore Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.
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Bieber’s 2025 Met Gala heat up trended in a extra trendy course, regardless of the ’90s origins of her icy blue mini. She clutched a smooth leather-based bag by The Row in a single hand, and a coordinating Rhode telephone case set with a matching Peptide Lip Tint within the different (in fact). See-through Gianvito Rossi heels nodded to present-day road type, the place the bare shoe pattern is celebrities’ favourite manner to be clear.
Bieber’s classic costume featured a body-skimming silhouette and a small slit on the again.
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On Monday, celebrities will arrive on the 2025 Met Gala honoring the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Type” in variations on the “Tailor-made for You” costume code. Hailey Bieber may both return to her Saint Laurent suiting roots or go for an additional classic pull with ties to the occasion’s founder—it is her crimson carpet to win both manner.
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