Janelle Monáe Is the Queen of Dandyism With Met Gala 2025 Look

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Janelle Monáe upped the ante with their look at the 2025 Met Gala, acing the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme and “Tailored for You” dress code.

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Janelle Monáe knows how to rule the primetime.

Indeed, the “Yoga” singer made jaws drop at the 2025 Met Gala when they arrived on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art wearing black, white and red suit by Paul Tazewell, which was complimented with a black bowler hat, a black bag and a monocle . (For other celebs at the New York City event, click here.)

But it’s no surprise that Janelle—who stripped down to reveal multiple looks at the Met Gala in 2023—took everyone’s breath away at the fashion-forward event held on May 5. In fact, the musician has always had eye-catching style, which especially falls in line with the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme and “Tailored for You” dress code for this year’s event.

As the singer explained, their sense of fashion came to them during their adolescence.

“I was very artsy,” Janelle told Variety in 2020. “I was an international thespian, I would compete in monologue competitions. I was also in the acapella choir, was doing talent shows—this is in high school. So, I was a busy arts student, expressing myself through art, and I started to really use fashion as a way to express that.”

And around that time, Janelle—who became known for their classic black-and-white ensembles (also reminiscent of Dandyism) during the beginning stages of their career—started to stick of a uniform of sorts.

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“As an homage to the working class, and my working class parents,” the 39-year-old noted. “And honestly, I just couldn’t afford to keep up when I started to sing and perform, and I went to a performing arts school in New York, and I went to Atlanta and I was living in a boarding house, I did not have time to find a new costume every single show.”

“So, it was like, what is my uniform, what is my outfit going to be?” Janelle continued. “What is something that I always feel comfortable in? It’s been the androgynous look that matched my energy.”

Keep reading to see who else turned heads at the 2025 Met Gala…

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Halle Berry

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Rosé

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Mary J. Blige

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Cardi B

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Andre 3000

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Jalen Hurts & Bry Burrows

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Jaden Smith

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Kylie Jenner

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Laura Harrier

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Anna Sawai

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Issa Rae

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LaKeith Stanfield

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Kim Kardashian

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