Fashion’s seventy-fifth annual night at the museum is finally here! While you wait for the stars to come out, see how we interpreted the dress code. Which outfit would you wear?

We’ve always had a passion for the sartorial side of style. Whether it’s the clean lines, exquisite textiles, or long history of etiquette, there’s something about menswear and tailoring that speaks to our heart. Naturally, then, we’ve been in a flurry of excitement since the announcement of the 2025 Met Gala theme—tailored for you. 

In conjunction with the new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art via its Costume Institute, the 2025 Met Gala promises to once again dazzle our screens and social media feeds with images of all of the world’s brightest stars dressed to impress. (Stay tuned for our favorite looks, coming later this week!)

However, our editors got a bit impatient waiting for VOGUE’s livestream of the events and decided to take matters into their own hands with five fit-for-the-red-carpet ensembles reflecting the best of tailoring through elegant, evening-ready womenswear.

And, for the fun of it, we decided to price out each outfit—tax not inclusive; discounts not applied. Because, when you’re styling celebrities for a $75,000-a-plate dinner…well…the price of some of these outfits makes all five of those figures look downright affordable.

For the Girl Who Lives for Black Tie — $5,096

Adding up to our most modest price of only slightly over $5k, this outfit is sleek and sedate, echoing old money glamour while still managing to stay relevant for the year 2025. We can picture Audrey Hepburn stunning the paparazzi in a similar style or Anne Hathaway doing the same today.

Beginning with a Ronny Kobo column dress (we’ll take a bit of artistic liberty and imagine it as a floor-length evening gown rather than a cocktail dress) this outfit embraces the omnipresent bow ties worn by gentlemen in a playful way. Although the Met Gala is technically a black tie affair, our bow motif comes across through creamy ivory in both the oversized hair accessory from Jennifer Behr and a pair of Jimmy Choo platform pumps. 

We also make good use of ribbons through a whimsical Loeffler Randall clutch with a detachable ribbon handle, but the coordinating bow-shaped jewels (a Stone and Strand diamond necklace and Mimi So diamond ring) are what truly tie this outfit together.

For the Girl Who’s so Art Deco — $189,665

Yes, you read that right. With a slight (make that 3621%) increase in price from our previous ensemble, this outfit could easily end up in a museum someday for its jewels alone. That being said, we’ll take any chance we can get to obsess over a LoveShackFancy dress—and the Callaia is our all-time favorite. (It’s also one of the few pieces that wouldn’t bankrupt us.) Full of retro NYC energy, this dress begs for a maximalist look, so that’s exactly what we gave it.

Celebrating the city of New York, home of the Met itself, we paired the designed-in-the-city dress with a Chrysler Building crystal clutch bag from Judith Leiber Couture—covered entirely in Swarovski crystals. Similarly, the Swarovski-encrusted Alexis Headband is handmade in the US by Ellen Hunter, and it is truly a statement piece ready to help Hollywood tresses shine. And though our loyalties strayed to Europe to procure our footwear, we stayed true to the Swarovski theme—Rene Caovilla’s beaded sandals (available at Bergdorf’s) are ready to strut the red carpet.

We might’ve been able to purchase this outfit with our retirement still intact if not for the jewels—but who can resist Cartier’s 5th Avenue flagship? Not us! We chose their breathtaking 7.71-carat Reflection de Cartier necklace to set off the plunging neckline of our dress and the Panthére de Cartier ring to add a bit of black-and-white mystique to the ensemble.

For the Girl who Believes in Pink — $1,008,004 (approx.)

Don’t come at us for picking another cocktail dress for an evening event. When you’re wearing roughly a million dollars’ worth of diamonds as a brooch à la Graff’s 49.47-carat Tilda’s Bow, you effectively put the tie in black tie—no matter the height of your hem.

Every figurative bow tie needs a snazzy jacket to go with it, which is why we picked a satin slim-cut tuxedo dress from Cinq à Sept in an otherworldly shade of pink the designer label itself calls “plum radish”. Did we mention there are also feathers? (It is the Met Gala, after all.) In a shockingly similar and equally striking shade, reflective Louboutin pumps boast a generous 4” heel and the red soles of every glamour girl’s dreams, featuring a new protective outsole coating designed to help preserve the enviable color—no excuse for not hitting the dance floor!

When they’ve spent an entire inheritance on a single brooch, some girls might be tempted to skimp on the rest of their accessories—good thing we’re not those girls. We chose to echo the brooch’s bow motif with a glittering magenta bow purse from Judith Lieber, which can be carried as either a shoulder bag or clutch, and a hot pink silk headband from Wolf & Badger. At only slightly over $200, this hairpiece is downright thrifty!

For the Girl Who is a Museum Piece – $26,535

We’re honoring the stylish serenity of the Metropolitan Museum itself, with its iconic front steps that rival some of the artwork held inside, through an outfit that puts a gilded age twist on modern fashion. (We’ve also got a tiara—is that allowed? We think yes!)

Beginning with a playful lace Zimmermann minidress featuring a structured mock neck collar and sepia-toned take on the classic black-tie-white-shirt combo of menswear, we set off the lace netting up top with a locket featuring a kaleidoscope of over twenty-five diamonds—slip a picture of your special someone inside and keep your own mini-museum of memories close to your heart during the festivities!

With a modern-day heirloom around your neck, you might be tempted to abandon any further accessories, but we don’t endorse the idea. Instead, we’re going bold with a Saint Laurent lambskin pouch, Valentino stilettos which add a mere 4.75” to your height, and the aforementioned tiara. While it’s made of (yes, Swarovski) crystals in lieu of actual diamonds, this headpiece from Jennifer Behr is exquisite in every sense of the word—just like the wearer will surely feel as they pose on the steps of the Met.

For the Girl WHO’s a White Swan — $78,515

Final Thoughts

Soon, the gala will be upon us and a long list of celebs will take to the Met to reveal their long-planned outfits—you know we’ll be watching! But we’re celebrating something equally exciting today…the launch of our first mini magazine! If you’re not already part of the VESPER family, make sure to subscribe for monthly edits plus quarterly full-length editions. (There’s also been word about a monthly luxury product giveaway?! We’d sign up, if we were you…)