Demi Moore dressed as a Thom Browne necktie for the 2025 Met Gala
Demi Moore took the 2025 Met Gala dress code "Tailored for You" to the next level on Monday night, wearing a dress constructed to look like a full-body necktie -- and she looked fabulous doing it.
Moore's look was a custom gown designed by Thom Browne. The label also dressed a number of other Met Gala attendees including Whoopi Goldberg, Janelle Monáe, Zoe Saldaña, Tramell Tillman and Anok Yai.
Moore's striking look featured a fitted bodice cut to taper in at the natural waist, while the bottom flowed into two distinct flaps: One in the front that mimicked the front of a tie and a cascading train in the back. A structed halo resembling the collar portion of the tie hovered above Moore's braided chignon, completing the illusion with an air of whimsical sophistication.
She finished the look with coordinating black and white pumps and piled on the diamond jewelry to match the shine of the dress, which, as Vogue reported, took more than 7,600 hours to create and featured "22,000 pieces of black rectangle sequins, 103,500 pieces of black cut beads, and 1,093,500 pieces of black bugle beads."
In an Instagram post discussing the look, Moore's famously adorable dog Pilaf wore a matching tie as the actress prepared for the event. While Pilaf did not appear on the blue carpet, Moore carried one of Thom Browne's iconic dog-shaped bags in her stead. Browne uses his own canine muse, his beloved dachshund Hector, when crafting the bags.
The post also confirmed Moore worked with her longtime stylist Brad Goreski on the look ("of course," she said), and showcased various design sketches and fabric swatches used in the dress-making process.
This year's Met Gala theme was "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" and saw attendees focus heavily on finely crafted suiting and gowns to create a bespoke look in homage to Black dandyism.
The theme and accompanying Costume Institute exhibit were heavily inspired by Monica L. Miller's 2009 book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity."
