With guests filtering in to the event proper the red carpet and our live blog wrap up, with Vogue hosts calling the 2025 preshow the 'swaggiest' yet. 

We're not done though, check back later this afternoon when the Viva team shares their picks of the notable fashion and beauty looks from the 2025 Met Gala, and why they matter, 

Laura Harrier with Zac Posen, who designed her custom Gap Studio look.

It's not quite as dramatic as her mother's extravagant train but 

Tracee Ellis Ross is hardly blending in either with this tonal pink look. She has called the giant detail around her middle a "cummerbow".

The words most heard on the red carpet? 

All night the live stream has been a chorus of "over your should please" requests bellowed from photographers to arriving guests. 

The Met Gala isn't traditionally known as a bastion of good food, in recent years the dinner has been downgraded to an hors d'oeuvres type offering , but that changes tonight. 

"I'm eating good tonight, that's my boy" Keke Palmer said on the red carpet about Kwame Onwuachi, the chef who will be responsible for curating and executing the 2025 Met Gala menu.

The chef, know for his for his Afro-Caribbean dishes, has kept the exact menu a surprise so far but there are a few things Anna Wintour makes sure are always off-limits: garlic, onions, parsley, chives and bruschetta are banned.

When he dressed singer Rosalia, Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing took the theme, “Tailored for You,” to its natural conclusion.

“I’m his mannequin,” said the singer on the Vogue live stream. No, literally — she’s wearing a breastplate that looks like the torso of a mannequin. Rousteing’s accessory? A Balmain sewing machine-shaped bag. - reporting by Washington Post 

Former U.S Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the Met Gala with her husband Doug Emhoff — attending the event at the invitation of Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, the Met Gala co-chair. So far, she has not walked the carpet.

Harris is wearing a gown by Off-White designed by IB Kamara. The design was meant to celebrate Dandyism — defined by the Off-White team as “showing up as your best self without the need to be flashy or overworked.”

The gown was designed with a mix of heavy cady silks to give it a deep luxurious texture, according to the Off-White team. “To me the true core of dandyism is rooted in confidence and strength,” IB Kamara said in a statement. “With her look for this monumental night at the Met celebrating Black culture and iconicity, we felt simplicity is best. Utilizing a mix of silk fabrications and precise tailoring, we added subtle flares allowing her own dandyism to shine through — like the dramatic sleeve and elongated scarf.”

Emhoff is wearing a suit by Brunello Cucinelli and a boutonniere by Black-owned New York City florist Oat Cinnamon Studio. - reporting by Washington Post 

Nicole Kidman has said her black gloved look was all about the tailored details, paying homage to the unseen workers "behind the scenes, who do all that beautiful work."

She also teased something to come later in the night, away from the cameras, saying there's "some good musical guests."

In a sea of custom looks, Lana del Rey is an easy wearing breathe of fresh air in an off the runway look.  If you can call a Valentino couture creation that features a chocolate-brown satin skirt,  velvet  and lace bodice, oversized sleeves and feathered shoulders  easy wearing.