The look is also a nod to 2025 co-chair Colman Domingo, who is making his directorial debut with the film Sydney Sweeney went method for the 2025 Met Gala. The actress wore a sparkling black Miu Miu gown with an asymmetric boob cutout that she told interviewers was intended to evoke a similar dress worn by Kim Novak,

Her sparkly Miu Miu gown on the steps of the Met was a lesson in classic old Hollywood history—and a teaser for what’s to come.