From the White House to the Met Gala.
Kamala Harris was among the A-listers on the Met Gala 2025 red carpet on Monday night, hitting the star-studded event for the first time wearing a custom Off-White look by IB Kamara.
The former presidential candidate, 60, honored the night’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” with a black silk gown, featuring a long scarf, sweeping white statement sleeve, and a pleated skirt.
Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
The theme and dress code both honor black dandyism and “[explore] the importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora,” per the Met.
She rounded out her simple attire with green diamond statement earrings, a black and gold clutch and her signature blown-out hairstyle.
Kamara shared his concept for Kamala’s look with Vogue, explaining, “for this monumental night at the Met celebrating Black culture and iconicity, we felt simplicity is best.”
Cameron Smith
“Utilizing a mix of silk fabrications and precise tailoring, we added subtle flares allowing her own dandyism to shine through,” he continued, “like the dramatic sleeve and elongated scarf.”
She was joined by husband Doug Emhoff, who wore a Brunello Cucinelli tuxedo.
Stepdaughter Ella Emhoff, however, did not join the couple after making her own Met Gala debut in 2021 wearing a red Adidas by Stella McCartney bedazzled look.
Harris isn’t the first politician to get the Met invite; Hillary Clinton previously attended in 2001 and 2013, and made her triumphant return in 2022 for the America-themed event wearing a Joseph Altuzarra gown embroidered with the names of famed women she admires, like Madeline Albright, Abigail Adams, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Lady Bird Johnson, and Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made quite the statement with her 2021 attire — literally — sporting a white Brother Vellies gown with “Tax the Rich” splashed across the back.