Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were notably absent from the many stars in attendance at the 2025 Met Gala. The appearance would have marked Kelce's Met Gala debut and Swift's first since 2016.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce skipped the red carpet. The superstar couple was invited to Monday’s Met Gala, but sat it out due to scheduling conflicts, according to TMZ. Swift, a previous attendee of the glitzy Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s benefit,

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been lying low for most of 2025, and those expecting them to make a splash at the Met Gala were disappointed.

Entertainment Weekly rounds up our 20 favorite looks from the 2025 Met Gala, specifically those we felt were the most inventive, playful, or on theme.

Of the dozens of looks at the Met Gala, these 15 stood out as some that will be hard to forget, just like the blue carpet, which had a daffodil print that gave it more pizazz than the average red rug.

On some occasions, the Met Gala veers into the territory of the fantastical or even cartoonish (see: last year’s “Garden of Time” dress code; 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion”). This year’s dress code,