The MET Gala goes dandy this year, so this is how Cosmo India would dress the debutants

Before we dive into our wishlists for our favourite divas making their debut at the MET this year, let's take a quick look back at the themes from the past decade:

2015: China: Through the Looking Glass

2016: Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology

2017: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

2018: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

2019: Camp: Notes on Fashion

2021: In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

2022: In America: An Anthology of Fashion

2023: Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

2024: Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

2025: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style

This year, the MET is getting dandy, and here are our picks for our fave girls set to make waves—in fits that are sharp, shiny, and straight out of a fashion fantasy.

Chappell Roan

If Cosmo were to dress Chappell for the Met Gala on May 5, the moodboard would include her staple theatrics. To anyone up against her, “Good luck, babe!”

 

Doechii

Hip-hop has a new rap child—we’re pretty sure Doechii’s outing will be free of anxiety, thanks to a radically structured interpretation of this year’s theme.

 

This article originally appeared in the March-April 2025 print edition of Cosmopolitan India. 

Lead image: Getty Images

Other images: Getty Images, the brands

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