black dress designers didn't just show up at the 2025 Met Gala — they owned the carpet. 🖤 With the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, this year's gala was a tribute to the 3 weeks to be made and sent to you. 3 Influential Black Fashion Designers

Not if you ask us

You'll quickly find you don't have to show up to your long-awaited birthday party in a turtleneck (at least, not against your wishes), and there are actually a number of ways to make your favorite evening pieces work

Because of our reservation the staff must have alerted one of the singers about my birthday and one other person's birthday who was also celebrating that day, because the singer just broke out and announced our names and the whole crowd sang happy birthday to us

Style it as the model does, with strappy metallic heeled sandals and drop earrings to let the dress take centre stage

I advise taking the individual serving approach