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Nicki Minaj has become a Met Gala veteran.
The “Pink Friday 2” rapper attended the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday in New York City. This year’s theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which drew inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, according to Vogue. The dress code was “Tailored for You.”
Minaj, 42, has attended the Met Gala eight times since 2013. Here are all her looks.
May 2013: Minaj attended her first Met Gala in a Tommy Hilfiger gown
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The 2013 Met Gala theme was “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” but Minaj kept things simple in a dark blue gown featuring cut-outs along the midriff and a square neckline. Tommy Hilfiger designed the gown and gifted Minaj a $32,000 Rolex for being his guest at the event.
“Oh gee, thx Tommy,” she wrote on X, known as Twitter at the time.
May 2016: She wore a Moschino gown and walked with designer Jeremy Scott on the red carpet
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Minaj waited three years to attend her next Met Gala, which had the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme. She posed with designer Jeremy Scott, wearing a Moschino creation on the red carpet. Scott announced in March 2023 that he intended to step down from his role with the luxury fashion brand.
The sheer black dress featured a plunging necklace and black belts with bejeweled buckles. Minaj also wore black sheer opera gloves.
May 2017: Minaj’s third Met Gala look was designed by fashion retailer H&M
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The “Pink Friday 2” rapper arrived at her third Met Gala wearing a black and red outfit. That year’s theme was “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between.”
Vogue reported that Minaj’s ensemble — designed in collaboration with H&M — included a duchess satin kimono top, an obi belt with designer Rei Kawakubo’s face, and intricate details like a strip of red Swarovski crystals.
May 2018: Oscar de la Renta designed Minaj’s gown for that year’s Met Gala
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Minaj wore another black and red ensemble to the Met Gala in 2018 when the theme was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.”
She arrived in an ombré Oscar de la Renta gown with black fabric at the top that gradually turned a bold red. She topped the gown with a matching robe featuring a long train and a detailed headpiece.
May 2019: Prabal Gurung designed Minaj’s ensemble for her fifth Met Gala
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Minaj attended the 2019 Met Gala — with the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme — in an all-pink halter minidress designed by Prabal Gurung. It included a plunging sweetheart neckline, an extravagant train, and silver jewels strung across the fabric.
During a red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight that May, Minaj admitted that she didn’t understand the event’s “camp” theme.
“Up until today, I had no idea what ‘camp’ was,” she told the outlet. “So, I don’t even know if this is camp, to be honest.”
May 2022: Minaj arrived to her sixth Met Gala in a gown designed by Burberry
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The COVID-19 pandemic prompted Met Gala organizers to cancel the event in 2020, and Minaj didn’t attend the 2021 ceremony due to vaccine protocols. However, she returned to the Met Gala red carpet in 2022 wearing a dramatic black gown by Burberry.
Harper’s Bazaar reported that the all-black ensemble featured a strapless leather jumpsuit adorned with a large belt buckle and a long feathered train. Minaj’s outfit was paired with a matching black cap, and she accessorized with black jewels across her skin.
May 2024: Minaj wore a gold minidress designed by Marni
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Minaj attended the 2024 Met Gala in a gold Marni minidress after skipping the previous year. She paired the dress with a matching handbag and heels.
The dress is covered in hand-painted 3D metal flowers, according to Vogue.
Minaj thanked Marni and its creative director, Francesco Risso, on Instagram, writing, “This was the most wonderful experience & I’m so grateful for @marni & Francesco who were the most exquisite, most classy gang a girl like me could ask for.”
May 2025: Minaj wore a Thom Browne suit dress to her eighth Met Gala
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The theme for the 2025 Met Gala was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” and the dress code was “Tailored for You.”
A post on Thom Browne’s Instagram said Minaj’s ensemble was “a deconstructed take on the dandy pinstripe suit.”
“The look is grounded by a pencil skirt with mermaid train in navy and white pinstripe wool crepe and a corset in white silk moiré with binding in tonal silk duchess satin,” the post said.
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