How the 2025 Met Gala Was Celebrated in After Hours Glamour and Style

Let us rejoice in the 2025 Met Gala, one of fashion’s most anticipated evening, with artistic and cultural visionaries including Pharrell Williams, Baz Luhrmann, Willy Chavarria and more at their jubilant after-parties.

Willy Chavarria and Tequila Don Julio at The Mark

At The Mark, beneath the lingering glow of fashion’s most anticipated night, Willy Chavarria and Tequila Don Julio gathered a sharply dressed coterie of cultural icons—Charli XCX, Taraji P. Henson, Law Roach, Leon Bridges, and more for an intimate, post-Met Gala celebration. Co-hosted by revered styling duo Wayman + Micah, the affair unfolded with Chavarria Rosa cocktails in hand, DJ Marco Neves on the decks, and Jean-Georges’ haute hot dogs served street-side via The Mark’s signature cart, this time paired with playful Tequila Don Julio 1942 minis. It was an effortlessly bold close to fashion’s grandest evening, where classic tailoring met streetwise indulgence.

AprèsMET at 161 Water Street

In the quiet shadows of the Met Gala’s glittering chaos, AprèsMET returned for its third chapter, an after-hours communion of fashion’s most unmissable figures. Hosts Alex Consani, Carlos Nazario, Paloma Elsesser, and Raul Lopez lured the city’s style set downtown to 161 Water Street, a workspace reimagined for one night into a sultry, champagne-soaked sanctuary by Water Street Associates, with fine jewelry house Guzema as the evening’s polished accomplice. Guests ascended into a dreamscape crowned by a seven-foot champagne tower and lace-clad dancers, while Lagavulin’s single malt poured with smoky ease. Beneath Jennings’ hypnotic soundtrack, icons like Vittoria Ceretti, Stormzy, Myha’la, and Maximilian Davis danced on glowing floors, closing fashion’s biggest night with cool irreverence and quiet power.

Richie Akiva After-Party at Casa Cipriani

At Casa Cipriani, beneath layers of velvet drapes and marble-clad rooms, Richie Akiva’s 11th annual Met Gala after-party, THE AFTER 2025, unfolded in a spectacle of superfine tailoring and unapologetic glamour. Co-hosted by Tyla, Doja Cat, Coleman Domingo, and Edward Enninful, and presented by Raising Cane’s, the fête drew a cross-section of cultural gravity: Madonna, Zendaya, Dua Lipa, Venus and Serena Williams, Stevie Wonder, Tom Brady, Lizzo, and more, all arriving in sculptural couture inspired by Black style and refinement. Inside, cocktails flowed courtesy of Cointreau, with make-your-own margarita bars and signature twists like the Cosmopoli-gin, while Raising Cane’s turned indulgence into performance art, serving their iconic chicken fingers and sweet tea in a late-night gastro lounge that kept Colin Kaepernick, Lucien Smith, and Todd Graves coming back for more. 

On the terrace, a food truck dished out Cane’s specials to a glittering crowd including Stormzy, Tems, Cardi B, and Ty Dolla Sign. DJs Pedro and Kitty Cash set the sonic mood before Kaytranada took over, igniting a packed floor of models, artists, and designers—Heidi Klum, Carlos Nazario, LaQuan Smith, Christian Cowan, who flowed between dance breaks and the speakeasy lounge, where 1800 Tequila cocktails like the Diamond Drop Martini sparkled in crystal glassware. As dawn crept across the East River, guests lingered, sipping mocktails by Adam Palmer, crunching Cane’s chicken, and clutching Grey Ven gift bags, marking another chapter in Akiva’s legendary after-dark canon.

Pharrell After-Party at Crane Club

After the Met Gala’s grandeur faded into night, Pharrell Williams raised the stakes at Crane Club with his second After Hours UNO Tournament, a game night cloaked in high fashion and higher tension. Hosted by streaming phenom Kai Cenat and backed by Mattel and Google, the evening turned playful rivalry into prestige, with prizes like a Richard Mille timepiece, Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings, a Louis Vuitton trunk, and a custom UNO varsity jacket designed by Pharrell himself. A-list contenders including Kim Kardashian, Keke Palmer, Future, Ciara, Jaden Smith, and PinkPantheress gathered around the table, turning card play into a cultural event, one where luck, style, and swagger collided in perfect shuffle.

A$AP Rocky and Ray-Ban at Jeans NYC

Last night, A$AP Rocky and Ray-Ban didn’t just debut sunglasses, they dropped a manifesto. At the Met Gala, Rocky unveiled the Wayfarer Puffer, a one-of-one Italian-made masterpiece drenched in 18kt gold, iced with natural diamonds and gemstones, and anchored by four diamond-set rivets, turning the iconic silhouette into a crown jewel of contemporary culture. But the spectacle didn’t end there. Post-Gala, AWGE and Ray-Ban took over Jeans NYC, transforming it into the AWGE Tailor Shop, a one-night-only portal into Rocky’s world, where antique millinery forms, vintage-inspired tailoring stations, and unreleased fits merged hip-hop’s future with style’s golden past. 

Guests like Rihanna, Maluma, Julia Fox, Spike Lee, Dapper Dan, and Precious Lee moved through the immersive space, sipping Casamigos cocktails and clutching “Don’t Be Dumb” tickets redeemable for curated smoke sessions. At its core stood the first look at the Wayfarer Puffer collection, dropping this June in a riot of color, black, red, pink, green, and more, each pair an amplified echo of streetwise luxury. The ultimate flex? Rocky himself donning a one-of-one Wayfarer crafted from 200 grams of 18kt white gold and 60 carats of diamonds, now among the most valuable sunglasses ever made. With CashApp and Casamigos Ace of Spades in the mix, the night wasn’t just an afterparty, it was a testament to Rocky’s relentless vision: refined, rebellious, and unmistakably his.

Baz Luhrmann Post-Met Gala Affair at Monsieur

Baz Luhrmann turned the dial all the way up on after-dark opulence with his post-Met Gala affair at Monsieur, his East Village jewel box where cinema met subculture in a heady swirl of candlelight, couture, and club-kid energy. Hosted by the maestro himself, the night drew a fearless crowd—Charli XCX, Julia Fox, Heidi and Leni Klum, Rosé, Jeremy O. Harris, Natasha Lyonne, Lewis Hamilton, Haider Ackermann, Guram Gvasalia, and more, each dressed to the nines in goth-glam reverie. 

Daisy O’Dell helmed a six-hour DJ set while Luhrmann made a surprise cameo behind the bar, pouring Bombay Sapphire Sparkling Lemon with theatrical flair. Velvet drapes, flickering votives, and vintage chandeliers set the tone as grilled cheeses circulated and the night melted into movement, Met Gala glitterati twirling in lace, leather, and legacy under a haze of glamour and grit. For one sultry, cinematic evening, Monsieur became a temple of beautiful excess, Baz’s world, exactly as it should be.

BOOM After-Party at The Standard, High Line

At BOOM inside The Standard, High Line, Burna Boy lit up the night with a Met Gala afterparty that pulsed with swagger, soul, and global rhythm. Fresh off the drop of his new single “Sweet Love” and teasing his forthcoming album No Sign of Weakness, the Grammy-winning Afrofusion icon turned the room into a celebration of cultural power and sonic transcendence. With Black Coffee, DJ Lambo, and Spaceship Billy curating the night’s deep, magnetic soundtrack, the crowd, an electric mix of artists, fashion royalty, and industry elite, moved in sync with Burna’s unshakable energy.

As always, The Standard delivered on legacy and atmosphere, reinforcing its place as the destination for post-Met revelry. Now aligned with Hyatt’s lifestyle portfolio and poised to join World of Hyatt, the brand continues its reign of iconic nights across the globe, from New York to the Maldives, with Lisbon, Pattaya, and Mexico City next in line. At BOOM, the message was clear: no sign of weakness, only heat, history, and high fashion soundtracked by the king of Afrofusion himself.