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The 2025 Met Gala marks fashion’s biggest night of the year, and women in sport are taking a well-deserved victory lap up the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This year’s Met Gala theme celebrates the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which takes inspiration from Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The official dress code is “Tailored for You,” highlighting the museum exhibition’s focus on suiting and menswear.
While athletes have long been invited to the star-studded charity event, their presence has noticeably increased over the years. Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton is a co-chair of this year’s gala, with LeBron James serving as an honorary chair (though the Los Angeles Laker shared that he’s unable to make it due to an injury sustained in the NBA playoffs). Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese, Olympic track star Sha’Carri Richardson and the world’s most decorated gymnast Simone Biles are also on this year’s host committee.
Among the athletes making their Met Gala debuts this year are reigning WNBA champions Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, and Breanna Stewart, teammates from theNew York Liberty. They walked the carpet alongside team owner Clara Wu Tsai in coordinating looks—now that’s true teamwork, redefined!
Keep scrolling to see some of your favorite athletes shine on the 2025 Met Gala red carpet.
Simone Biles
Eleven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles wore a custom halter gown by Harbison with a train.
Angel Reese
The former Women’s Health cover star wore custom Thom Browne for her second Met Gala. “I’m all about normalizing that you can live both lives—you don’t have to just be an athlete,” she told Business of Fashion last year.
Sha’Carri Richardson
The Olympian’s lace Valentino look was inspired by “Black power—by Black women power,” she told WWD. “I want to represent the feminine power of Black women, and show that there is not just one particular way to be powerful and feminine at the same time.”
Serena Williams
The 23-time Grand Slam champion stunned in an icy blue gown with a comfy cape by Moncler.
Venus Williams
Tennis icon Venus Williams brought her on-court style to the Met in custom Lacoste. “With this look, we brought together the tennis codes that are central to Venus’s life and career, and to Lacoste’s heritage, and reconstructed them through the lens of traditional tailoring,” explained Lacoste creative director Pelagia Kolotouros.
Breanna Stewart
The New York Liberty forward and her teammates all wore custom Sergio Hudson. “I’m really excited for the girls to walk into their fullness and their fashion-drama-diva moments,” Hudson told the New York Times, “and for the world to see these champions.”
Sabrina Ionescu
The Liberty guard, also in Sergio Hudson, told the Times she was hoping to meet Serena Williams at her first Met Gala. “We’re always in uniform on the court, so I’m really excited to tell a little bit of the duality of myself as an individual,” she said.
Gabby Thomas
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas, who recently co-wrote an op-ed for WH on the power of women in sport, brought fire to the red carpet wearing Ahluwalia.
Director, Special Projects
Amanda Lucci is the director of special projects at Women’s Health, where she works on multi-platform brand initiatives and social media strategy. She also leads the sports and athletes vertical, traveling to cover the Paris Olympics, Women’s World Cup, WNBA Finals, and NCAA Final Four for WH. She has nearly 15 years of experience writing, editing, and managing social media for national and international publications and is also a NASM-certified personal trainer. A proud native of Pittsburgh, PA, she is a graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Follow her on Instagram @alucci.
