Met Gala 2025: Doechii Has a Smoke Break on the Red Carpet

Doechii hit the red carpet at the 2025 Met Gala in New York on May 5, and fans were definitely picking up what the Grammy winner was putting down with her fashion look. 

By Lindsay Weinberg May 05, 2025 11:49 PM
| Updated May 06, 2025 12:25 AM
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Every good girl needs a little Louis Vuitton. 

All eyes were on the "Anxiety" singer when she hit the red carpet at the 2025 Met Gala May 5, stepping out at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art dressed to impress for the charity bash hosted by A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams and Vogue's Anna Wintour.

For the event's Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" theme—and "Tailored for You" dress code—Doechii, 26, rocked a perfectly-fitted cream suit jacket, vest and shorts by the fashion house, completing the look with a burgundy pussy bow and matching shoes with high socks. She also lit up the carpet—literally—as she puffed on a cigar.

And the "What It Is" artist didn't stop there for her Met Gala debut, topping off her look with an afro hairdo as she hit the famed steps. (See every celebrity taking over the 2025 Met Gala here.)

When it comes to her sense of style, Doechii (real name Jaylah Ji'mya Hickmon) prefers to blaze her own trail.

"I like dancing between the past and the future," she told Fashionista in 2023. "I hated the 2000s aesthetic, but I think I've found a particular type of thing that I liked—the off-duty model, soft-core... But I'm not a huge 2000s girl. I usually like to focus on the future when I approach fashion."

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Her clothing choices are also influenced by her mom and dad, who she described as "really into fashion."

"My parents were very big on how I dressed and looked," the Grammy winner explained. "Fashion always seemed important to me, because it was important to them. Growing up in Florida, I remember when we would go to the mall, we would dress up. If you go to the state fair, you dress up."

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Doechii added, "It was a lot of competitive energy around who was wearing what and who got this first. A lot of my relationship with fashion started with hip-hop culture and Florida."

See which other celebrities are dressed to the nines at the 2025 Met Gala.

Rihanna

In custom Marc Jacobs.

A$AP Rocky

In custom Awge, Bvlgari jewelry and Briony Raymond umbrella.

Zendaya

In custom Louis Vuitton.

Serena Williams

In custom Moncler x EE72 by Edward Enninful and Fred Leighton jewelry.

Kim Kardashian

In custom Chrome Hearts.

Halle Berry

In LaQuan Smith.

Sabrina Carpenter

In custom Louis Vuitton.

Colman Domingo

In Valentino with Boucheron jewelry.

Kylie Jenner

In custom Ferragamo.

Cardi B

In Burberry.

Hailey Bieber

In custom Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.

Cynthia Erivo

In custom Givenchy.

Kendall Jenner

In Torishéju.

Gigi Hadid

In custom Miu Miu.

Sydney Sweeney

In custom Miu Miu.

Zoe Saldaña

In Thom Browne.

Callum Turner & Dua Lipa

In custom Chanel.

Miley Cyrus

In Alaïa.

Shakira

In custom Prabal Gurung.

Nicole Kidman

In custom Balenciaga Couture and Wolford tights.

Chappell Roan

In a custom look sourced by Paul Tazewell. 

Megan Thee Stallion

In custom Michael Kors Collection and Stuart Weitzman shoes.

Pamela Anderson

In Tory Burch.

Halle Bailey

In Coach.

Charli XCX

In custom Ann Demeulemeester.

Doja Cat

In custom Marc Jacobs and Wolford tights.

Anne Hathaway

In Carolina Herrera.

Diana Ross

In Ugo Mozie.

Lorde

In Thom Browne.

Demi Moore

In custom Thom Browne.

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Check out E!'s Met Gala homepage for every must-see look from fashion's biggest night and all the behind-the-scenes moments you might have missed. And watch E! News Tuesday, May 6, at 11 p.m. for a full 2025 Met Gala recap.