Ashley Graham’s appearance at the 2025 Met Gala kicked off on a chaotic note as she revealed she had to tend to a last-minute wardrobe malfunction before hitting the red carpet.

Graham actually had been “on hold” (a prelude to an invitation) for the Met Gala the year before but ended up staying home. “I couldn’t get a designer to dress me,” she says.

Ashley Graham talks to Emma Chamberlain on the Met Gala red carpet about her challenging Met Gala dress.

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The inaugural iBrain Gala, hosted at the Central Park Boathouse by a school for students with severe disabilities, featured a red carpet that they walked with the help of an exoskeleton device.