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Who was best dressed? It’s a question we ask every week, and after any major red carpet—but with the end of the year upon us, we wanted the answer to feel more definitive. So we compiled an unranked list of around 50 extremely fashionable characters from 2025, rounding up actors, models, musicians, politicians, dancers, gallerists, and more who dressed in ways that made us take notice. See our picks below, share your thoughts on the Vogue app, and then read even more of our Best Dressed 2025 coverage here.
Alex Consani, model
Known For: Striking the balance between her zany TikTok personality and her lethal face card (not to mention that strut!). Off-duty, she’s coming into her style with a mix of quiet-luxury staples, playful vintage, and the ever-classic LBD.
Best Outfit of 2025: The shimmering nude Gucci halter dress she wore to the LACMA Art + Film Gala. A matching nude pump plus an alienesque bleached brow? Out of this world.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Aside from what’s sure to be a fully booked fall 2026 fashion month circuit, Consani is one of Vogue’s December digital cover stars! Read her profile here. —Hannah Jackson, fashion writer
Bad Bunny, singer
Known For: Walking the red carpet in statement-making suits and performing in an eclectic mix of pieces that show off a masterful sense of color and pattern with just enough tongue-in-cheek nostalgia.
Best Outfit of 2025: The custom chocolate brown Prada suit—inspired by 1970s salsa superstars and accessorized with a pava-inspired hat made by Puerto Rican designer Neysha De León—that he wore at this year’s Met Gala.
Up Next? Taking his Debi Tirar Mas Fotos tour around the world—and, oh yeah, the Super Bowl halftime show. In the meantime, read his December digital cover story here. —Laia Garcia-Furtado, senior fashion news editor
Jenna Ortega, actor
Known For: Leading the goth resurgence in dramatic silhouettes, strange textures, monochromatic palettes, bleached brows, and smudgy, undone glam.
Best Outfit of 2025: The fall 2025 Ashi Studio couture dress she wore to the London premiere of Wednesday, which looked like sumptuously translucent molted snakeskin.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Sitting front row at Jonathan Anderson’s Dior, onscreen in J.J. Abrams’s Ghostwriter, or at the local cemetery wherever she’s filming a project—she likes to check them out in her free time. —Margaux Anbouba, senior beauty wellness editor
Ayo Edebiri, actor
Known For: Making ever-bigger moves on the silver screen—and joining forces with stylist Danielle Goldberg to push herself into a thrilling new sartorial rhythm. (Before she became a Chanel ambassador, she tapped NYC faves like Colleen Allen and Lii.)
Best Outfit of 2025: Soft-launching Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel at the Venice Film Festival, Edebiri wore a cherry red gown studded with ruby buttons, with an undulating train and asymmetric tiered waistline.
Where You’ll See Her Next: In James L. Brooks’s political comedy-drama Ella McCay, then in the first Broadway revival of Proof. —Anna Cafolla, news editor
Doechii, rapper/singer
Known For: The self-proclaimed Swamp Princess shut down the Grammys with four custom Thom Browne looks, an Issa Rae cameo, and a ready-to-go victory track—dropped just after she won best rap album.
Best Outfit of 2025: That Louis Vuitton look for the Met Gala—all the more iconic thanks to the viral clip of her demanding more umbrellas to hide from the paparazzi (a moment she poked fun at later in her tour choreography).
Up Next? Astonishingly, given her world-dominating year, she’s still yet to release her debut album. (Alligator Bites Never Heal was technically a mixtape.) Doechii—we’re ready when you are. —Liam Hess, senior lifestyle weddings editor
Jennifer Lawrence, actor
Known For: City-slicking in her expertly layered transitional-weather outfits; her affinity for minimalist darlings Phoebe Philo and The Row; and embracing the tried-and-true pop-of-red styling hack.
Best Outfit of 2025: The perfect white tee outfit, courtesy of Lii, worn out on the town in New York while promoting Die My Love. Accessorized to perfection with anklets and toe rings galore.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Reuniting with Leonardo DiCaprio for Martin Scorsese’s What Happens at Night. Between them, expect lots of good baseball caps on set. —Madeleine Schulz, U.S. reporter, Vogue Business
Colman Domingo, actor
Known For: Statement-making tailoring: jackets broad of shoulder and pants high-waisted with a pronounced flare. Just add a vintage brooch and maybe a Valentino pussycat bag, et voilà!
Best Outfit of 2025: That’s easy: the flowing royal blue cape with gilt-embellished collar by Alessandro Michele of Valentino, where Domingo’s a brand ambassador, at the 2025 Met Gala. “It’s giving choir, it’s giving king, and it’s a little nod to André Leon Talley, too,” he said at the time.
Where You’ll See Him Next: Behind the camera: He’s directing two movies—one about Nat King Cole (in which he’ll star) and another, titled Scandalous!, about the relationship between Sammy Davis Jr. and Kim Novak. —Nicole Phelps, global fashion news and feature director
Myha’la, actor
Known For: Spunky, embellished Miu Miu dresses, label-less vintage, smart Thom Browne suiting. Making Law Roach come out of his (loosely defined) retirement, with help from Celine Dion and Ariana Grande.
Best Outfit of 2025: The sculptural gray wool Luar minidress (inspired by the Black Tudors of 16th-century England) and thigh-high moiré Timberlands she wore to the Met Gala.
Up Next? Finding new ways to make Harper self-destruct in Industry, season 4. —HJ
Rihanna, singer/entrepreneur
Known For: The unbeatable mix-and-match—vintage with fresh-off-the-runway; sportswear with couture—that, frankly, no one else can pull off…or would even have the audacity to attempt in the first place.
Best Outfit of 2025: Can we only pick one? Her 2025 Met Gala look probably takes the cake: Rihanna announced her third pregnancy on the Met steps in a black corseted Marc Jacobs skirt-suit look, complete with a theatrical chapeau.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Building her empire with brands Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty. Still, we can only hold out hope that she’ll release R9 one day… —Christian Allaire, senior fashion style writer
A$AP Rocky, rapper/actor/designer
Known For: Dapper menswear—slick, modern, sometimes even sporty. These aren’t your dad’s suits.
Best Outfit of 2025: The tailored suit-plus-parka (made by his own creative agency, AWGE) he wore to the 2025 Met Gala, which paid homage to the classic Marmot, an outerwear staple when he was growing up. “Marmots are a Harlem tradition,” Rocky told Vogue.
Where You’ll See Him Next: Stepping out as the coolest dad ever to his three children with Rihanna: sons RZA and Riot, and daughter Rocki. —CA
Haider Ackermann, designer
Known For: Dressing the best-dressed—Tilda Swinton, Kate Moss, Timothée Chalamet, et al.—and for his impeccable slouchy suits and silk scarves in lieu of ties.
Best Outfit of 2025: The double-breasted white suit he wore over a white tee and accessorized with a white silk scarf and a white boutonniere at the 2025 GQ Men of the Year celebration in LA.
Up Next?: Sending (more) sex down the runway in Paris at his next ready-to-wear show for Tom Ford come March. —José Criales-Unzueta, former fashion news editor
Rosalía, singer
Known For: Turning to God—and vintage McQueen—after an earth-shattering breakup. From the ashes came Lux, Rosalía’s multilingual opus that invokes saints and sin in equal measure. Forget breakdown bangs—she went for a bleached halo.
Best Outfit of 2025: Her angelic white Palomo Spain slip and gravity-defying black organza eye covering during Paris Fashion Week was equal parts simplistic and dramatic.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Spreading the good word on her Lux tour, which kicks off in Miami on June 4. —HJ
G-Dragon, singer
Known For: This K-pop star and Chanel ambassador loves a cardigan, a head scarf, hats, and nail art. Pearls and flowers loomed large in his Übermensch tour looks, which featured lots of Balmain, Ernest W. Baker, and Valentino.
Best Outfit of 2025: A tasselled jacket from Dries Van Noten’s fall 2025 ready-to-wear collection, worn onstage in Osaka.
Up Next? To mark the 20th anniversary of his original legendary boy band, BigBang, he’ll be rejoining the group at Coachella. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, senior archive editor
Pamela Anderson, actor
Known For: Gaining freedom by ditching makeup back in 2023. Now, she’s channeling Old Hollywood with vintage silhouettes and cat-eye sunglasses. Loves a monochromatic moment.
Best Outfit of 2025: While out for a night in Paris, only a romantic, liquid silk dress à la Bibi Andersson would do. The waterfall shoulder detail was just as stunning as her simultaneous red hair debut.
Up Next? On her weekly Substack, Open Journal, where she details her life on her Vancouver farm. —MA
Paloma Elsesser, model
Known For: Next-level off-duty-model style. When she’s not walking for Alaïa, Willy Chavarria, and Eckhaus Latta, she’s showing off a wardrobe filled with vintage Yohji and McQueen.
Best Outfit of 2025: The peak-shouldered, desert beige Luar dress from the spring 2026 collection—inspired by characters from carnival in the Dominican Republic—that she wore to pick up her Model of the Year award at the Latin American Fashion Awards was both pretty and poignant.
Up Next? Breaking up fights among the would-be It-girls clamoring for pre-loved Prada at her next closet sale. —AC
Zoë Kravitz, actor
Known For: Combining sporty shorts, vintage tees, and little mules; taking her slip skirts and tanks and cardigans from Coucou Intimates out for a walk; and IYKYK denim. (NB: it’s New York label Still Here’s Sport Jean.) On the red carpet, it’s all about Saint Laurent and naked dressing.
Best Outfit of 2025: Her recreation of a sculptural Saint Laurent dress first worn by Yasmeen Ghauri on the spring 1990 runway for the press tour of Caught Stealing.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Trading in proverbial mother status for onscreen mom duty in the long-awaited third season of Big Little Lies. —AC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, athlete
Known For: Owning the NBA tunnel walk with a Louis Vuitton Speedy in hand and world-class sneaker collection on foot; walking the runway in Paris for Thom Browne.
Best Outfit of 2025: The raw denim Canadian tuxedo the Oklahoma City Thunder MVP wore en route to game five of the second round of the playoffs.
Where You’ll See Him Next: Back on the court, hitting that fancy footwork and gunning for another title. —LGF
Timothée Chalamet, actor
Known For: Culturally, as an über-serious ac-tor with an unserious digital footprint (lest we forget Lil Timmy Tim!). Sartorially, for being Haider Ackermann’s bestie and muse. Find him fitted in some custom anything-but-a-tux on the red carpet.
Best Outfit of 2025: He won for best accessory when he rocked up to the London premiere of A Complete Unknown on a Lime e-bike, but he did his big one with the custom Chrome Hearts leather suit, bolo tie, and acid green shirt he wore to the SAG Awards.
Up Next? Awards season, where he’ll be making every other dude on the red carpet feel bad about their black tux. —JCU
Miuccia Prada, designer
Known For: Literally being Miuccia Prada.
Best Outfit of 2025: The simple white cotton poplin shirt dress with front pockets (for just the right housecoat essence) that she wore for her bow at the Prada spring 2026 show—paired with a bejeweled double-faced red satin stole around the shoulders and pointy black patent leather pumps.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Backstage at the Prada fall 2026 menswear show in January, where she’ll say something enigmatic that’ll change our lives. Again. —LGF
Cate Blanchett, actor
Known For: Taking outfit-repeating to chic new heights.
Best Outfit of 2025: The maximalist—and somewhat insane—seashell-laden corset from Dilara Findikoglu’s fall 2025 collection, which she wore to host the Serpentine Gallery’s summer soirée in London.
Up Next? Trying to one-up herself, hopefully, when Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother premieres later this year. —MA
Tyla, singer
Known For: Skimpy, playful, hot archival pieces. She can sing, she can dance, she can rock a vintage Dolce Gabbana belt as a skirt!
Best Outfit of 2025: The George Troch mussel shells jacket and openwork knit skirt she wore just last month on a night out.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Onstage singing “Chanel” in Chanel—one can only hope! —JCU
Rama Duwaji, artist/incoming first lady of New York City
Known For: Giving first lady style a Gen Z refresh with heaps of gold jewelry, knee-high boots, artsy white blouses, and black Bermuda shorts.
Best Outfit of 2025: The black denim Zeid Hijazi top (laser-etched with Palestinian symbols) and black lace-trimmed skirt that she wore to her husband Zohran Mamdani’s victory party.
Where You’ll See Her Next: In the front seat of a moving van heading from her Astoria apartment to Manhattan’s Gracie Mansion. —HJ
Alexander Skarsgård, actor
Known For: Leather-daddy luxe. Vintage tees, stompy Saint Laurent boots, suiting with a BDSM twist.
Best Outfit of 2025: A full look from Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s fall 2025 collection at the BFI London Film Festival: a white halterneck shirt with a skinny leather tie, tight lace-up leather pants, and chunky round-toe Jimmy Choo boots for stepping on all of our necks.
Up Next? Playing the brat he’s always wanted to be in the Charli XCX film The Moment, out January 30. —AC
India Bradley, dancer
Known For: Wearing slinky black dresses, miniskirts, Penny Lane coats, statement-making hats, lug-sole stompers, and New York-based, women-fronted brands (Jane Wade, Colleen Allen, Rachel Comey, and Collina Strada)—that is, when she isn’t in her uniform of pointe shoes and leotard.
Best Outfit of 2025: The silky black Emcee Studios tank top and ruffly tiered Collina Strada skirt she wore to celebrate her 27th birthday and promotion to New York City Ballet soloist.
Up Next? Wearing several hats—and wearing through pointe shoes—as Dewdrop, Hot Chocolate, Coffee, and Flowers in NYCB’s production of The Nutcracker. —HJ
Kendall Jenner, model/entrepreneur
Known For: Mixing tomboyish jeans and tees with ultra-femme, high-octane vintage. Also: a deep affection for The Row.
Best Outfit of 2025: Call it recency bias, but the fluffy off-white Bottega Veneta dress she wore to a L Oréal event in Los Angeles just last week might take the cake.
Up Next? Maybe walking in Daniel Roseberry’s Schiaparelli couture show in January; almost certainly on the Hulu homepage, promoting whatever season of The Kardashians we’re on now. —HJ
Addison Rae, singer
Known For: Making the jump from the Hype House to Grammy-nominated pop-star—in a pair of four-inch Louboutins.
Best Outfit of 2025: The archival spring 2012 Rodarte dress she wore for her performance at the Grammys Museum, a major fashion feat considering the dress was last seen at the Costume Institute’s “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibit in 2024.
Where You’ll See Her Next: At the Grammys, where she’s nominated for best new artist (if not before, in one of her trademark nostalgic, aughts-inspired pap walks). —Irene Kim, production editorial associate
Venus Williams, athlete
Known For: Being one of the best tennis players of all time (duh)—with some seriously trophy-worthy court looks to match.
Best Outfit of 2025: Williams went high-fashion at the 2025 US Open, commissioning New York label Khaite to create a navy cap-sleeve tennis dress with white piping. At other points in the tournament, she sported custom kits from Pucci, Luar, and ERL.
Where You’ll See Her Next: The tennis pro is slated to return to the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand come January, and co-chair the Met Gala in May. —CA
Peggy Gou, DJ
Known For: Becoming our newest DJ crush with the handbag collection of our dreams.
Best Outfit of 2025: Her borrowed-from-the-boys Saint Laurent suit at the brand’s spring 2026 menswear show.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Headlining the Sunday set at the Australian Open ahead of the men’s finals. (Who knew that was a thing?) —IK
Willy Chavarria, designer
Known For: Subverted machismo-meets-leather daddy with a sprinkle of fashion! Think leather gloves, slicked-back hair, ombré-lensed and golden-framed opticals, rosaries and pearls, and a sharp-shouldered jacket.
Best Outfit of 2025: Flanked by two legendary models, Farida Khelfa and Omahyra Mota, Chavarria closed his spring 2026 show in Paris in June wearing a tangy violet zoot suit of his own design along with oversized shirt cuffs folding over his jacket sleeves, a shiny gold tie and—ever the romantic—a bouquet of red roses.
Where You’ll See Him Next: With another best-in-show look at his fall 2026 runway show in Paris come January. —JCU
Greta Lee, actor
Known For: When she’s not in ultraviolet Colleen Allen or a look from Nicholas Aburn’s debut Area collection, Dior by Jonathan Anderson is a safe bet—she was, after all, the designer’s second brand ambassador.
Best Outfit of 2025: The ultra-mini custom Dior satin gown for her first Venice Film Festival, with a plunging neckline and pussy bow to the floor.
Where You’ll See Her Next: In Netflix’s forthcoming sci-fi thriller 11817, where she’ll star opposite Wagner Moura, continuing her sci-fi streak post-Tron: Ares. —MS
Clairo, singer
Known For: Ascending from the world of indie bedroom pop (the video for her 2017 hit “Pretty Girl” was filmed via laptop webcam in her actual bedroom) to become one of Alessandro Michele’s brand ambassadors for Valentino.
Best Outfit of 2025: The custom polka-dot Valentino dress she wore to headline New York’s All Things Go festival (where her performance was cut short to abide by the venue’s strict curfew).
Where You’ll See Her Next: At Valentino’s next ready-to-wear show? Or sooner, in IG photo dumps with Internet cool girls like Devon Lee Carlson and Gabbriette. —IK
Teyana Taylor, actor/singer
Known For: After winning our hearts in 2023’s A Thousand and One, Taylor is finally getting her flowers, thanks to her scene-stealing performance as revolutionary leader Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.
Best Outfit of 2025: The daring Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann look—basically just a sliver of sheer fabric worn under a blazer—she sported at the Time100 Gala.
Up Next? Hopefully walking the Oscars red carpet in March with a best supporting actress nomination under her belt. —LH
Hailey Bieber, entrepreneur
Known For: Dictating the next beauty trend with a single IG story post—and, this year, shepherding her megabrand Rhode’s billion-dollar acquisition—all while deploying a tight high-low wardrobe.
Best Outfit of 2025: Between red carpets and regular GNOs with Kendall, Zoë, et al, Bieber is truly at her best in the simple formula of jeans and a nice top: at Coachella, she upped the ante in a flame-necked Mugler corset and pants.
Up Next? When she’s not leap-frogging the lines at Brandy Melville in Brentwood, Bieber will be expanding the Rhode empire across the world with new IRL retail outposts. —AC
Pope Leo XIV
Known For: Breaking with the humble tastes of his predecessor, Pope Francis—but keeping his tailor and maintaining the papal legacy for fine-fitting liturgical vestments. Inviting screen legends like Monica Bellucci and Cate Blanchett to the Vatican in a bid to modernize the Church’s image (and, yes, indulge his own cinephilias).
Best Outfit of 2025: His first appearance as pope, on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, in a red satin mozzetta cape and wine-red, gold-embroidered stole paired with a cross pendant on a gold silk cord.
Where You’ll See Him Next: Realistically: whipping around Vatican City in the Popemobile. In our dreams: working the Sundance Film Festival into his papal touring schedule (God willing). —AC
Vicky Krieps, actor
Known For: Being a quietly devastating actress (see: Phantom Thread, Bergman Island) with quietly devastating style, as a muse of Louise Trotter’s new Bottega Veneta; dyeing pastel shades into her pixie cut.
Best Outfit of 2025: Her custom tiered Vivienne Westwood by Andreas Kronthaler wedding dress, covered with a vintage rose print.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Onscreen, as Lilith, the complicated daughter of a famous writer (played by Charlotte Rampling), in Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, out December 24. —LGF
Jeremy Strong, actor
Known For: A penchant for monochromatic dressing, and statement accessories.
Best Outfit of 2025: I mean—how to choose just one look from his muted suiting rainbow? After much consideration, though, we’ll go with the moss green wrap-style kimono-jacket suit (with matching tonal shirt and bow tie) from Anecho he wore at the SAG Awards.
Up Next? Wrapping the sequel to The Social Network, in which he’s playing Mark Zuckerberg. Can Strong’s method dressing turn the hoodie into a thing of edgy beauty? Honestly, we’re nervous. —LGF
Guillaume Diop, dancer
Known For: A wardrobe that is, at once, cutting-edge and filled with deep cuts: from an all-white slashed and sashed ensemble by Nigerian label Fruché to an all-black peplumed and scarfed look by Robert Wun.
Best Outfit of 2025: The star Paris Opera Ballet dancer and front-row regular made his Met Gala debut in head-to-toe Valentino, looking like a drawing by Léon Bakst for the Ballets Russes. Over a pink-edged blazer and white pants, he wore an opulent jacquard robe trimmed with jewels and secured a ruffle-necked blouse with a black plissé bow tie. And we cannot forget the pink lace gloves.
Where You’ll See Him Next (and Always): At the Musée Grévin, where his wax double was installed in September. —LBP
Elle Fanning, actor
Known For: Being the first in line to rep creative director debuts (brand-new Bottega; Sarah Burton’s Givenchy), stanning Joachim Trier (recall her “Joachim Trier Summer” tee at Cannes Film Festival); being the Gen-Z poster child of Coach’s dreams.
Best Outfit of 2025: Fanning’s caped lace Givenchy dress with a Watteau train at her first-ever Academy Awards.
Up Next? Starring alongside her sister Dakota for the first time in The Nightingale, and playing a young Effie Trinket in the new Hunger Games. —MS
Andre Walker, designer
Known For: Stylish irreverence, born and bred in NYC: all-American tees and chinos, a snug sweater, a finely knit skullcap, a chic scarf no matter the weather, and maybe a bike lock belt with its own set of keys.
Best Outfit of 2025: The Fruit of the Loom undershirt, Lucas Ossendrijver-era Lanvin jacket, and Andre Walker-designed tie-dye pants he wore when he accepted the Board of Directors’ Tribute at the CFDA Awards.
Where You’ll See Him Next: At The Fridge or another hip art gallery. The art he’s making now is as intuitive, poetic, and as technically accomplished as his clothing designs. —NP
Emma Chamberlain, influencer
Known For: Slaying the red carpet—whether she’s walking it or hosting it. Making the pivot from funny YouTuber to coffee entrepreneur to podcast host.
Best Outfit of 2025: Her slinky Giorgio Armani slipdress at the Academy Museum Gala perfectly matched the vibes of her ’90s pixie haircut.
Where You’ll See Her Next: On Instagram, posting kooky videos from the walk-in-closet of her gorgeous LA home (seriously, check out her AD tour). —LGF
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, athlete
Known For: Clinching the Dodgers’ World Series win wearing a custom blue-sapphire-laden tennis necklace—or, off the field, wielding a formidable bag collection that includes everything from a Dodgers-blue-and-white Hermès Birkin to a black Chanel flap.
Best Outfit of 2025: The white double-breasted jacket with black lapel details and black trousers from the Bode runway on the red carpet of the All-Star Game. The black ascot and David Yurman finishes offered an aristocratic polish, while the Maison Margiela Tabis honored his Japanese heritage—and won over the fashion set.
Where You’ll See Him Next: Back on the pitcher’s mound, gunning for the Dodgers’ third consecutive World Series championship with his lucky tennis necklace around his neck. —HJ
Cole Escola, actor/playwright
Known For: Giving us something to laugh about with Oh, Mary!.
Best Outfit of 2025: For the Tony Awards, Escola worked with Wiederhoeft to recreate the icy blue dress that Bernadette Peters wore to the Tonys in 1999, finishing the look with a brunette updo wig, diamond choker, and sculpted body hair.
Up Next? Writing a very buzzy Miss Piggy film (produced by Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence, no less) and co-starring in A24’s Jonty. —MA
Solange, singer
Known For: While the musician and artist hasn’t released a new album this year, she’s been plenty busy with her Saint Heron creative studio and publishing house.
Best Outfit of 2025: Nobody wears Maximilian Davis’s Ferragamo with the same flair as Solange. We’ve got to give it to the leather two-piece she wore to the brand’s Milan Fashion Week show in September.
Where You’ll See Her Next: At the lectern! In fall 2027, Solange will become USC’s first all-school scholar-in-residence when she kicks off a three-year stint at its Thornton School of Music. (If anyone can make Ferragamo work for the classroom, it’s her.) —LH
Jacob Elordi, actor
Known For: Being a Bottega boy, usually with an oversized intrecciato BV bag slung over his shoulder to fit his 6’5” frame. Also: vintage jeans, just-cropped-enough tees, and designer sneakers, all styled with a great mullet, a book, and a tiny coffee in hand. (At least, it looks tiny in his hands.)
Best Outfit of 2025: Walking into the Bowery Hotel in a variation on his usual uniform: perfectly-faded blue jeans, a navy crewneck, a recently relaunched Bottega Veneta Campana bag, and bright red Nike x Jacquemus sneakers, plus a mini takeaway coffee cup!
Where You’ll See Him Next: Brooding opposite Margot Robbie in Emerald Fennell’s forthcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Will he make us feel for Heathcliff the way he did Frankenstein’s monster? —MS
Hannah Traore, gallerist
Known For: This Toronto-born curator has become a staple of Manhattan’s downtown art scene since launching her Orchard Street gallery in the wake of the pandemic, building her program around artists from marginalized backgrounds.
Best Outfit of 2025: The yellow Diotima crocheted bralette and swishy skirt she stepped out in for a Moda Operandi party in February was a breath of fresh air.
Where You’ll See Her Next: At her gallery, of course—the current exhibition, from ceramicist and furniture designer of-the-moment Eny Lee Parker, is well worth a visit. —LH
Chappell Roan, singer
Known For: Selling out stadiums and headlining festivals in elaborate, over-the-top custom costumes that pay loving homage to drag queens and folklore creatures alike.
Best Outfit of 2025: The custom tattered lace McQueen dress—accessorized with a towering floral headpiece and blood-red teeth—she wore to headline Corona Capital CDMX. Who knew a wailing banshee could ever look so fabulous?
Up Next? Bringing the Pink Pony Club in the Southern Hemisphere—she’ll be on the festival circuit in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and Brazil early next year. If you don’t have tickets… good luck, babe! —HJ
Eva Victor, actor/filmmaker
Known For: Traversing the style spectrum by rocking everything from refined, draped Loewe gowns to English professor-core turtlenecks and button-downs.
Best Outfit of 2025: The slick black Loewe jacket and pants, paired with an egg yolk-yellow turtleneck, which they wore to the 2025 Gotham Awards—a perfect lowkey awards season look, with many more surely to follow.
Where You’ll See Them Next: On the awards season trail, representing their astonishing writing/directorial/acting feat Sorry, Baby. Prepare yourselves, Jack and Laz! —HJ
Anok Yai, model
Known For: Supermodel-off-duty style—think body-first loungewear, a vertiginously high stiletto, and a furry stole—or dripping-in-diamonds opulence, be that a waistchain, a necklace stack, or both!
Best Outfit of 2025: In a pink beanie, gray sweats, gold cuffs, and Birkin bag in Paris—a look so good she asked photographers to show her their snaps.
Where You’ll See Her Next: On the runway, the front row, or both at the Paris couture collections in January. —JCU
Michelle Obama
Known For: Then: colorful sheath dresses and bringing emerging American designers into the national conversation. Now: reclaiming her personal style with bold suits, clean lines, and natural hair.
Best Outfit of 2025: Mrs. Obama wore the opening look from Matthieu Blazy’s rapturously received debut Chanel show—a houndstooth suit with strong shoulders and a strong pin-tuck—while promoting The Look, her new book about her style evolution.
Up Next? Opening the Barack Obama Presidential Library in the spring and cohosting her podcast, IMO, with her brother, Craig Robinson. —MA
Chloë Sevigny, actor
Known For: The ultimate New York Cool Girl wardrobe, be it luxurious Phoebe Philo wares or indie labels like Renaissance Renaissance.
Best Outfit of 2025: At the Venice Film Festival premiere of After the Hunt, the star wowed the red carpet in a black lace Saint Laurent catsuit complete with a voluminous bubble skirt and dazzling diamond jewels by Tiffany Co.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Coming to a screen near you: The actor is currently filming a new Peacock series, Five-Star Weekend, co-starring Jennifer Garner and Regina Hall. —CA
Phyllis Kao, auctioneer
Known For: Hosting spirited, record-breaking live auctions at Sotheby’s on Madison Avenue—including gaveling down the world’s most expensive piece of modern art, Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, for $236.4 million—while wearing perfectly tailored power suits.
Best Outfit of 2025: The black Nina Ricci power-shouldered suit (accessorized with an emerald, ruby, and diamond David Webb princess necklace lent by the brand) she wore to auction off Cecily Brown’s chaotically colorful High Society.
Up Next? Unless you’ve got your paddle at the ready, catch her online—TikTok loves a Kao auction. —MA
Tyler, the Creator, rapper
Known For: Founding Golf Wang and Golf Le Fleur, wearing many hats (literally and figuratively), sweaters of various styles—vests, cardigans, crewnecks—and lots of patterns.
Best Outfit of 2025: The bright red Le Fleur shirt he wore over a white tee—with a matching red and cream cap–to perform “Bombs Over Baghdad” during the OutKast tribute at the 2025 Rock Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Where You’ll See Him Next: In Latin America, on the next leg of his CHROMAKOPIA tour and on the Lollapalooza festival circuit. Otherwise, catch him making his feature acting debut in Marty Supreme this Christmas. —MS
Roya Shanks, maitre d’/actor
Known For: Color! Pattern! Vintage! And a metallic shoe.
Best Outfit of 2025: A long, cool drink of a dress from the ’70s that borders on the psychedelic, with its radiating print resembling water rings—but in a Peter Max palette.
Where You’ll See Her Next: Keeping her usual chic order at the Odeon—and, hopefully, back on The Gilded Age soon, working a bustle. —LBP
Laufey, singer
Known For: Whimsical, coquettish style that ranges from errand outfits to event dressing—plus the occasional Rodarte lookbook cameo, alongside her twin sister, Junia.
Best Outfit of 2025: A butter yellow custom Bode tulle dress embellished with gemstones and sequins for the LA stop on her A Matter of Time tour.
Up Next? Grammys night, where she’s gunning for her second consecutive traditional pop vocal album award. —IK
Deb Haaland, gubernatorial candidate
Known For: The former US Secretary of the Interior routinely sports colorful ribbon skirts, beaded earrings, and traditional moccasins, highlighting some of the Indigenous community’s top artisans along the way.
Best Outfit of 2025: At the 2025 Nuestra Tierra Gala in Santa Fe, Haaland appeared as a keynote speaker wearing a vibrant ribbon skirt made by Agnes Woodward of Recreations.
Up Next? Haaland is making a bid for governor of New Mexico in 2026. —CA
