Actress Halle Berry played with the Met Gala's theme of sartorial disguise on Monday in a body-hugging LaQuan Smith gown and a cropped tuxedo jacket, paired with a fishnet veil over her eyes. The look that required 1,455 hours to make featured a dipping neckline that showed off debut Cartier jewelry, according to British Vogue.

Halle Berry returned to the Met Gala in a daring LaQuan Smith design, honoring the 2025 theme 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style'.

Halle Berry donned a striped mesh and black LaQuan Smith gown with a Cartier High Jewelry necklace that took over 1,000 hours to make; Smith described the outfit to Vogue as “a