Met Gala guests wore their interpretations of this year’s theme — “Camp: Notes on Fashion” — as they hit the pink carpet at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
We’re wrapping up our live coverage, but in case you missed it, here’s a look at the most insane, over-the-top and campiest looks of the night:
Pop star Lady Gaga arrived in a pink dress, but promptly stripped down to a black dress underneath, then another pink dress under that — and finally to her underwear.
Dressed in a gold bodysuit and matching headpiece, actor Billy Porter was carried onto the red carpet by six shirtless men.
Katy Perry went as a life-sized chandelier with electric candles and dripping with crystals.
Wearing a red and crystal ensemble, Jared Leto arrived with an unusual guest: a replica of his own head.
Singer Kacey Musgraves dressed up as Barbie for tonight’s Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Musgraves wore an all-pink Moschino look with perfectly coiffed blond hair. She carried a pink boa, pink cat-eye shades and a hairdryer.
Well, it looks like Barbie appreciated the gesture. A post on the iconic doll’s Instagram account called it “the ultimate fashion flattery!”
Model Emily Ratajkowski wore a custom nude and silver embroidered cut-out gown by Dundas.
She topped off the look with a crystal and feather headpiece by House of Malakai.
Zendaya brought the house down at tonight’s Met Gala with an entrance that rivaled Lady Gaga’s. The actress, who wore a black Tommy Hilfiger gown, was walking up the stairs when her stylist, Law Roach, waved a wand and transformed her dress into a glowing version of the iconic baby blue gown worn by the Disney princess.
Speaking to Vogue, Roach said it’s more than a dress, it is mirroring a real-life transformation for the actress, from the Disney Channel to her upcoming drama “Euphoria.” “[It’s] the total opposite of every character I think she’s ever played and a huge stretch from ‘K.C. Undercover,’” he said. “It’s almost like this is the last hoorah and the last time people will identify her as a Disney princess — which isn’t a bad thing.”
Rapper Cardi B showed up to the Met Gala in a dramatic burgundy gown that extended into a full quilted circular train.
The dress, which is trimmed in feathers, was designed by Thom Browne. She also has a matching headpiece on to complete the head-to-toe scarlet look.
According to Vogue, the dress is filled with down. It’s decorated with 30,000 feathers, and it took 35 people more than 2,000 hours to make.
Kendall Jenner has come a long way since arriving at the 2014 Met Gala red carpet in a gown by fast-fashion retailer Topshop.
In the years since, she’s used the event’s red carpet to represent labels as diverse as Versace, Calvin Klein, Off-White and La Perla.
This year she opted for a glamorous orange feathered dress by Versace. By her side, her sister Kylie Jenner wore a purple figure-hugging gown also by the Italian fashion house, with hair colored to match.
The sisters stood out from the rest of their family. Their mother Kris Jenner wore a blue paintsuit and sister Kim Kardashian wore a corset designed by Thierry Mugler.
Here’s a look at the whole Kardashian-Jenner gang:
Kim Kardashian is wearing a dress by Thierry Mugler to tonight’s Met Gala.
Mugler was fashion’s hottest designer and rebel boy before he disappeared from fashion. Of course, Kim Kardashian had to be the one to bring him out of retirement.
(Cardi B made waves during the Grammy awards when she stepped out in a vintage Mugler design earlier in the year.)
Here’s what you need to know about Mugler:
Last month, Nick Jonas told “Entertainment Tonight” that his wife, Priyanka Chopra, would “set the tone” for the pair’s Met Gala outfits.
The Bollywood star did just that, wearing a silver Dior Haute Couture dress with a rainbow feathered skirt and a thorny crown. Jonas complemented her in a white suit by Dior Men. Both of them wore glittery silver shoes.
The Met Gala has a special place in the pair’s romantic history: They made their first public appearance together at the 2017 event, which they attended as guests of Ralph Lauren.
Actress Joan Collins, supermodel Naomi Campbell and model Adut Akech are all wearing Valentino to the Met Gala.
Campbell stole the show at Valentino’s latest couture catwalk in Paris, which was praised for featuring mostly models of color.
Here’s what Campbell wore tonight:
Supermodel Gigi Hadid walked into the Met Gala on the arm of American fashion designer Michael Kors.
Hadid wore a metallic form-fitting catsuit with matching feather cape and headpiece.
Her sister Bella followed with a bejeweled black gown by Jeremy Scott for Moschino.
Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore more than 20,000 hand-dyed ostrich feathers as part of her Oscar de la Renta look tonight.
The feathers were dyed soft pink and “curled by hand to create dramatic flounce,” according to Oscar de la Renta’s Instagram.
After the feathers were dyed, they were “applied by hand in clusters of five, taking 1,700 hours to complete,” de la Renta said.
Whether it’s enormous angel wings or a spray-painted dress, Katy Perry always takes the Met Gala theme seriously.
And what better motif for her than “camp,” a look the singer has embodied on red carpets for more than a decade?
Unsurprisingly, Perry went all-out this year, as a life-sized chandelier with electric candles and dripping with crystals, designed by Moschino’s Jeremy Scott.
Jared Leto went with himself to this year’s Met Gala.
Well, sort of.
Leto walked the (pink) carpet with a mannequin of his head. Yes, his head.
It appears Leto was inspired by Gucci’s Fall-Winter 2018 show, where the fashion house sent models down the runway with heads.
While every look has been unique, we’re seeing a number of repeated themes on the (pink) carpet tonight: feathers, statement sleeves and shoulders, extra long lash extensions, metallic hues and bold headpieces.
See a gallery of the best looks so far here.
Oh, she ready!
Tiffany Haddish walked the Met Gala red carpet Monday night in a metallic zebra suit by Michael Kors, complete with 57,000 sequins — but it turns out she had a secret accessory in her purse.
Fried chicken.
Beyoncé may have hot sauce in her bag, but Haddish? She came prepared with what appeared to be fried chicken in a plastic bag, which was visible as she flashed the contents of her purse to E!.
As it turns out, Haddish spoke to W Magazine in advance of the event and explained that she had been planning to bring the chicken for a while because she left last year’s Met Gala still hungry!
“Last year, I was so hungry,” she told the magazine. “This year, I got me a bigger bag. Gonna put some fried chicken in it. Don’t tell nobody till tomorrow. I’ve already called a few people that I know are going like, ‘So, I’m going to bring the chicken. You bring the hot sauce, okay?’”
Honestly, this is the wisest, most awesome thing we’ve seen all night!
Producer Ryan Murphy wore an embellished, beaded cape to the Met Gala in tribute to Liberace.
Christian Siriano designed Murphy’s cape, suit and bow tie.
Liberace’s extravagant style was as famous as his music. (Check out this gallery to see some of his costumes.)
Here’s one of Liberace’s looks:
Superstar Celine Dion is wearing a 22-pound gold Oscar de la Renta gown to the Met Gala.
According to Oscar de la Renta’s Instagram, it took 52 “master embroiderers” 3,000 hours to hand-bead Dion’s gown.
The look was inspired by the legendary Judy Garland and the Ziegfeld Follies, De La Renta said.
Jordan Roth, the president of Jujamcyn Theaters, wore a dramatic cape printed with a scene from inside a theater.
Jujamcyn owns several Broadway theaters, including the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, where the musical “The Book of Mormon” plays.
Rapper and actress Awkwafina donned a gold Altuzarra dress with pleats and a tiered skirt at tonight’s Met Gala.
This is Awkwafina’s first Met Gala, but in a sense she’s been here before — in the 2018 film “Ocean’s 8,” she and her all-female team of thieves designed an elaborate heist at the Met Gala to steal a diamond necklace.
Awkwafina posted her Met Gala look from the movie in the run-up tonight’s event.
Harlem-based designer Dapper Dan, who’s currently collaborating with Gucci, hit the red carpet in a red jacket embroidered with light blue flowers.
He dressed many of tonight’s guests, including model Karlie Kloss, who is in a super-short mini dress featuring statement puff sleeves.
Some background about Dapper Dan: He outfitted a generation of gangsters, rappers, and athletes by putting high fashion logos onto bespoke pieces more tailored for the streets. His Harlem store was shut down in the early ’90s after the houses whose logos he pulled without authorization took notice.
Fast forward to 2017, when Gucci was being called out for ripping off one of his bootleg designs, leading to an official collaboration, and the Italian house backing his own atelier.
