The Best-Dressed Men in Met Gala History
On the first Monday of May, celebrities, socialites and fashion tastemakers descend upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the Met Gala. The idea is this: attending A-listers are required to dress to the theme of the Costume Institute at the Met’s accompanying exhibition, which the night is ostensibly a fundraising event for. Some basically ignore the prompt. Others take the opportunity to wear a statement-making suit; something a little jazzy. A special few make headlines with an out-there outfit that lives long in the memory.
As well as being one of the biggest social events on the calendar, it’s also one of the few that allows its guests to get really creative with their outfits. Over the years, we've seen fully masked, Dementor-esque dresses, metallic armour and even a hamburger walk the red carpet, but amidst the madness, there's always a selection of great formalwear on show. To give you a hint of what to expect on today's carpet, we’ve rounded up the best-dressed men in Met Gala history.
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Year: 2019
Theme: Camp: Notes on Fashion
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Year: 2019
Theme: Camp: Notes on Fashion
Year: 2017
Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between
Year: 2022
Theme: In America: An Anthology of Fashion
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Year: 2016
Theme: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
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Year: 2015
Theme: China: Through the Looking Glass
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Year: 2015
Theme: China: Through the Looking Glass
(Dimitrios Kambouris - Getty Images)
Year: 2014
Theme: Charles James: Beyond Fashion
(Axelle/Bauer-Griffin - Getty Images)
Year: 2021
Theme: In America: A Lexicon of Fashion
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Year: 2021
Theme: In America: A Lexicon of Fashion
Year: 2014
Theme: Charles James: Beyond Fashion
Year: 1996
Theme: Christian Dior
Year: 2012
Theme: Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations
Year: 2010
Theme: American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity
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Year: 2003
Theme: Goddess: The Classical Mode
Year: 2006
Theme: AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion
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Year: 2016
Theme: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
(Taylor Hill - Getty Images)
Year: 2018
Theme: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
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