The first Monday in May can only mean one thing: the Met Gala is back in full swing. After a year’s hiatus and a pared-back affair in September 2021, the annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has returned with a bang.
Celebrities from across the globe and spanning several industries, descended on the Met’s steps in New York for the glamorous evening, and this year’s Met Gala theme based on the museum’s exhibition, In America: An Anthology of Fashion, certainly did not disappoint.
Among those taking the ‘gilded glamour’ brief literally was Kim Kardashian, who’s Met Gala red carpet outfits have always been central to the news cycle, wearing Marilyn Monroe’s exact golden dress worn by the actress to serenade President John F. Kennedy on his 45th birthday in 1962.
Elsewhere, co-host Blake Lively stunned in a custom Versace gown inspired by the history of New York City architecture, and released the decorative copper bow to reveal an even longer light blue train, said to represent the effect the weather has on the Statue of Liberty, whilst Billie Eilish wowed for a second time in a row wearing a corseted Gucci number that looked like it was straight out of the 19th century.
Keep scrolling for more of the most talked about looks from the 2022 Met Gala red carpet.
Gigi Hadid
Blake Lively
Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian
Jessie Buckley
Sebastian Stan
Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham
Sydney Sweeney
Billie Eilish
Megan Thee Stallion
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian
Sigourney Weaver and Michael Kors
Karlie Kloss
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Kerry Washington
Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal
Lily Aldridge
Kid Cudi
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade
Maisie Williams
Cara Delevingne
Kendall Jenner
Khloe Kardashian
Christine Baranski
Cardi B
Jessica Chastain
Hailey Bieber
Kate and Lila Moss
Carey Mulligan
Anna Wintour
Jodie Turner-Smith
Kylie Jenner
Emma Stone
Sophie Turner
Emily Ratajkowski
Ashley Park
Sara Sampaio
Janelle Monáe
Maude Apatow
Lena Waithe
Amy Schumer, Xiye Bastida and Gabriela Hearst
Iris Law
Winnie Harlow
Lily James
Amber Valletta
Lizzo
Naomi Campbell
Khloé Kardashian
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