All the red carpet fashion from the 2022 Met Gala

The first Monday in May belongs to the Met Gala once again. After last year's postponed and ever-so-slightly scaled back event, the 2022 Gala is returning to its full magnitude, over-the-top red carpet fashion included.

This year's event celebrates the Costume Institute's second instalment of a two-part exhibition, "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," with a white-tie dress code described as "gilded glamour". It's a reference to the "Gilded Age," the period from roughly 1870 to 1890 marked by economic excess, industrialisation, and everyday grandeur (for society's upper stratosphere, at least). How A-list guests interpret this year's dress code is a mystery until they arrive on the carpet. Last year's guiding edict of "American independence" inspired looks ranging from pointed political commentary (like Cara Delevingne's and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's) to straightforward, star-spangled opulence (Kendall Jenner, Zoë Kravitz, and many others).

See how hosts Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda defined "gilded glamour," along with the Met's hundreds of celebrity guests, in the gallery of Met Gala looks ahead.

Davidson in Dior Men; Kardashian in vintage Jean-Louis

Lively in Atelier Versace.

In Gucci.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Burberry.

In Versace.

In vintage Versace.

In Ralph Lauren.

In Oscar de la Renta.

In Burberry.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Richard Quinn.

In Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello.

In Thom Browne.

In Carolina Herrera and Piferi boots.

In Dior Haute Couture.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Versace.

In Gucci.

In Christian Siriano.

In Christopher John Rogers.

In Alexander McQueen.

In Moschino.

In Coach.

In Miu Miu and Cartier jewellery.

In Prada.

In Moschino.

In Michael Kors.

In Marni.

In Thom Browne.

In Tory Burch.

In Zuhair Murad Couture.

In custom Michael Kors Collection.

In Oscar de la Renta.

In Burberry.

In Versace.

In Prabal Gurung.

In Gucci.

In Versace.

In Givenchy.

Isaac in Thom Browne.

Union-Wade in Versace.

In Kenzo.

In Moschino.

In Off-White.

In Versace.

In Burberry.

In Ralph Lauren.

In Oscar de la Renta and Bulgari jewellery.

In Chanel.

In Thom Browne.

In Givenchy.

In Michael Kors.

In Vera Wang.

In Miss Sohee.

In Valentino.

In custom Vivienne Westwood Couture.

In Moschino.

In Peter Do.

In Tory Burch.

In Thom Browne.

In Tom Ford.

In Versace.

In Gucci.

In Gucci.

In Gucci.

In Burberry.

In Iris van Herpen.

In Burberry.

In Chrome Hearts.

In Christian Siriano.

In Moschino.

In Monique Lhuillier.

In Moschino.

In Schiaparelli.

In Area.

In Burberry.

Allen in Chanel.

In Moschino.

In Paco Rabanne.

In Chanel.

In Christian Cowan.

In Zegna.

In Gucci.

Keys in Ralph Lauren.

In Louis Vuitton.

In H&M.

In Carolina Herrera.

In Chloé.

In Schiaparelli Couture.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Givenchy.

In Prabal Gurung.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Valentino.

In Tommy Hilfiger.

In Tom Ford.

In Danielle Frankel.

In Iris van Herpen.

In Schiaparelli Couture.

In Ralph Lauren.

In Off-White.

Corden in Gucci.

In Chloé.

In Dior Men.

In Prabal Gurung.

In Head of State.

In Prabal Gurung.

In Gucci.

In Moschino.

In Vivienne Westwood.

In Valentino.

In Fendi.

In Miu Miu.

In Ami by Alexandre Mattiussi.

In Alaïa.

In Iris van Herpen.

In Ralph Lauren.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Altuzarra.

In LaQuan Smith.

In Atelier Prabal Gurung.

In Prada.

In Christopher Kane.

In Tom Ford.

In Prabal Gurung.

In Louis Vuitton.

In Tom Ford.

In Oscar de la Renta.

In custom Altuzarra.

In Valentino.

In Jason Wu.

In Altuzarra.

In H&M.

In Tom Ford.

In Gucci.

Maye Musk in Dior Haute Couture.

In Michael Kors.