Mention the first Monday in May to any fashion lover and they’ll immediately know what you’re talking about. Each year, the star-studded Met Gala takes place on this date, in partnership with The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and brings with it some of the most incredible fashion looks we’ll see in the year. From larger-than-life ballgowns to radical suits, there’s no limit on self-expression on style. However, today looks a little different as this year’s Met Gala – to be themed About Time: Fashion and Duration – has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So instead, we took a look back at the event’s archives to relive some of its most memorable moments. Ahead, see 62 of the best Met Gala looks of all time.
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Lizzo in custom Marc Jacobs
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Billy Porter in The Blonds and Baz Luhrmann in Prada
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Celine Dion in Oscar de la Renta gown and Noel Stewart headpiece, Law Roach, and Zendaya
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Michael B. Jordan in Coach, Cara Delevingne in Dior and Jared Leto in Gucci
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Lena Waithe in custom Pyer Moss and Kerby Jean-Raymond in custom Pyer Moss
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Cardi B in Thom Browne
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Kim Kardashian West in Thierry Mugler, Jennifer Lopez in Versace, Kylie Jenner in Versace, and Kendall Jenner in Versace
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Ciara in Peter Dundas
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Darren Criss in Balmain
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Awkwafina in Altuzarra
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Laverne Cox in Christian Siriano
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez in Versace
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell
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2019 – Camp: Notes On Fashion
Harry Styles in Gucci and Alessandro Michele
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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination
Katy Perry in custom Versace
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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination
Lana del Rey in Gucci and Jared Leto in Gucci
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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination
Rihanna in Maison Margiela
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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination
Madonna in Jean Paul Gaultier
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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination
Jasmine Sanders in custom H&M
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2018 – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination
Cynthia Erivo in custom Valentino
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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between
Ashley Graham in custom H&M
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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between
Blake Lively in Atelier Versace and Ryan Reynolds
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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between
Zendaya in Dolce & Gabbana
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2017 – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between
Cara Delevingne in Chanel
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2016 – Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology
Lupita Nyong’o in Calvin Klein
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2016 – Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology
Florence Welch in Gucci
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2016 – Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology
Kanye West in Balmain (jacket) and Fear Of God (jeans)
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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass
Grace Coddington
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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass
Kim Kardashian West in Roberto Cavalli
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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass
Beyoncé in custom Givenchy
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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass
Rihanna in Guo Pei
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2015 – China: Through The Looking Glass
Katy Perry in Moschino
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2014 – Charles James: Beyond Fashion
Lupita Nyong’o in Prada
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2014 – Charles James: Beyond Fashion
Mary-Kate Olsen in vintage Chanel and Ashley Olsen in vintage Gianfranco Ferré
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2013 – PUNK: Chaos To Couture
Kerry Washington
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2012 – Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations
Karolina Kurkova
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2011 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Beyoncé in Emilio Pucci
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2011 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Blake Lively
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2011 – Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Naomi Campbell in Alexander McQueen
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2010 – American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity
Jessica Alba in Sophie Theallet for Gap
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2008 – Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
Anna Wintour in Chanel
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2007 – Poiret: King of Fashion
Jennifer Lopez
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2006 – AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion
Victoria Beckham in Roland Mouret
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2005 – The House of Chanelves
Rolf Snoeren, Karolina Kurkova in Chanel, Viktor Horsting
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2004 – Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion And Furniture In The 18th Century
Scarlett Johansson in Calvin Klein
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2003 – Goddess: The Classical Mode
David Bowie and Iman
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1999 – Rock Style
John Galliano
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1999 – Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
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1999 – Rock Style
Whitney Houston in Dolce & Gabbana and Bobby Brown
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1997 – Gianni Versace
Iman and Ferré Gianfranco
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1997 – Gianni Versace
John Galliano
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1997 – Gianni Versace
Salma Hayek in Versace
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1996 – Christian Dior
Donatella Versace and Gianni Versace
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1995 – Haute Couture
Naomi Campbell
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1994 – Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress
Iris Love
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1990 – Théâtre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture
Naomi Campbell and Francesco Scavullo
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1985 Costumes of Royal India
Cher and Bob Mackie
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1981 – The 18th Century Woman
Diana Ross
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1981 – The Eighteenth Century Woman
Calvin Klein and Iman
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1979 – Fashions of The Hapsburg Era
Jackie Onassis
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1974 – Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design
Anthony Perkins, Berry Berenson and Marisa Berenson
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1974 – Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design
Cher in Bob Mackie
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