It’s time for the Oscars of the fashion world: the Met Gala 2019. The annual benefit event for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, known for its exclusive guest list and largely for its extravagant outfits, based on a different theme each year held on Monday night.
This year, that theme was ‘Camp: Notes on Fashion’ that coincided with an upcoming exhibition at the Met, inspired by photographer Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay, Notes on Camp. And like the exhibition, the outfits were based on “irony, humour, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality and exaggeration”.
Our favourite celebrities from around the world flocked in New York City to show off extravagance and charisma at this year’s red carpet. Who would not have eagerly waited to find out about the look of the night? Who and what Lady Gaga wore, followed by show-stopping fashion by Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone and many more.
Scroll through to find out which celebrities stayed true to the theme and who missed the mark?
Priyanka Chopra in Dior Haute Couture with Nick Jonas in Dior Men
Celine Dion in Oscar de la Renta
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas in Louis Vuitton
Deepika Padukone in Zac Posen
Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture
Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell
Serena Williams in Atelier Versace
Billy Porter in The Blonds
Harry Styles in Gucci
Jordan Roth in a cape by Iris Van Herpen
Saoirse Ronan in Gucci
Jared Leto in Gucci
Gigi Hadid in Michael Kors
Katy Perry in Moschino
Lily Collins in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture
Janelle Monáe in Christian Siriano
Bella Hadid in Moschino
Jennifer Lopez in Versace
Kylie Jenner in Versace
Kendall Jenner in Versace
Cardi B in Thom Browne
Michael Urie
Ezra Miller in Burberry
Lupita Nyong’o in Versace
