The Met Gala 2022: The Best Red Carpet Looks

The biggest fashion event of the year is back to its regularly scheduled programming. 

It was merely eight months ago, in September 2021, that designers and their muses, alongside actors, singers, and influencers, gathered to celebrate American fashion with In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. Tonight, in keeping with the Met Gala's first Monday in May tradition, the event will unveil part two with In America: An Anthology of Fashion. In short, the theme will represent the era of Gilded Glamour, spanning from 1870 to 1900. We anticipate voluminous bustles, intricate beadwork, and loads of gold-flecked hair and makeup looks.
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Official co-chairs of the event include Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. At the same time, Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, and Instagram's Adam Mosseri will host as honorary co-chairs. Keep on scrolling to see some of the evening's gilded fashion looks from fashion and Hollywood's golden stars, from Beyoncé and Rhianna to Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlin.

Vanessa Hudgens in Moschino


Emma Chamberlain in Louis Vuitton


Hamish Bowles in Ralph Lauren


Anna Wintour in Chanel


Wendi Murdoch in Giambattista Valli


Met Gala Co-Chairs Blake Lively in Versace and Ryan Reynolds


Tom Ford


Vanessa Nadal and Lin-Manuel Miranda


Kasey Musgraves in Prada


Kaia Gerber in Alexander McQueen


Janelle Monáe in Ralph Lauren


Austin Butler and Priscilla Presley


Jon Batiste


Maude Apatow


Venus Williams in Chloé


Amy Schumer in Gabriela Hearst


Shawn Mendes


Mindy Kaling in Prabal Gurung


Kieran Culkin


Anderson .Paak in Gucci


Camila Cabello in Prabal Gurung


Ashley Park


Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner


Cynthia Erivo


Emma Stone


Chloë Grace Moretz in Louis Vuitton


Tracey Collins and New York City Mayor Eric Adams


Laura Harrier in Custom H&M


Sarah Jessica Parker in Christopher John Rogers


Gemma Chan


Glenn Close in Valentino


Fredrik Robertsson


Alexa Chung


Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman


Rachel Brosnahan in Altuzarra


Alicia Keys in Ralph Lauren


Hillary Clinton in Altuzarra


Paloma Elsesser in Coach


Carey Mulligan


Bradley Cooper


Precious Victoria Lee


Phoebe Bridgers in Jonathan Simkhai


Claire Danes in Lanvin


Winnie Harlow in Iris Van Herpen


Kris Jenner in Oscar de la Renta


Billie Eilish in Gucci


Maye Musk and Elon Musk


Nicola Coughlan in Richard Quinn


Jodie Turner-Smith


Michael Kors and Sigourney Weaver


Questlove in Zegna


Normani


Jeremy Scott and Megan Thee Stallion in Moschino


Maggie Rogers


Ariana DeBose in Moschino


Kate Moss


Naomi Campbell


Hailey Bieber in Saint Laurent


Irina Shayk


Dakota Johnson in Gucci


Alessandro Michele and Jared Leto in Gucci


Gigi Hadid


Awkwafina in Gucci


Jessica Chastain


Simone Ashley in Moschino


Chloe Bailey


Sydney Sweeney


Kylie Jenner in Off White and Khloé Kardashian in Moschino


Olivia Rodrigo in Versace and Gwen Stefani in Vera Wang


Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian in Thom Browne


Lizzo in Thom Browne


Nicola Peltz in Valentino


Cardi B in Versace


Bella Hadid in Burberry


Kendall Jenner in Prada


Katy Perry


Gabrielle Union


Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian


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An Indonesian court on the island of Bali has sentenced twenty-six-year-old Swiss national Luzian Andrin Zgraggen to one year in prison for publicly insulting Nyepi, the sacred Balinese Hindu Day of Silence.

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