New York’s Met Gala is back with a debut of extravagant gowns, glitz and glamour.
The annual celebration of fashion and art had the theme ‘gilded glamour’ welcomed stars, young creatives, and industry paragons.
Hosted by Vogue at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the event is a fundraiser and celebrates the Met’s newest exhibit “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” which opens on May 5.
This is the Costume Institute’s first two-part exhibition on the theme of American fashion, following last year’s part one; “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.”
Actor, singer and playwright; Lin-Manuel Miranda, actors Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Regina King will host the evening alongside co-chairs Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, and Instagram’s Adam Mosseri.
Guests have been encouraged to approach the Gilded Glamour, White Tie dress code by looking at late 19th-century clothing through a modern lens.
Blake Lively stunned the red-carpeted stairs with her dress transforming to resemble the statue of liberty.
Blake Lively’s dress is unveiled at the #MetGala. https://t.co/2kVWwK9Yn6 pic.twitter.com/Vo4XCydMRt
— Variety (@Variety) May 2, 2022
Some other looks for the evening include Kendall Jenner in a black Prada gown and bleached eyebrows.
For the 2022 #MetGala @KendallJenner debuts a new bleached brow look to go with her custom Prada gown. See more red carpet arrivals here: https://t.co/BWcctkfJSh pic.twitter.com/A0O3uaayV6
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) May 3, 2022
Newlyweds Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz-Beckham.
For their first #MetGala as a married couple, Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz-Beckham turned to Pierpaolo Piccioli for their photo worthy moments. See more red carpet arrivals here: https://t.co/6NqpPpquR3 pic.twitter.com/omOmNw4d8M
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) May 3, 2022
Hoyeon Jung’s in a Louis Vuitton mini dress with glamour inspired by oil paintings from the late 1800s.
A #MetGala arrival that requires your attention: HoYeon Jung!!! pic.twitter.com/Ix31HUlu76
— MTV (@MTV) May 2, 2022
Lily James in a glittery skintight dress.
Actress Lily James shows off some leg in a thigh-high slit and sheer skintight dress at the 2022 #MetGala. See more of tonight's red carpet arrivals here: https://t.co/k6HmqtiNWC pic.twitter.com/wPv5V9AHDV
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) May 3, 2022
Jared Leto and Allesandro Michele in matching Gucci outfits.
Will the real @JaredLeto please stand up? https://t.co/8zTWWcQLCX #MetGala pic.twitter.com/VDQu7mcJ0g
— GQ Magazine (@GQMagazine) May 3, 2022
Kim Kardashian in the dress Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang “Happy Birthday” to US President, John F. Kennedy.
Elon Musk, who took his mother Maye Musk to the Gala.
Olivia Rodrigo in a draped-sequin dress with butterflies in her hair.
All the details behind Olivia Rodrigo’s 1920s-meets-Y2K beauty look for the 2022 #MetGala https://t.co/22aP9fAtXl pic.twitter.com/i6mVTDpOyV
— Vogue Runway (@VogueRunway) May 3, 2022
Lizzo even performed a debut on her flute on the iconic steps.
Lizzo plays a "one-of-a-kind" flute on the #MetGala carpet https://t.co/7pfrLBlt8g pic.twitter.com/lW3gzbTI8I
— Variety (@Variety) May 3, 2022
While many stars were dressed by expensive designers, viewers at home are questioning how in tune the looks are with the year’s theme.
I don’t need to say anything y’all know I’m fuming at these looks #MetGala
— Zak (@_mxzak) May 3, 2022
Others have called the theme out of touch as it pays homage to the period of rapid prosperity, industrialization and growth in the US from 1870 to 1890, especially with the worsening inflation that many Americans are dealing with.
It's too on-the-nose for the Met Gala to have a "Gilded Age" theme on the same day we know the US economy is contracting
— Jacob Shamsian (@JayShams) April 28, 2022
Amanda Gunn contributed to this report
