I sit here recall I ’m creative and open - minded , then an turnout with a bizarre scheme pop up and my wit short - circuits .
TheMet Galais a big deal in the celeb fashion world. Known worldwide for its star-studded attendees and displays of creative fashion, the event is eagerly awaited by fashion fans globally.
Each year’s event has a specific theme for the guests to fit their attire into, and the creative and unusual themes have served us both beauties and beasts of outfits over the years!
So before 2023’s gala outfits are seen, I took a walk down memory lane to pull out the looks I still think about — for better or for worse — from the decades before, and ranked them from my favorite to my least favorite! Let’s dive in — first, my favorites:
1.Cher’s 1985 look for the “Costumes of Royal India” theme:
I’m not surprised people went wild for the ear cuffs — I mean, look at ‘em!
2.One more fromCher, for the 1974 “Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design” theme:
3.Katy Perry’s look for 2018’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” theme:
4.Cardi B for 2018’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” theme:
5.Bella Hadid for 2018’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” theme:
Here’s Bella’s veil close up:
6.Blake Lively for 2022’s “Gilded Glamour” theme:
Check out her dress transformation here:
7.Amber Valletta for 2004’s “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century’” theme:
8.Rihanna for 2015’s “China: Through the Looking Glass” theme:
The headband and necklace accompanying the dress were also stunning!
9.Madelaine Petsch’s outfit for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
Seriously, can someone cast her as a fairy in a movie?
10.Solange Knowles for 2016’s “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme:
11.Kendall Jenner for 2021’s “Celebrating in America: A Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
12.Fredrik Robertsson for 2022’s “Gilded Glamour” theme:
13.Timothée Chalamet for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
14.Kim Kardashian for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
15.Michael Urie for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
16.Nikkie de Jager for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
17.Iman for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
18.Elle Fanning for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
19.Zendaya for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
Watch the moment come to life here:
20.Nina Dobrev for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
Here’s the dress from the front:
21.Hailee Steinfeld for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
22.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
23.Lili Reinhart for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
24.Cara Delevingne for 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme:
Okay, so we’ve taken a look at my personal favorites and the ones that went down in the history books for the right reasons — but what about the ones I can’t help remembering for all thewrongreasons? (Disclaimer: I have zero fashion qualifications. This is all just my humble opinion!)
Here we go:
25.Anya Rubik for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
26.Natalia Bryant for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
27.Helen Lasichanh for 2017’s “Art of the In-Between” theme:
28.Chloe Bailey for 2022’s “Gilded Glamour” theme:
29.Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney for 1999’s “Rock Style” theme:
30.Kim Petras for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
31.Kim Kardashian for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
32.Jennifer Lopez for 2021’s “In America: The Lexicon of Fashion” theme:
33.Madonna for 2016’s “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme:
34.Kylie Jenner for 2022’s “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” theme:
35.Emily Ratajkowski for 2022’s “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” theme:
36.Kodi Smit-McPhee for 2022’s “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” theme:
37.Jessica Alba for 2009’s “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” theme:
38.Kendall Jenner for 2017’s “Art of the In-Between” theme:
39.Sarah Jessica Parker for 2022’s “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” theme:
40.Franklin Leonard for 2022’s “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” theme:
And finally: honorable mention to Katy Perry’s 2019 afterparty dress:
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