Extravagant Met Gala looks over the years: From Rihanna to the Kardashians

Jared Leto‘s cat outfit from the Met Gala on Monday (May 1) have discussed how they made the much-discussed costume.This year’s Met Gala theme was the late designer Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019 and was best known for his work as the creative director of luxury brand Chanel. Leto’s outfit – a giant cat costume with paws, whiskers and big blue eyes – was a homage to the designer’s beloved white Burmese cat Choupette.The outfit was made by production studio SCPS, whose clients include Disney, Marvel and Star Wars.

Olivia Wilde has no problem with a twinning Met Gala moment. The 39-year-old actress and director took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, reacting to the fact that she wore the white-and-gold version of an almost identical dress as filmmaker and editor Margaret Zhang.«Great minds,» Wilde wrote on her Instagram Story with split images of herself, Zhang, 29, and the original look on the model.

, and then, one assumes, went back to the hotel to chill with her nanny while .For the all-important walk from the hotel to the car, Miss West found her own way to honor the night's theme, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” in a vintage Chanel jacket and jeans, per . She also her mom wore a few days earlier.This is not a coincidence.

North West saved the day when her mom, Kim Kardashian, had a Met Gala wardrobe malfunction. The 42-year-old reality star wore a stunning Schiaparelli gown covered in 50,000 freshwater pearls to the annual fashion event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and thankfully her 9-year-old daughter, North, was nearby when she was heading to the red carpet.

look was an homage to the late Karl Lagerfeld, whose body of work was celebrated on Monday evening. But some fans think her custom Schiaparelli ensemble—essentially —was also an homage to another fashion icon: herself. Back in 2007, then 27-year-old Kardashian posed for Playboy wearing nothing but—you guessed it!—pearls.

Javier Bardem had the best reaction to Penélope Cruz’s Met Gala look. The Spanish star revealed that her husband was incredibly excited about seeing her in the stunning Chanel gown, admitting that he “lost it” when he first saw her.“He’s such a big fan,” she said during an interview with Extra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne partied together following the 2023 Met Gala!

Kim Kardashian threw it back for the Met Gala!

Twitter post of the doctored photo has gained 13.8 million views, 25,800 retweets and 300,100 likes — and keeps gaining traction.It appears that the photoshopped picture has Gomez’s face on Lily James’ 2022 Met Gala look by Versace, with the outfit edited to a different shade of blue.Aside from the fact that the “Look At Me Now” singer didn’t attend the Met Gala, there are a few glaring inconsistencies in the photo that were immediately noticeable to fans.Most notably, the red carpet Gomez is photoshopped onto is not the Colgate-toothpaste-looking one from this year.

said the show will likely go dark with the WGA strike underway — the “Tonight Show” host celebrated how much excitement is happening in New York City this week, beginning with the annual Met Gala.“It was a fun night, but it was hard to top last year, when I apparently showed up as Kendall Jenner’s ventriloquist dummy,” Fallon mocked. The host then pulled up an image of him on the carpet, standing behind Jenner at such an angle that he did indeed look very small.

Yara Shahidi brought the '90s to the 2023 Met Gala! The 23-year-old actress tapped into her inner supermodel on Monday night, as she strutted up the Metropolitan Museum of Art stairs like it was her personal runway.Shahidi stunned in a Jean Paul Gaultier gown with Cartier jewelry and Jimmy Choo shoes. Inspired by '90s Chanel couture, the bronze gown features a pearl-detailed corset with a ruched micro-miniskirt, accented with an overlapping drape in the front and mermaid tail in the back. «I love the many eras of Karl [Lagerfeld],» Shahidi told ET's Rachel Smith, sharing her personal connection to the late Chanel House creative director.

weren't expecting this year, however, was such an array of inspiration for the brides-to-be among us.Of course, with this year's theme honoring Karl Lagerfeld—who memorably cast to close the vast majority of his runway shows—we should have perhaps seen it coming… But which wedding dress looks reigned supreme at , and (crucially!) which will be influencing the wedding set over the next few months?Here are the six bridal trends we can all expect to see making their way down the aisle of our nearest and dearest this year based on the 2023 Met Gala red carpet…A-line silhouettes have been big news in the wedding industry for decades, but this fuller-skirted, Cinderella-approved ball gown look has fallen out of favor in recent years. Thanks to the likes of Penélope Cruz, , and Alia Bhatt—who all made a very convincing case for the more dramatic cinch-and-flare waistline a this year's Met Gala—the look is set for a dramatic 180 over the next few months.Penélope Cruz in ChanelDua Lipa in ChanelAlia BhattFlorals have become quite prevalent in the arena over recent years, but while they're often an intricate lace or beaded embellishment adorning a more slim-fit silhouette, the 2023 Met Gala showcased a number of looks with a much more prominent nod to the detail.

North West saved the day when her mom, Kim Kardashian, had a Met Gala wardrobe malfunction. The 42-year-old reality star wore a stunning Schiaparelli gown covered in 50,000 freshwater pearls to the annual fashion event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and thankfully her 9-year-old daughter, North, was nearby when she was heading to the red carpet.Kim spoke with on the carpet, sharing her inspiration behind the pearl-covered ensemble and the slight wardrobe malfunction she experienced.«I wanted pearls.

Supermodel Kate Moss and her 20 year old daughter Lila really showed that beauty runs in the family, with the pair looking absolutely stunning in their co-ordinated outfits on the red carpet at the Met Gala on Monday 1 May. Gracing the steps of the Gala, a sophisticated annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City, the gorgeous mother-daughter duo wore Fendi couture gowns designed by its artistic director Kim Jones - and attended the event with him. Both Kate and Lila's gowns had been designed as a subtle nod to Karl Lagerfeld, the late creative director of Chanel and Fendi and this year's theme for the Met Gala, and showcased Lagerfeld's love of pastels and his eye for a 'feminine flourish,' as reported by British Vogue.

Olivia Wilde has suffered a fashion faux pas at the 2023 Met Gala as she showed up in the same outfit as another guest.The 39-year-old showed up to the annual event wearing the same look as filmmaker and Vogue China editor Margaret Zhang.The Don't Worry Darling director went for a white, floor-length Chloé gown, which was inspired by a design from the late Karl Lagerfeld which featured a gold, violin-shaped design on the front. Olivia looked as stunning as ever in the look but so did Margaret, who wore the exact same dress but in black.

Doja Cat is going viral for embracing the absurd at this year’s Met Gala. And really leaning in to her name…

happens in New York, but Rihanna's not around to attend it, did it even happen? Thank God we didn't have to find a way to answer that question, because the queen is here! She was so late, but she's here!Rihanna hit the iconic steps at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 1 in a look that will be hard to top next year—even for . The expecting mom, who during her performance at the Super Bowl halftime show earlier this year, arrived in what is essentially a white cocoon of rosettes.

Ready for her school picture! Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson brought her A-game to the 2023 Met Gala.

Cardi B is thinking about Karl Lagerfeld at the Met Gala. The 30-year-old rapper spoke to ET's Rachel Smith and other reporters at Monday's event, and she reflected on the late designer, whose works serve as this year's theme, «Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.»«I hope everybody made him proud,» Cardi said of the late Chanel designer, before joking, «He's probably in Heaven like, 'Yes! No.'»As for what it means to Cardi to be at the event, the rapper quipped, «I spent so much money in Chanel, like, I might as well be here.»Cardi rocked two looks for the annual event.