Met Gala 2023: There Are 5 Official Rules Guests Have To Follow (& Two Have Been Broken Many Times!)

, just ask Serena Williams. The greatest athlete of all time showed up to the red carpet with a special surprise announcement: . "There’s three of us here,” Williams said with a smile during Vogue's Gala livestream, standing next to her husband Alexis Ohanian. Just a few weeks before Mother's Day, the 2023 Met Gala red carpet was a bevy of mother-and-child celebrity duos making the high profile fundraiser event a family affair; Williams wasn't the only star to announce her pregnancy on the red carpet.

2023 Met Gala was a star-studded evening, but some major A-listers sat the night out. Katy Perry, Kris Jenner, Blake Lively and more Met Gala mainstays did not walk the iconic steps on Monday night.This year's Met Gala theme was «Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty» and celebrated the full work and life of the late designer, who died in February 2019 at age 85.

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Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk shared a Met Gala moment. The former couple — who are co-parents to 6-year-old daughter, Lea — were spotted chatting away during Monday's festivities. Cooper wore a classic black tuxedo for fashion's biggest night, while Shayk was clad in a white Yohji Yamamoto gown. The theme of this year's Met Gala was "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" and celebrated the full work and life of the late designer.

Anna Wintour certainly did not approve this Met Gala guest. A cockroach has gone viral for crashing fashion's biggest night on Monday, scurrying down the red carpet before falling victim to death by stomping. The whole saga was captured by reporters on the scene and shared on social media. In a video and Twitter thread by, photographer Kevin Mazur is seen snapping a pic of the bug before attempting to squish it with his shoe.

Met Gala on Monday. Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Fallon, Jared Leto and many, many more were among the celebs in attendance for the high-profile New York event. After walking the red carpet at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, guests were treated to drinking, dancing and general merriment — including a performance by Lizzo.

coupled up for the 2023 Met Gala, held at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a celebration of fashion.The theme this year is «Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty» and celebrates the full work and life of the late designer. The dress code was meant to be «in honor of Karl,» and a whole host of gorgeous couples came out to show off their best looks.One of the hottest couples of the night was Rihanna and A$AP Rocky. Rihanna dressed her baby bump in a gorgeous white gown by Valentino, complete with a hood made of embroidered white flowers and a long train. Paying homage to the late Lagerfeld, paired the look with a pair of white sunglasses, affixed with large, fake eyelashes.Meanwhile, Rocky sported a black suit jacket and kilt, which he wore over a pair of jeans. A$AP paid homage to the Chanel designer as well, sporting a single black leather glove and some black shades of his own for the occasion.Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade also made a splash while walking the ivory carpet.Union stood out in a stunning monochromatic crimson number, which included a red dress and matching full-length red leather duster.

Kylie Jenner brought a dash of color to the 2023 Met Gala on Monday, stunning crowds with a dramatic red gown accentuated by a stunning blue lining. Kylie's dress and coordinated robe were designed by Haider Ackermann for Jean Paul Gaultier. She completed the look with makeup from Kylie Skin and Kylie Cosmetics lines with the work of makeup artist Ariel Tejada, and was spray tanned by Isabel Alysa. She arrived at the Met steps alongside her sisters Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, who impressed with their own looks. Kylie and her sisters' attendance came amid conflicting reports about whether the Kardashian-Jenner family was invited to this year's Met Gala.

 editor-in-chief Anna Wintour named Michaela Coel, Penélope Cruz, Dua Lipa, tennis pro Roger Federer as her co-chairs for this year's gala. The annual celebration is a fundraiser for New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. The Met's exhibit, «Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,» honors the work and life of the late designer, featuring 150 of Lagerfeld's designs from Chanel, Balmain, Patou, Fendi, Chloe, as well as his own personal line.

Olivia Wilde and Margaret Zhang had the same idea at the 2023 Met Gala. The 39-year-old director and the 29-year-old Vogue China editor-in-chief wore the same dress to Monday's annual event.Both women stepped out wearing a recreation of one of Karl Lagerfeld's designs.

Margot Robbie is channeling the '90s in her Met Gala style!The star took a break from the pink on Monday to walk the carpet at the annual fashion event. And eagle-eyed fans spotted that her look was 20 years in the making!The Chanel gown, a black bustier and skirt with a see-through corset and over-the-shoulder sash, was debuted by Cindy Crawford on the fashion house's 1993 runway at Paris Fashion Week.The 2023 Met Gala takes place on May 1 in New York City.

Jennifer Lopez is back on the floor Met Gala red carpet — this time as a married woman. The triple threat set foot on the iconic steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (the first of May, of course) as a guest of the annual star-studded gala. In accordance with the year's theme — «Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty» — the fashionista sported a custom Ralph Lauren silk velvet halter gown with a draped silk satin skirt.The gown, which was entirely made by hand, was completed with artisanal details including a floral collar with petals heated and molded by hand to resemble the natural shape of a flower, and black silk evening gloves.Lopez is no stranger to the Met Gala, having attended a dozen times since 2004.

grand appearance at the Met Gala this year following allegations they wouldn’t step foot on the red carpet.Kim wore a skimpy, formfitting gown “dripping in pearls,” an ode to the iconic Chanel looks fashioned by Karl Lagerfeld, the evening’s honoree. “I just wanted to feel glamorous,” she said on the carpet, admitting she just “wanted to have a good time.” “I took a shot before I came with my sisters,” said the first sister in the Kardashian-Jenner family to make a gala appearance tonight.Her champagne-colored number by Schiaparelli featured numerous beads of pearls draped around her neck and cascading down the front of the frock.

After last year’s Marilyn Monroe controversy, Kim Kardashian was ready to continue to turn heads at the Met Gala this year!

Serena Williams is pregnant!

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse are glowing at their Met Gala debut! The couple made a rare joint appearance on Monday, stepping out for the annual New York City event.While both Pattinson and Waterhouse have attended the Met Gala separately over the years, Monday marked the first time they posed for pics and made their way up the iconic steps together.The notoriously private couple stunned at the event, with Pattinson looking dapper in a Dior tuxedo that featured a skirt detail and a gold brooch and Waterhouse beaming in a sheer Fendi dress with floral embroidery.Pattinson and Waterhouse were all smiles as they posed for pics, with the former even wrapping his arm around the latter's waist at one point.Pattinson and Waterhouse were first linked in 2018, but only made their red carpet debut in December 2022. They rang in 2023 side-by-side and purchased a home together shortly thereafter.«I'm shocked that I'm so happy with someone for nearly five years,» Waterhouse told  in February. «I'm always incredibly excited when I see his name pop up [on my phone] or even a text, and I think he feels the same about me.

Met Gala on Monday night. The Vogue titan, 73, arrived at the fashion gala arm-in-arm with the “Love Actually” actor, also 73, following months of dating speculation. The new couple, who are both Brits, first set tongues wagging last December when they were spotted together at a New York screening of Nighy’s Oscar-nominated film, “Living.”Friends of Wintour told the Post on Monday that they are “thrilled” the fashion icon is “finally” making her red carpet debut with Nighy.

Penelope Cruz as she arrived at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City!Cruz, 48, dazzled as she made her entrance wearing a light blue Chanel couture Spring/Summer gown from 1988, complete with a hooded veil. The dress featured gorgeous beading throughout, and a corseted bodice that came together with a sequined belt.Cruz very much channeled Snow White in the ethereal look, with the hood covering both her shoulders and a good portion of her hair, which she had fastened into a low bun.

The day has arrived and all the celebs are making their arrivals on the red carpet at the 2023 Met Gala

Anna Wintour is making fashion’s big night a family affair!