The Best Celebrity Looks On The Red Carpet ·

01 Jan 0001, 00:00

The moment has finally come. The most thrilling night in fashion - the Met Gala 2023 - is happening as we speak. This year's theme pays tribute to Karl Lagerfeld - the man who, according to Andrew Bolton, curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 'created the identity of the fashion designer impresario' - while the exhibition will be called Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. It opens to the public this Friday, 5 May, and will trace the late designer's 'stylistic vocabulary as it was expressed in 'through lines' - aesthetic and conceptual themes that appear time and again - in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in 2019'.

Tonight's red carpet wasn't red at all but cream with curvaceous lines of red and blue (rather like the choice of 'champagne' at this year's Oscars). For fans of vintage, there were plenty of head-turning moments. Case in point? Co-chair Dua Lipa wearing archive Chanel - a corseted tweed gown from a '90s couture collection that was originally modelled by Claudia Schiffer - and a gigantic, never-before-seen diamond pendant from Tiffany & Co. Naomi Campbell followed suit, wearing a silver leaf and draped satin dress from Chanel SS10 Couture. Swoon. Nicole Kidman, meanwhile, made fans do a double take with her frosty pink frou-frou gown that she first wore in the iconic advert for Chanel No5.

Elsewhere, on the step-and-repeat, there were nods to corsages as well as Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld's famous feline friend, who cropped up in the form of crystal-embellished minaudières (Chloe Fineman) and a purrfect gown involving a set of cat ears (Doja Cat). Keep scrolling to see all the best looks from the Met Gala 2023.

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Rihanna, wearing Valentino, and A$AP Rocky, wearing custom Gucci

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Pedro Pascal wearing Valentino

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Lily James wearing Tamara Ralph

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Tems wearing Robert Wun

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Yung Miami wearing Act N°1

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Olivia Rodrigo wearing Thom Browne

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Adut Akech wearing Carolina Herrera

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Florence Pugh wearing Valentino

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Janelle Monáe wearing Thom Browne

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Elle Fanning wearing Vivienne Westwood

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Amber Valletta wearing Karl Lagerfeld Couture

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Ashley Park wearing Michael Kors

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Vanessa Hudgens

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Camila Morrone

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Alton Mason wearing Karl Lagerfeld Couture

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Mary J. Blige wearing Burberry

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Viola Davis wearing Valentino

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas wearing Valentino

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Rachel Brosnahan wearing Sergio Hudson

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Paris Hilton wearing Marc Jacobs

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Aubrey Plaza wearing Stella McCartney

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Daisy Edgar-Jones wearing Gucci

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Teyana Taylor wearing Thom Browne

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Yara Shahidi wearing Jean Paul Gaultier

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Jennifer Lopez wearing Ralph Lauren

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Cardi B wearing Chenpeng Studio

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Lil Nas X

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Lizzo wearing Chanel

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Kylie Jenner wearing Jean Paul Gaultier

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Gigi Hadid wearing Givenchy

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Michelle Yeoh wearing Karl Lagerfeld Couture

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Jenna Ortega

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Kendall Jenner wearing Marc Jacobs

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Kim Kardashian wearing Schiaparelli Haute Couture

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Anne Hathaway wearing Atelier Versace

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Serena Williams

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Salma Hayek wearing Gucci

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Kristen Stewart

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Suki Waterhouse wearing vintage Fendi

Suki's dress was designed by the late designer for SS19.

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Jessica Chastain wearing Gucci

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FKA Twigs wearing Maison Margiela

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Marion Cotillard wearing archive Chanel

Marion wore a dress from Chanel AW07 Couture.

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Doja Cat wearing Oscar de la Renta

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Halle Bailey

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Sydney Sweeney wearing Miu Miu

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Margot Robbie wearing Chanel

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Ashley Graham wearing custom Harris Reed

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Precious Lee wearing Fendi

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Amanda Seyfried

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Karlie Kloss wearing Loewe

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Lila Moss wearing vintage Fendi Couture

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Imaan Hammam

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Gisele Bündchen wearing vintage Chanel

Gisele also dug into the archives to retrieve this bridal look from Chanel SS07 Couture.

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Eva Chen wearing Fendi Couture

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Kate Moss wearing Fendi Couture

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Maya Hawke

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Ice Spice wearing Balmain

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Irina Shayk wearing archive Yohji Yamamoto

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Naomi Campbell wearing vintage Chanel

Naomi Campbell stole the red carpet with this silver leaf and draped satin gown from Chanel SS10 Couture.

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Karen Elson

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Michaela Coel wearing Schiaparelli Haute Couture

Michaela wore custom-made jewellery by Emefa Cole, who only had one month to complete the pieces before the Met Gala. Michaela's brief? She wanted to be 'dripped in gold'. The SMO Gold (Single Mine Origin Responsibly Sourced Gold) in question came from West Africa - specifically the Ity Mine, Côte d'Ivoire - which was important to them both. 'This subject is very important to us both firstly because of our shared West African heritage,' Cole told Grazia. 'Anyone of West African heritage has an intrinsic link to gold, it is a huge part of community and culture, and so it was incredibly important to ensure the gold used in this collection left a positive legacy for both the environment and the community that would last well after the moment of the Met Gala.'

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Gabrielle Union wearing Prada

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Vanessa Kirby wearing vintage Chloé

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Maude Apatow wearing Chloé

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Olivia Wilde wearing Chloé

Olivia's custom-made gown was inspired by a dress from the archives.

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Ariana DeBose wearing Altuzarra

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Quinta Brunson wearing Prabal Gurung

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Anok Yai wearing Prabal Gurung

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Quannah Chasinghorse

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Phoebe Bridgers wearing Tory Burch

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Nicole Kidman wearing vintage Chanel

Nicole brought out an oldie but a goodie for this year's Met Gala, recycling the same dress she wore to star in the original advert for Chanel No5. Like the perfume, it's an absolute classic.