Princess Diana, Celine Dion, Cher... Memorable outfits in Met Gala history

Icons of fashion shone at this event
Four decades of Met Gala history
Demi Moore in 2024
Celine Dion
Cher
Jackie Kennedy
Lady Gaga
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky
Lil Nas X
Bianca Jagger
Sarah Jessica Parker
Kim Kardashian
Raquel Welch
Liu Wen
Harry Styles
Anna Wintour
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
Rihanna
Lewis Hamilton
Christy Turlington
Naomi Campbell
Ivana and Donald Trump
Kylie Jenner
Zendaya
Whitney Houston
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen
Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs
Princess Diana
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost
Sarah Jessica Parker
Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney
Katie Holmes, Jamie Foxx and Cardi B
Grimes
Icons of fashion shone at this event

Every year in May, stars from the art, entertainment, and fashion scenes dress up spectacularly and create iconic photos. Princess Diana was one of them, for example, in 1996.

Four decades of Met Gala history

Since 1971, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has held an annual benefit gala to raise funds for its Costume Institute. The biggest stars attend the party, wearing remarkable designs linked to each year's distinctive theme.

 

 

Demi Moore in 2024

In 2024, the theme was 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion', inspiring dresses and suits from fairy tales and magic forests. Click further to see the best Met Gala outfits over the past decades!

Celine Dion

Year: 2019

Theme: Camp - Notes On Fashion

Designer: Oscar de La Renta

Cher

Year: 1985

Theme: Costumes of Royal India

Designer: Bob Mackie

Jackie Kennedy

Year: 1979

Theme: Fashions of The Habsburg Era

Designer: Valentino

Lady Gaga

Year: 2019

Theme: Celebrating Camp - Notes on Fashion

Designer: Brandon Maxwell

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky

Year: 2021

Theme: In America - A Lexicon of Fashion

Designer: Demna Gvasalia (Rihanna) and Eli Russell Linnetz (A$AP)

Lil Nas X

Year: 2021

Theme: In America - A Lexicon of Fashion

Designer: Donatella Versace

Bianca Jagger

Year: 1981

Theme: The Eighteenth-Century Woman

Designer: Halston

Sarah Jessica Parker

Year: 2006

Theme: Anglomania

Designer: Alexander McQueen

Kim Kardashian

Year: 2021

Theme: In America - A Lexicon of Fashion

Designer: Balenciaga

Raquel Welch

Year: 1982

Theme: La Belle Epoque

Designer: Thierry Mugler

 

Liu Wen

Year: 2014

Theme: Charles James - Beyond Fashion

Designer: Zac Posen

Harry Styles

Year: 2019

Theme: Camp - Notes on Fashion

Designer: Alessandro Michele

Anna Wintour

Year: 2003

Theme: Goddess - The Classical Mode

Designer: Christian Dior

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Year: 2014

Theme: Charles James - Beyond Fashion

Designer (Blake Lively): Gucci

Rihanna

Year: 2017

Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between

Designer: Comme des Garçons

Lewis Hamilton

Year: 2019

Theme: Camp - Notes on Fashion

Designer: Tommy Hilfiger

Christy Turlington

Year: 1992

Theme: Fashion and History - A Dialogue

Designer: Givenchy

Naomi Campbell

Year: 1995

Theme: Haute Couture

Designer: Versace

Ivana and Donald Trump

Year: 1985

Theme: Dance

Designer (Ivana Trump): Scaasi

Kylie Jenner

Year: 2017

Theme: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons - Art Of The In-Between

Designer: Versace

Zendaya

Year: 2018

Theme: Heavenly Bodies - Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Designer: Versace

Whitney Houston

Year: 1999

Theme: Rock Style

Designer: Dolce & Gabbana

Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen

Year: 2019

Theme: Camp - Notes on Fashion

Designer (Gisele Bündchen): Dior

Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs

Year: 2015

Theme: China - Through The Looking Glass

Designer (FKA Twigs): Dries Van Noten

Princess Diana

Year: 1996

Theme: Christian Dior

Designer: Dior

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost

Year: 2018

Theme: Heavenly Bodies - Fashion & The Catholic Imagination

Designer (Scarlett Johansson): Marchesa

Sarah Jessica Parker

Year: 2014

Theme: Charles James - Beyond Fashion

Designer: Oscar de la Renta

Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney

Year: 1999

Theme: Rock Style

Designer: Stella McCartney

Katie Holmes, Jamie Foxx and Cardi B

Year: 2019

Theme: Camp - Notes on Fashion

Designer: Katie Holmes - Zac Posen; Cardi B - Thom Browne

Grimes

Year: 2021

Theme: In America - A Lexicon of Fashion

Designer: Turner

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