Where Glamour Is A Given
At the Met Gala, fashion literally struts along a crimson carpet into immortality or . . . infamy. These nine celebrities’ spectacular looks ranged from imperial capes to chrome fantasies. Each entrance featured couture that delivered elegance and drama. Get ready for gowns that will leave your jaw on the floor.
Zendaya – 2024
Zendaya is the future and the fantasy. In 2024, she emerged in Maison Margiela like a cybernetic fairytale brought to life. The silver sheen of her sculptural gown shimmered with a hypnotic glow, her opulent look radiated a robo-edge. Her severe silhouette and smoky eyes were pure alchemy. Zendaya was a goddess forged in metal and magic.
Doja Cat – 2023
Doja Cat’s 2023 Met Gala appearance paid tribute to Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved kitty, Choupette in full sparkle mode. Wearing Oscar de la Renta and a prosthetic cat face, she meowed, posed, and pounced all night long. With rhinestones dripping down Doja’s smashing gown, she simply shimmered.
Anne Hathaway – 2023
Anne Hathaway’s exquisite 2023 look merged Versace’s sultry energy with Chanel’s refined charm — what a luxe collision of eras. Tweed, safety pins, a sky-high bouffant, and a glittering choker brought ‘90s power in one magnificent moment. Hathaway gave golden-age glam with a Gen Z wink.
Blake Lively – 2022
Blake Lively’s 2022 Atelier Versace gown transformed in real time on the carpet — copper morphing into patina, like the Statue of Liberty slipped into sequins. Each detail was a love letter to New York City, from Grand Central motifs to beaded architectural landmarks. Lively was the Empire State in heels — glowing, glorious, and abso theatrical.
Kim Kardashian – 2022
Kim K is a dead-set legend. Wearing Marilyn Monroe’s original “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress — bedazzled with over 6,000 crystals — she shimmered up the Met steps with history clinging to every curve. Her platinum hair and minimalist styling were striking. Kim was the conversation and the controversy. This wasn’t an homage to Marilyn — it was a takeover.
Cardi B – 2018
Cardi B is divine and dazzling. Her 2018 Moschino look enrobed her in pearls, rubies that would make the Vatican do a double take. In her beaded halo crown and opulent train — not to mention her pregnancy! — Cardi ruled the carpet like fashion’s most radiant Madonna. She was a Renaissance painting but with far better contour.
Rihanna – 2015:
Rihanna’s 2015 Guo Pei cape arrived before she did — a sunburst of imperial yellow velvet, embroidered by hand with fur trim. Topped with a gilded headpiece, Rihanna’s presence was opulent and unforgettable. She is fashion’s eternal flame.
Miley Cyrus – 2013
The Met Gala – 2013. Miley Cyrus arrived in a Marc Jacobs mesh dress and spiked hair and a punk attitude that was anarchic. She didn’t soften her edge — strutting in with a wink and a shockwave.
Princess Diana – 1996
We saved the best of the best till last. . .
Princess Diana is poise personified. Her sole Met Gala appearance in 1996 — a midnight blue slip dress by John Galliano for Dior — was pure starlight. A sublime sapphire choker and cheeky, tousled hair gave her look a fresh, modern edge. Diana walked with grace and owned the night with a quiet glamour that reverberates to this very moment — her first and final Met Gala, etched in style history
This is the Met Gala at its most opulent, most expressive, most fabulously flamboyant. And yes — these are the iconic moments that made fashion history glimmer.
Don’t blink. You’ll miss the magic.
