Met Gala 2019: The bold and the bizarre

The most interesting and outrageous looks on the 'pink' carpet, celebrating the theme of 'camp'—inviting the exaggerated, artificial, theatrical

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  • 07/05/2019 12:00 AM

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Cardi B
Cardi B stuns in a ‘feminism-inspired’ three-metre ruby gown, constructed with feathers, tulle and silk organza

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Ezra Miller
Actor Ezra Miller’s got his eyes on us at the Met Gala 2019, complete with a bedecked corset and full-length cape, a costume custom-designed for him by Burberry creative director Riccardo Tisci

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Image by : Benjamin Norman/The New York Times

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Janelle Monae
Janelle Monae channels campy surrealism, inspired by Dali and Picasso, into a high-tech dress with a motorised blinking eye. The theme for this year’s Met Gala is “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”

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Image by : Andrew Kelly/Reuters

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Billy Porter
American performer Billy Porter made a lavish, Egyptian pharaoh-entrance at the Met Gala. The Gala's 2019 theme is "Camp: Notes on Fashion" inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on Camp".

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Celine Dion
Hidden in plain sight for decades, megastar Celine Dion steps out in eye-popping style for the Met Gala, reveling in her turn as a new favorite of fashion.
She wears a silvery champagne bodysuit in fish-scale patterns, sleeves draped in 3,000 strands of floor-length fringe, all of it topped with a gold-tinted feather headpiece.

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Image by : Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic

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Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone goes ‘Camp Barbie’ in a metallic Zac Posen number. The Met Gala's 2019 theme is "Camp: Notes on Fashion" inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on Camp".

Image by : Nina Westervelt/The New York Times (family photo)

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Image by : Nina Westervelt/The New York Times (family photo)

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Kim Kardashian & Family
The Kardashian-Jenner family photo glitters appropriately. From left: Corey Gamble, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 6, 2019. The theme for this year’s Met Gala is “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”

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Image by : Karsten Moran/The New York Times

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Katy Perry
Katy Perry’s outfit is literally ‘lit’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 6, 2019

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Lady Gaga
Actor-singer Lady Gaga ramps up the red carpet with a performance of her own—she changes four outfits mid-carpet, alternating between bright magenta and slinky black

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Isha Ambani
Isha Ambani Piramal and Prabal Gurung attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City

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Jared Leto
Jared Leto shows up two-faced at the Met Gala. The theme for this year’s Met Gala is “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”