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

May 07, 2019, 16:08 IST2 min
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Celine DionHidden 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.
Image by Karsten Moran/The New York Times
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Deepika PadukoneDeepika 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 Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic
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Kim Kardashian & FamilyThe 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.”
Image by Nina Westervelt/The New York Times (family photo)
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Katy PerryKaty Perry’s outfit is literally ‘lit’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 6, 2019
Image by Karsten Moran/The New York Times
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Lady GagaActor-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
Image by ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images
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Isha AmbaniIsha 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
Image by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
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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.”
Image by Karsten Moran/The New York Times

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