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The Met Gala is here for 2022 — the biggest night in fashion— was back again on Monday evening.

Just eight short months after we kinda sorta saw Kim Kardashian in her infamous all-black look at the Met Gala in 2021.

Vogue’s annual fashion extravaganza at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has traditionally taken place during the first Monday in May. But thanks to Covid, last year’s fashion fete got bumped from spring to September. So if you thought you were partaking in the great pandemic tradition of questioning your sense of time, don’t worry. You’re fine.

But if you’re wondering about the theme of Monday night’s event, be prepared to be perplexed once more.

The theme this year was In America: An Anthology of Fashion, which is a sequel to last year’s theme, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. People described the dress code as white-tie with an emphasis on “Gilded Glamour.”

The Gilded Age was a tumultuous period between the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century that was known for robber barons, drama and grandeur. It was also a time of social inequality, in which a small population of elite folks enjoyed oodles of wealth. Think: John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan — and Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) and her fabulous, over-the-top hats in HBO’s The Gilded Age.

There weren’t a ton of hats at the 2022 Met Gala, but there were plenty of capes, bodices and dramatic colours, plus a pirate of two (we’re looking at you, Shawn Mendes and Lenny Kravitz) and what appeared to be, uh, gilded pasties (see: Cara Delevingne).

Kim Kardashian’s nod to America of yore was sporting the iconic dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy. The reality star didn’t quite nail Monroe’s signature hairdo, opting instead for a slicked-back look.

Sadly, both Zendaya and Rhianna kept true to their words and didn’t show up.

But, hey, plenty of other celebrities made an appearance in great, not-so-great and completely whacky outfits, so scroll on down and enjoy!

Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian

Blake Lively

A large knot on the skirt of Lively’s dress unraveled to showcase a long blue train.

Kylie Jenner

Khloé Kardashian

Fredrik Robertsson

Alessandro Michele and Jared Leto

Cara Delevingne

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union depart The Mark Hotel for 2022 Met Gala on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for The Mark) — NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union depart The Mark Hotel for 2022 Met Gala on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for The Mark)

Glenn Close

Sarah Jessica Parker

Billie Eilish

Gigi Hadid

Janelle Monáe

Sebastian Stan

Tessa Thompson

Jessica Chastain

Megan Thee Stallion

Claire Danes

Teyana Taylor

David Harbour and Lily Allen

Ariana DeBose

Shawn Mendes

Camila Cabello

Emily Ratajkowski

Lena Waithe

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Alicia Keys

Nicola Coughlan

Chloe Bailey

Lenny Kravitz

Rachel Brosnahan

Hillary Clinton

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner

Leslie Odom Jr.

Vanessa Hudgens

Dakota Johnson

Danai Gurira

Chloe Fineman

Amy Schumer

Mindy Kaling

Michelle Yeoh

Kacey Musgraves

Maude Apatow

Katy Perry

Anna Wintour

Chloë Grace Moretz

Vanessa Nadal and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Venus Williams

Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler

La La Anthony

After a year out, the Met Gala was back with a bang on Monday night.

While the annual A-list event is famously held on the first Monday in May, organisers clearly felt that this would simply be too long to make us wait in 2021, so decided to throw together a little something for September.

This year, the event was chaired by singer Billie Eilish, Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis pro Naomi Osaka, with the theme being “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion”.

As ever, some of the stars in attendance understood the assignment completely, and others missed the mark somewhat.

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