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Here are all the best looks from the Met Gala 2023

NPR

By Anastasia Tsioulcas

Published May 1, 2023 at 6:18 PM EDT

Dua Lipa

In New York City, the first Monday night in May means the Met Gala — the megawatt party and fashion soiree that raises money for New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This year's event celebrates the opening of a new show at the museum's Costume Institute: "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." Lagerfeld, one of the most looming presences in fashion for many decades, was the creative director for both Fendi and Chanel (respectively from 1965 and 1983 until his death in 2019) as well as his own eponymous line.

This year's hosts are actress Penélope Cruz, an ambassador for Chanel since 2018, as well as actress Michaela Coel, tennis star Roger Federer, singer Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue and global chief content officer for the fashion magazine's parent company, Conde Nast. Tickets, which were available by invitation only, cost $50,000 each, with tables available beginning at $300,000.

This year's guests have been asked to dress "in honor of Karl": a wide-ranging dictum, considering that over the decades Lagerfeld also designed for Chloé, Balmain and Patou.

Ironically, Lagerfeld was not a fan of putting fashion behind glass in museum displays; the exhibition's curator, Andrew Bolton, told Vogue last year that the designer often said, "Fashion is not art—fashion belongs on the street, on women's bodies, on men's bodies."

Michaela Coel

Roger Federer and Mirka Federer

Penélope Cruz

Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy

Jeremy Pope

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna

Lil Nas X

Janelle Monáe

Jared Leto

Keke Palmer

Brian Tyree Henry

Florence Pugh

Jenna Ortega

Bad Bunny

Michelle Yeoh

Jennifer Lopez

Halle Bailey

Yung Miami

Anok Yai

Gigi Hadid

Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner

Viola Davis

Kendall Jenner

Kylie Jenner

Kim Kardashian

Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish

Stephanie Hsu

Tems

Teyana Taylor

Olivia Rodrigo

Conan Gray

Lily Collins

Anitta

David Byrne

Quinta Brunson

Aubrey Plaza

Pedro Pascal

Bella Ramsey

Sora Choi

Stormzy

Cardi B

Mary J. Blige

François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek Pinault

Jessica Chastain

Serena Williams

Daniel Ricciardo

Anne Hathaway

Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin

Doja Cat

Naomi Campbell

Madelyn Cline

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade

Ice Spice

Jeremy Strong

Julia Garner

Camila Morrone

Amanda Seyfried

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne

Jodie Comer

Yara Shahidi

Adut Akech and Wes Gordon

Karlie Kloss

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

Olivia Wilde

Ashley Graham

Margot Robbie

Huma Abedin

Gustav Witzoe

Maude Apatow

Ariana DeBose

Kelsey Asbille Chow

Tyler Mitchell

Phoebe Bridgers

Amber Valletta

Kaitlyn Dever

Gisele Bündchen

Quannah Chasinghorse

Liu Wen

Maya Hawke

Emily Ratajkowski

Imaan Hammam

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora

Emma Chamberlain

Chloe Fineman

La La Anthony

Grace Widyatmadja photo edited this piece.

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Anastasia Tsioulcas

Anastasia Tsioulcas is a reporter on NPR's Arts desk. She is intensely interested in the arts at the intersection of culture, politics, economics and identity, and primarily reports on music. Recently, she has extensively covered gender issues and #MeToo in the music industry, including backstage tumult and alleged secret deals in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against megastar singer Plácido Domingo; gender inequity issues at the Grammy Awards and the myriad accusations of sexual misconduct against singer R. Kelly.

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