Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively and more hit red carpet for Gilded Glamour theme

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Met Gala: The best-dressed stars of all time

The 2022 Met Gala red carpet was full of gilded glamour as guests attended fashion’s most-anticipated event of the year.

From Blake Lively to Kim Kardashian, the best-dressed stars of the Met Gala stunned in vintage dresses and multiple outfit changes.

The theme of the evening’s Met Gala was “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” the second part of the Costume Institute’s exhibition, which opened on 18 September. The first part of the exhibition was reflected in last year’s Met Gala theme, “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” which was in celebration of all things American Fashion.

Last year, the Met Gala took place on 13 September and the year before, it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Usually, around 600 celebrities are invited to mark the glitzy event in their social calendars, but this year and last, the numbers are closer to 400.

As per tradition, the guest list for this year’s event was carefully presided over by Vogue’sAnna Wintour, who has run the gala since 1995. It was announced earlier this year that the 2022 hosts would include Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who served as the night’s official co-chairs.

Key Points

• The best-dressed stars at the 2022 Met Gala
• What does the 2022 Met Gala theme mean?
• Who went to the 2022 Met Gala?

[2 May 2022 12:50 · Kate Ng]

What is it like to attend the Met Gala?

Ever wondered what it’s actually like to go to the Met Gala? Us too, but we’ll never know...

Thankfully, billionaire Wendy Yu gave us a peek into the glitzy world in 2019 when she told Katie O’Malley what attending the Met Gala entails.

Find out more:

[2 May 2022 13:10 · Kate Ng]

Twitter users gear up to hand out their Met Gala judgements

With just hours to go until the Met Gala begins, nearly the whole of Twitter is getting ready to channel its inner Miranda Priestly of The Devil Wears Prada (who took inspiration from Anna Wintour herself).

Some people acknowledged that they were passing judgements while dressed in their comfiest house clothes - we love a self-aware hun.

Others noted that they transformed when it came to the Met Gala.

Happy judging, everyone!

[2 May 2022 13:30 · Kate Ng]

These are the royals who have attended the Met Gala

The Met Gala guest list is usually associated with Hollywood A-listers, but once in a while, a member of a royal family makes an appearance.

From the British royal family, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and Princess Beatrice, daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, have been present at the event.

Find out which other royals have attended the Met Gala:

[2 May 2022 13:50 · Kate Ng]

The weird rules that Met Gala guests must follow

Whenever the Met Gala is held, there are certain guidelines that guests will be expected to follow should they want to stay in Wintour’s good books.

My colleague Sabrina Barr reveals the weirdest rules that Met Gala guests must abide by at the event:

[2 May 2022 14:10 · Kate Ng]

The most controversial Met Gala themes ever

High drama is always the order of the day when it comes to the Met Gala - and some years have seen controversial themes spark big conversations both online and offline.

Sarah Young rounds up the most controversial Met Gala themes ever - from religion to accusations of cultural appropriation:

[2 May 2022 14:39 · Kate Ng]

All the #MetPrep hints dropped by stylists and makeup artists on Instagram

Celebrity stylists and makeup artists have been dropping hints on what the stars they’re dressing might wear on the 2022 Met Gala red carpet this evening.

Here are some of the most intriguing #MetPrep hints so far:

Erin Walsh, who styles the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Anne Hathaway, posted a photograph of a pair of blush pink Gucci platform heels on her Instagram.

The shoes have a covered-toe front with dainty cutouts and a pair of red lips on each sole.

She wrote in the caption: “Stepping into my higher(est) self with a little help from my friends.”

Benjamin Puckey, whose recent celebrity clients include Uma Thurman and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is the Global Colour Director for Japanese beauty brand Clé de Peau Beauté.

He posted a range of Clé de Peau Beauté lipsticks in different shades of red and plum, with the caption: “#MetPrep.”

The brand’s newest ambassador’s include actors Ella Balinska, Dakota Fanning and Diana Silvers.

New York City-based jeweller Briony Raymond also added to the hashtag, posting a short video of a large silver and gold-toned diamond rose brooch glittering in the sunlight.

The jeweller said that the vintage brooch would be making its “big Met Gala debut” today. While it’s not known which A-lister will don the beautiful brooch, Game of Thrones actor Sophie Turner is one of the A-listers following the company on Instagram.

[2 May 2022 15:00 · Kate Ng]

Tom Ford says Met Gala has turned into a ‘costume party'

Not everyone is as excited for the Met Gala as we are, it seems.

Designer Tom Ford claimed that the exclusive fashion event has turned into a “costume party” except an occasion where it “used to just be very chic people wearing very beautiful clothes”.

Chelsea Ritschel reports:

[2 May 2022 15:43 · Kate Ng]

All of our favourite Blake Lively Met Gala outfits

Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, are one of four hosts and co-chairs of tonight’s event.

The couple of regulars at the Met Gala, but it’s Lively’s outfits that usually steal the show.

We’ve rounded up our favourite outfits worn by Lively at the event ahead of her hosting duties tonight:

2018: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and The Catholic Imagination

(AFP via Getty Images)

2017: Rei Kawakubo/Commes des Garcons: Art of The In-Between

Blake Lively (L) Ryan Reynolds attend the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 (Getty Images)

2016: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

Blake Lively attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art (Getty)

2013: PUNK: Chaos to Couture

Blake Lively attends the 2013 Costume Institute Gala - PUNK: Chaos to Couture at Metropolitan Museum of Art (Getty Images)

2008: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

Actress Blake Lively arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy (Getty Images)

[2 May 2022 16:25 · Kate Ng]

Sarah Jessica Parker confesses she ‘was in love’ with Alexander McQueen

Sarah Jessica Parker is a fashion icon and red carpet expert, but even she’s had her shy moments.

Last week, while revisiting her favourite Met Gala looks, the Sex and The City star had wanted to work with the late Alexander McQueen for the 2006 Met Gala, which was themed AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion.

But she “didn’t really know him well enough to be so presumptuous [to assume he would want to come with me].”

My colleague Joanna Whitehead has the full story on the actor’s love for McQueen:

[2 May 2022 16:45 · Kate Ng]

How do you watch the 2022 Met Gala?

As the much-awaited event draws closer, here’s how you can watch it live: