Blake Lively graces the red carpet ahead of co-chairing the 2022 Met Gala
Arguably fashion's biggest night, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Met Gala lets celebrities step out of the box with their fashion choices — so expect something different.
On that front, creative director Fredrik Robertsson delivered, with silver spikes hitting the "gilded glamour" theme this year.
But he was mistaken for Jared Leto after picture agencies accidentally attributed the look to the actor.
Fredrik Robertsson, (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
Kim Kardashian went ultra vintage, snagging the actual dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing Happy Birthday to then-president John F Kennedy in 1962.
"I had to lose 16 pounds (7.2kg) to be able to fit this," she said on the red carpet.
"I was determined to fit it."
It was bought back in 2016 by the Ripley's Believe or Not! museum in Orlando, Florida, for a whopping $US4.81 million.
Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP)
And Blake Lively made an incredible entrance in a colour-changing Versace dress — she arrived in a copper gown that represented a "patina" effect, changing to green.
"I wanted to ascend the carpet and have the outfit change," she told Vogue.
"I think Versace thought I was crazy when I pitched this."
Blake Lively in her Versace dress that started copper... (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) ...and then became green. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
Vogue livestream co-host Vanessa Hudgens picked a black sheer lace gown with a long train.
"I'm practically naked," Hudgens joked on the red carpet.
Hudgens' dress from the front. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
But rapper Nicki Minaj said her look was a bit too small and resulted in a wardrobe malfunction.
"The only unplanned thing about my look is my boobs popping out," she said.
Former state Assembly candidate Bobby Digi Olisa got down on one knee to pop the question to a stunned Laurie Cumbo, the city’s commissioner of cultural affairs.
Couple gets engaged at Met Gala red carpet
Here are some of the best (and most out-there) looks of the night:
Cara Delevingne. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Gigi Hadid. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Cardi B in Versace. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Gwen Stefani. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Kylie Jenner. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Lizzo took her flute with her on the red carpet. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Olivia Rodrigo. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Lenny Kravitz. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Kendall Jenner. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Jenner's barely there brows. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Erykah Badu. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Billie Eilish. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Fredrik Robertsson in full silver spikes. (Getty Images: Dimitrios Kambouris) Teyana Taylor and Winnie Harlow. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Kodi Smit-McPhee. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Hillary Clinton. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Vogue's Anna Wintour. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Blake Lively at the gala with husband Ryan Reynolds. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Janelle Monae. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Jordan Roth started out all put together... (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) ...and then the theatre producer's reveal came through. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Sarah Jessica Parker in a Christopher John Rogers dress. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Parker wore a Philip Treacy headpiece. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Dove Cameron. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Newlyweds Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Sigourney Weaver and Michael Kors. (Andrew Kelly: Reuters) Bad Bunny. (Evan Agostini: Invision/AP) Michelle Yeoh. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Glenn Close. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Janicza Bravo. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Austin Butler. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Wendi Deng Murdoch. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) La La Anthony. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Emma Chamberlain. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
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