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The theme for the 2023 Met Gala honoured late designer Karl Lagerfeld

Other attendees who lit up the Met Gala carpet included Dua Lipa, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart, Gigi Hadid, Margot Robbie and Penelope Cruz

American basketball star Brittney Griner stepped onto the red carpet at the star-studded Met Gala on Monday, embracing a larger spotlight months after returning home from detention in a Russian penal colony.

An enormous fluffy, white, blue-eyed Burmese cat mascot ascended the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps on Monday in homage to Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved pet “Choupette,” who later revealed himself as actor Jared Leto, bringing a whole new meaning to this year’s Met Gala dress code “in honor of Karl.”