The theme was, ‘Camp: Notes on Fashion’ and in true Met Gala style the stars came to slay.
According to reports the theme was inspired by Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay ‘Notes on ‘Camp’, which is widely credited to have introduced the notion of ‘Camp’ to the mainstream.
‘The essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration,’ Sontag once explained in Partisan Review.
Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute’s curator, admitted the theme has been on his radar for years, and has “become increasingly more mainstream in its pluralities – political camp, queer camp, pop camp, the conflation of high and low, the idea that there is no such thing as originality”.
Here are some of the looks from the red carpet that left us breathless;
Zendaya had one of the most memorable Cinderella moments when her dress lit up.
Singer Rihanna, who did not the Gala this year took to her Instagram to share her best dressed on the red carpet.
Ezra Miller
Kylie and Kendall Jenner
