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Fashion from the Met Gala red carpet: Gilded Glamour

15:46 pm on 3 May 2022

Known for celebrities in over-the-top outfits, the Met Gala returned to its traditional date of the first Monday in May, just eight months after 2021's pandemic-delayed event in September.

The event, a fundraiser for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been dubbed the Oscars of the East Coast.

This year's theme? Gilded Glamour.

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Lizzo's Thom Browne look took 1200 hours of hand embroidery. The singer held a gold flute, which she briefly played on the red carpet.

Singer Lizzo Photo: Getty 2022 / Dimitrios Kambouris

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion Photo: Getty 2022 / Angela Weiss

Given the theme, there was more than one reference to Netflix's Bridgerton on the red carpet.

Of course the stars of the hit show were there too.

Simone Ashley Photo: Getty / Ilya S. Savenok

Lady Whistledown herself Nicola Coughlan. Photo: Getty 2022 / Jamie McCarthy

Tessa Thompson wore this Carolina Herrera look.

Tessa Thompson arrives at the 2022 Met Gala. Photo: Getty 2022 / Kevin Mazur/MG22

Tessa Thompson on the 2022 Met Gala red carpet. Photo: Getty 2022 / Kevin Mazur/MG22

Janelle Monáe Photo: Getty 2022 / Angela Weiss

MJ Rodriguez of Pose Photo: Getty 2022 / Angela Weiss

Michelle Yeoh of Everything Everwhere All At Once, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians Photo: Getty 2022 / Cindy Ord/MG22

Actress best known for 13 Reasons Why, Tommy Dorfman Photo: Ilya S. Savenok

Tommy Dofman's clutch Photo: Arturo Holmes/MG22

Kim Kardashain wore Marilyn Monroe's dress - 60 years old, it is the dress Monroe wore as she famously sang Happy Birthday Mr President.

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Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish Photo: Cindy Ord/MG22

Rapper and singer Anderson .Paak Photo: Jeff Kravitz

Despite confusion on social media, this is Fredrik Robertsson.

Fredrik Robertsson on the 2022 Met Gala red carpet. Photo: Getty 2022 / Jeff Kravitz

This is Jared Leto.

Jared Leto attends The 2022 Met Gala. Photo: Getty 2022 / Jamie McCarthy

Singer, actress, choreographer Teyana Taylor Photo: Getty 2022 / Cindy Ord/MG22

Singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz Photo: Theo Wargo

Singer-songwriter Erykah Badu Photo: Cindy Ord/MG22

Chef Melissa King Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/MG22

King's accessories Photo: ANGELA WEISS

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