Met Gala 2024: The most ballsy, bold and bonkers looks from this year's red carpet

For every iconic, on-theme Met Gala look, there are five truly mental ones that no one can quite make sense of. Here are some of this year’s most bonkers
Lizzo arrives at the 2024 Met Gala
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Maddy Mussen3 minutes ago

“It's turned into a costume party,” designer and former Met Gala co-chair Tom Ford once told fashion journalist Amy Odell of the famous first Monday in May. And from Katy Perry’s chandelier, to Lil Nas X’s bedazzled body paint, to Jared Leto’s Choupette cat suit, it’s getting harder and harder to disagree with him.

Because with every expertly crafted, on-theme outfit there are five to ten simply bonkers looks before it. While good looks used to be peppered in between a mass of boring tuxes and black gowns, they’re now uncomfortably wedged between two insane looks that require actual buses to transport their wearer (who, obviously, cannot sit down. Or eat. Or breathe. Or think).

From Kim Kardashian’s impossibly cinched waist and cardigan combo to Cole Escola’s Thom Browne doggy bag and Rita Ora’s beaded door-curtain dress, 2024 was no different. There were headpieces, hourglasses, hundreds of Swarovski crystals and more florals than a Monet painting. Stars were carried up stairs and bundled into vans to protect their looks, all in the hope of ending up as one of the Met Gala best dressed.

And hey - there’s nothing wrong with committing to the bit, but these 2024 Met Gala looks really took it to the max. Here they are, presented without judgement. We’ll leave that up to Tom Ford.

Lizzo

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Lizzo in Weinsanto
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Barry Keoghan

Barry Keoghan in Burberry
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Amelia Gray

Amelia Gray in Undercover
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Cole Escola

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Cole Escola in Thom Browne
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Doja Cat

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Doja Cat in Vetements
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Taika Waititi and Rita Ora

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Taika Waititi and Rita Ora in Marni
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Amy Fine Collins

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Amy Fine Collins
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J. Harrison Ghee

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J. Harrison Ghee
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Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj in Marni
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Gustav Magnar Witzoe

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Gustav Magnar Witzoe
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FKA Twigs

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FKA Twigs in Stella McCartney
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Jordan Roth

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Jordan Roth
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Kim Kardashian

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Kim Kardashian in Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano
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Cardi B

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Cardi B in Windowsen
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Eryka Badu

Eryka Badu in Comme des Garçons
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Demi Moore

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Demi Moore in Harris Reed
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Lana Del Rey

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Lana Del Rey in Alexander McQueen
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Gwendoline Christie

Gwendoline Christie in Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph in Zac Posen for Gap
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Tyla

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Tyla in Balmain
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Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny in Dilara Fındıkoğlu
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Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried in Prada
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Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe

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Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe in Steve O Smith
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Sarah Paulson

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Sarah Paulson in Prada
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Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling in Gaurav Gupta
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Olivier Rousteing

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Olivier Rousteing in Balmain
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Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer in Marc Jacobs
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