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September 13, 2021

Met Gala 2021: All the Red Carpet Looks

By Andrew Nguyen

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The Met Gala, referred to as the fashion world’s Oscar Night, usually falls on the first Monday of May. But after a year off because of the pandemic, the star-studded night returns on the second Monday of September in 2021 as an even more exclusive affair than before, and guests like co-chairs Gemma Chan, Billie Eilish, Naomi Osaka, and Lorde turned looks on the red carpet. Last week, Rihanna revealed that she is hosting this year’s annual Met Gala after-party, so there was a good chance she would steal the spotlight this evening. And then she did! Right at the end, Rihanna appeared in an all-black to save us all. Below, all the looks from the Met Gala red carpet.

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Rihanna. Photo: Getty Images
Kim Kardasian in Kanye West x Balenciaga. Photo: Getty Images
Lil Nas X in Versace. Photo: Getty Images
Billie Eilish in Oscar de la Renta. Photo: Getty Images
Megan Thee Stallion in Coach. Photo: WireImage
Jennifer Lopez in Ralph Lauren. Photo: Getty Images
Lupita Nyong'o. Photo: Getty Images
Lorde in Bode. Photo: FilmMagic
Olivia Rodrigo in Saint Laurent. Photo: Getty Images
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Brother Vellies and Aurora James. Photo: Getty Images
Emily Blunt in Miu Miu. Photo: WireImage
Kendall Jenner in Givenchy. Photo: Getty Images
Frank Ocean. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. Photo: Getty Images
Whoopi Goldberg in Valentino. Photo: WireImage
Anna Wintour in Oscar de la Renta. Photo: Getty Images
Tessa Thompson in Iris Van Herpen. Photo: Getty Images
Normani in Valentino. Photo: WireImage
Kristen Stewart in Chanel. Photo: Getty Images
Justin Bieber in Drew House and Hailey Bieber in Saint Laurent. Photo: Getty Images
Erykah Badu in Thom Browne. Photo: Getty Images
Dan Levy in Loewe. Photo: Getty Images
Halle and Chloe Bailey. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Kacey Musgraves in Ralph Lauren. Photo: Getty Images
Alicia Keys in AZ Factory. Photo: Getty Images
Timothée Chalamet in a Rick Owens top and Haider Ackermann blazer. Photo: Getty Images
Hunter Schafer in Prada. Photo: Getty Images
Iman in Harris Reed. Photo: WireImage
Winnie Harlow. Photo: Getty Images
Gabrielle Union in Iris Van Herpen. Photo: Getty Images
A$AP Rocky. Photo: Getty Images
Simone Biles in Area Couture x Athleta. Photo: Getty Images
Rita Ora. Photo: Getty Images
Gemma Chan. Photo: WireImage
Ciara in Dundas. Photo: FilmMagic
Mary J. Blige in Dundas. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Amanda Gorman in Vera Wang and Jennifer Behr. Photo: WireImage
Megan Fox. Photo: Getty Images
Rosé in Saint Laurent. Photo: Taylor Hill/WireImage
Dev Hynes. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Serena Williams. Photo: WireImage
Gillian Anderson in Chloé. Photo: Getty Images
Imaam Hammam. Photo: Getty Images
Maluma in Versace and an Aslan glove. Photo: FilmMagic
Megan Rapinoe in Sergio Hudson. Photo: Getty Images
Kris Jenner in Tom Ford. Photo: Getty Images
Jordan Alexander. Photo: Getty Images
Rosalía in Rick Owens. Photo: Getty Images
Regina King in Michael Kors. Photo: Getty Images
Teyana Taylor in Prabal Gurung. Photo: Getty Images
Jeremy O. Harris in Tommy Hilfiger. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Donatella Versace. Photo: WireImage
Audra McDonald. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Keke Palmer. Photo: Getty Images
Sharon Stone in Thom Browne. Photo: Getty Images
Cynthia Erivo. Photo: Getty Images
Helen Lasichanh and Pharrell Williams in Chanel. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Saweetie in Christian Cowan. Photo: WireImage
Irina Shayk in Jeremy Scott. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Taraji P. Henson. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Tracee Ellis Ross in Balenciaga. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Kaia Gerber in Oscar de la Renta. Photo: WireImage
Tom Ford. Photo: Getty Images
Grimes. Photo: Getty Images
Ben Platt. Photo: Getty Images
Elliot Page in Balenciaga. Photo: Getty Images
Kehlani in Aliétte. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Kim Petras in Collina Strada. Photo: WireImage
Michaela Coel in Balenciaga. Photo: Getty Images
MJ Rodriguez in Thom Browne. Photo: Getty Images
Carey Mulligan in Valentino. Photo: Getty Images
Storm Reid. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Chance the Rapper in Tommy Hilfiger and Kirsten Corley. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Hailee Steinfeld in Iris Van Herpen. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Jennifer Hudson in AZ Factory. Photo: Getty Images
Simu Liu in Fendi. Photo: Getty Images
Addison Rae. Photo: Getty Images
Madison Beer. Photo: WireImage
Yara Shahidi in Christian Dior. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Zoë Kravitz in Saint Laurent. Photo: Getty Images
Troye Sivan in Altu. Photo: Getty Images
Paloma Elsesser in Zac Posen. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Charles Melton in Thom Browne. Photo: Getty Images
Naomi Osaka. Photo: Getty Images
Cara Delevingne in Christian Dior. Photo: Getty Images
Pete Davidson in Thom Browne and Silhouette. Photo: Getty Images
Ella Emhoff in Stella McCartney. Photo: Getty Images
David Byrne. Photo: WireImage
Joan Smalls in Ralph Lauren. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Leon Bridges in Bode. Photo: WireImage
Zac Posen and Debbie Harry. Photo: WireImage
Evan Mock in Thom Browne. Photo: Getty Images
Jack Harlow. Photo: WireImage
Maisie Williams. Photo: Getty Images
Channing Tatum. Photo: Getty Images
Janet Mock. Photo: Getty Images
Lewis Hamilton in Kenneth Nicholson. Photo: Getty Images For The Met Museum/
Eva Chen in Christopher John Rogers. Photo: WireImage
Barbie Ferreira in Jonathan Simkhai. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Julia Garner in Stella McCartney. Photo: Getty Images
Finneas in Givenchy. Photo: Getty Images
Ilana Glazer in Aliétte. Photo: WireImage
Kid Cudi. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Lili Reinhart in Christian Siriano. Photo: Getty Images
Indya Moore in Saint Laurent. Photo: Getty Images
Laura Harrier and Joseph Altuzarra. Photo: Getty Images
Jimmy Fallon in Thom Browne. Photo: WireImage
Kate Hudson. Photo: Getty Images
Venus Williams in Prabal Gurung. Photo: WireImage
Precious Lee in Area. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Sienna Miller in Gucci. Photo: Getty Images
Taylor Hill. Photo: Getty Images
Chloe Fineman in Tory Burch. Photo: WireImage
Mindy Kaling. Photo: Getty Images
Tyler Mitchell. Photo: Getty Images
Emily Ratajkowski in Vera Wang Haute. Photo: Getty Images
Adam and Monica Mosseri. Photo: Getty Images
Kerby Jean-Raymond. Photo: Getty Images
Gigi Hadid in Prada. Photo: Getty Images
Jameel Khiry. Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Lily Aldridge in Ralph Lauren. Photo: WireImage
Lily-Rose Depp in Chanel. Photo: Getty Images
Diane von Fursternberg. Photo: Getty Images
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Nina Ghaibi. Photo: AFP via Getty Images
Eugene Lee Yang. Photo: Getty Images
Maria Sharapova in Gabriela Hearst. Photo: Getty Images
Tommy and Dee Hilfiger. Photo: Getty Images
Anitta and Alexandre Birman. Photo: Getty Images
P.J. Tucker. Photo: FilmMagic
Dixie D'Amelio. Photo: Getty Images For The Met Museum/
Carolyn B. Maloney. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Anok Yai. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Nikkie de Jager. Photo: Getty Images
Jordan Roth in Michael Sylvan Robinson. Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images
Lil Baby in Coach. Photo: Getty Images For The Met Museum/
Rebecca Hall in Batsheva and Monique Péan jewelry. Photo: Getty Images
Sophia Roe. Photo: Getty Images
Kit Harington in Saint Laurent and Rose Leslie. Photo: Getty Images
Virgil Abloh. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Claire Danes in Prabal Gurung. Photo: Getty Images
Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Russell Westbrook in Ralph Lauren. Photo: Getty Images
Adrien Brody in Dior Men and Georgina Chapman. Photo: Getty Images
Valentino Sampaio. Photo: Getty Images
Zoey Deutch. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Tory Burch and Pierre-Yves Roussel. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Ayesha and Stephen Curry. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz in Valentino. Photo: WireImage
Bee Carrozzini in Valentino. Photo: Getty Images
Ava DuVernay. Photo: Getty Images
Diane Kruger. Photo: Getty Images For The Met Museum/
Karlie Kloss in Carolina Herrera and Wes Gordon. Photo: WireImage
Emma Chamberlain in Louis Vuitton. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Hamish Bowles in Thom Browne. Photo: Getty Images
Heron Preston. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Natalia Bryant in Conner Ives. Photo: Getty Images
Wendi Murdoch. Photo: WireImage
Lourdes Leon in Moschino. Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images For The Met Museum/
Vittoria Ceretti. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Huma Abedin. Photo: Getty Images
Nia Dennis in Stella McCartney and Jennifer Behr. Photo: Getty Images
Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray, and Dante de Blasio. Photo: Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Kristine Froseth in Tory Burch. Photo: Getty Images For The Met Museum/
Adut Akech. Photo: Getty Images
Rachel Zegler in Christian Dior. Photo: Getty Images
Juan David Borrero and Jasmine Tooks. Photo: Getty Images
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