Madonna has a complicated history at the Met Gala. She used to attend and be the most popular person there. Then something changed, and all of the cool girls kind of rolled their eyes at Madonna. But Madge still comes back. I think she was probably grateful that she didn’t have to avoid Gwyneth Paltrow this year (Goop didn’t come). Madge also tried something new this year: an attempt at dressing somewhat appropriately. She wore this Moschino gown reading “Rebel Heart” (because that doesn’t get old, I guess). Her date was Diplo and Madge made an effort to hang out with the cool kids, like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Kimye. She posted Instagrams the whole night, defying the “no selfies” rule.

More photos… Allison Williams in Giambattista Valli Couture, Spring 2015. I’m sorry, but this is so funny to me. Allison fancies herself some kind of major fashionista and this is what she ended up wearing? Hahahaha.

Livia Firth wore a custom-made Antonio Berardi, made from recycled plastic bottles. Seriously! Livia is always trying to sign people up for wearing eco-friendly or recycled clothing. I think she was the only one doing eco-wear this year though. I think this is on-theme, albeit slightly boring. Still, she’s elegant and so is her lovely husband. I love them.

Alicia Keys in Gaultier, with Gaultier. It doesn’t really feel like it’s on-theme, and yet… I kind of like this. I think Alicia was the only one wearing Gaultier too, so she stood out.

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This is what being disliked gets you: Freedom.

I’m not joking. Anne Hathaway knows a bunch of people have decided they can’t stand her, as though this is the fourth grade. “Let’s all hate Anne today, OK?” This is not new news anymore, and I’m sure she’s gone through a wide variety of ways in…      

Expectant mama Jaime King radiated the red carpet at the 2015 Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 4) in New York City.

The Hart of Dixie star, 36, stunned in a coral Jason Wu for Hugo Boss gown, with matching clutch and heels also by Wu. She completed her look with jewels by Forevermark.

After the posh event, the actress shared a photo montage via Instagram, with the caption, “THE MET GALA!”

She added: “LOVE!!!!! Thank you Anna and @voguemagazine and to Jason and all at Hugo Boss for having me as your guest. I love you all xx.”

The Sin City: A Dame to Kill For star and her husband, film director Kyle Newman, are expecting their second child together. They are already parents to 18-month-old son James.

THE MET GALA! My beautiful custom gown and shoes by @jasonwu for @hugoboss, jewels by @forevermarkdiamonds, hair by @sarahpotempa x @matrix, makeup by @yumi_mori, styling by @houseoferlanger – LOVE!!!!! Thank you Anna and @voguemagazine and to Jason and all at Hugo Boss for having me as your guest. I love you all xx

A photo posted by Jaime King (@jaime_king) on May 5, 2015 at 1:03am PDT

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Ever since they arrived in New York I’ve been rubbing up the Gossip Genie for it, for Amal and George Clooney to show up at the MET Gala. How could it not happen? Anna Wintour was at their wedding. Anna had the Clooneys seated at her table. Anna Wintour supervised Amal’s fitting with John Gallian…      

Lady Gaga wanted to make a big entrance, of course, at the Met Gala. And I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. Since it’s Gaga, you know she’s going to “go big” and it’s going to look costume-y no matter what. So that’s what we expect from her, and when she delivers, it just seems like… “oh, yeah, there’s Gaga trying to go big.” Self-fulfilling prophecy, I guess. Anyway, I’m happy that Gaga wasn’t one of the nearly-naked women at the Met Gala and I guess we shouldn’t have a problem with this ensemble because she actually did go with a Chinese-American designer. My favorite part? The pants. I really like the pants.

Taraji P. Henson in Alexander Wang for Balenciaga. I love this! I think this is Taraji’s best red carpet look in a really long time.

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Carey Mulligan got the worst, most boring Wang for Balenciaga. What is this? A black sack dress with a MULLET? With poorly applied makeup and a grumpy expression? If the Met Gala is so much of a chore, why not just stay home? I don’t understand.

And here’s Zoe Kravitz doing a weird version of Alexander Wang too. I like that the Chinese-American designers were so popular at the Gala, but this dress doesn’t feel connected to anything, right?

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This was close, I have to tell you. It was close to be the Best for me. And if it were any other year, or event, sh-t, it probably would have been. But this is why Sienna Miller is so worth waiting for. I want to remember this look. I promise to remember it all year and keep coming back to her as…      

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There was some understandable hand-wringing before the Met Gala about whether guests would overdo the “China: Through the Looking Glass” theme to the point of cultural appropriation. Kaiser pointed out that many of the guests, like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, have had issues with inadvertent racism and cultural appropriation in the past. For the most part, the guests who bothered with the theme did so in ways that were appreciative rather than running roughshod over tradition. Sarah Jessica Parker’s look was over the top, for instance, but it didn’t rely on stereotypes and was generally well received. Enter Kris Jenner. She was in Balmain, who also designed Justin Bieber’s sparkly jacket, which Bedhead will cover later.

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Kris’s dress is a decent enough tribute to the theme. She could have done fine with the dress and some subtle styling, but instead she overdid it with obnoxious dangling earrings, a giant gold belt, gold tipped shoes, and cat eye makeup that emphasizes her already pinched face. This is a bad interpretation of the theme, I’ll just leave it at that.

In contrast we have the venerable Carolina Herrera and Zang Ziyi in an incredible white cap sleeve gown with a mandarin collar and some jeweled poppies along the neckline. This is how you do the theme. I’ve always loved Herrera’s gowns, which I came to know through Rene Zellweger’s loyalty to the designer. I’m into very classic, borderline preppy styles and Herrera almost always brings it.

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Also in Herrera is Lily Aldridge whose nod to the theme was a silver koi clutch. Koi fish are Japanese, not Chinese, which isn’t that big of a deal but she did keep kissing the accessory and holding it up. Great gown and impressive styling.

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Seth Myers’s wife, Alexi Ashe Meyers, was also in Hererra, in a kind of abstract water print dress. These two are so sweet together.

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I’m throwing in Chloe Moretz at the end. She also got it wrong but it looks like Coach’s Stuart Vevers didn’t even try to design for the theme. Chloe represents Coach and is wearing a custom gown by Vevers. I can’t seem to quit their bags no matter how hard I try, but this gown helps. It looks like a nice napkin folded out on the table and it’s not formal enough for the event.

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I’ll channel Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians & China Rich Girlfriend “Singlish” for this post about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen who decided maintain their funereal style – which, ordinarily, I’m into – for the China MET Gala…

Alamak!

Such bad luck, lah.

And insulting. Like if you wore t…      

Katy Perry walked the Met Gala red carpet with a new pixie cut that looks suspiciously like the wig she sported on April Fool’s Day. Some people think it’s a real cut, but I’m calling it a wig. Her dress is Moschino, straight off the runway. Does she fit the evening’s theme with this grafitti print and oodles of ruffles? Not really, but she stuck with her own quirky style and managed not to appropriate. Baby steps, y’all! Plus her clutch arrives in the shape of a spray paint can. I think she looks gaudy, but she usually throws that vibe. This dress is better than most of us expected from Katy last night.

Olivia Wilde captured the gala’s punk theme a few years too late in this pink prada number with grey leather gloves. She’s ridiculously bejeweled, but you can tell that she loves what she’s wearing.

Katie Holmes also tried to fake a haircut, but this ‘do is definitely a wig. For a Zac Posen gown, this is surprisingly unstructured. The faint floral pattern at the bottom of the skirt fits the gala’s theme.

Kristen Wiig went super casual in a drapey, yellow Prabal Gurung gown. This dress had a lot of fabric that overwhelmed Kristen. Everyone said she was so nice on the red carpet, which isn’t surprising.

Sienna Miller aimed for the theme but came up with a matador vibe in this embellished, red Thakoon number. Tasselled earings matched her black belt detail, and Sienna remembered the most important accessory of all — a hefty dose of double-sided tape.

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Alexa Chung wore an Erdem with its trademark pockets. This dress was better in motion, and the fabric was dreamy. Her shoes gave an unexpected pop of color.

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Hated what Jennifer Lawrence wore to the MET Gala main event, especially as one of the co-hosts. Is it limiting, this Dior deal? Duana wrote earlier about Emily Blunt, about assuming Emily was more fashion forward than she actually is because, hilariously, she was in Devil Wears Prada. And I feel…