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The most memorable Met Gala looks
Melissa Singer takes a trip down fashion memory lane with some of the most incredible (and controversial) looks from the red carpet.
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2017: Like your best paper mache efforts, only better. Will Rihanna top this 2017 effort? We will know in a few hours, my lovelies.Credit:Doug Peters
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2017: She may have deleted her Instagram in mysterious circumstances but for us, this Blake Lively gown gets all the likes.Credit:Evan Agostini
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2016: Never mind the R2D2 arm candy on Zayn, this photo was taken when these guys were a happy couple. Wouldn't hurt to smile a little.Credit:Jamie McCarthy
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2006: 'Tartan is going to be back in 2018 and we wore it to the Met Gala TWELVE years ago, suckers.' Alexander McQueen and Sarah Jessica Parker didn't actually say this but they could have with those grins.Credit:STUART RAMSON
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2017: Helen Lasichanh doing her best to look like a Cherry Ripe Pod snack, if they made such a thing, while husband Pharrell Williams is smiling because his wife's outfit doubles as a pillow should the night drag on.Credit:Charles Sykes
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2017: Trench coats are normally designed for activities such as avoiding puddles. This one, not so much, but Priyanka Chopra (with Nick Jonas for arm candy) was still one of the night's best dressed for this sexy Inspector Gadget-inspired look.Credit:AP
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2008: Some people have derided Anna Wintour as a fossil of the fashion industry. This dress helps their argument somewhat.Credit:Evan Agostini
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2017: Jaden Smith shows breaking up is hard to do, especially with your dreads, which he brought as his date.Credit:Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment
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2017: There have been lots of butt-flashing at the Met Gala over the years but few more memorable than this La Perla dress on Kendall Jenner.Credit:PA
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2016: 'Oh, Rihanna's not coming? Make the train twice as long.' Zoe Saldana steals the BOG crown in this walking peacock.Credit:Evan Agostini
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2011: Before Instagram, there was Daphne Guinness.Credit:PETER KRAMER
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2016: The words 'nude' and 'latex' have only ever been used together in a good way once. And this Beyonce dress was it.Credit:Doug Peters
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2014: Lupita Nyong'o wins the sustainability prize for a dress that doubles as next year's Christmas decorations.Credit:Evan Agostini
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2016: Kanye West summed up his look as 'vibes'. We summed it up as 'lazy'. Kim looks great, though.Credit:Doug Peters
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2016: Madonna, the OG gala butt flasher. And here she went for the breasts, too.Credit:Charles Sykes
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2015: Sarah Jessica Parker's Philip Treacy headpiece scored many 'Maleficent' comparisons on Twitter.Credit:Evan Agostini
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2013: Dubbed the 'couch dress' a pregnant Kim Kardashian's look was compared, unfavourably, to nanna's sofa.Credit:Lionel Hahn
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2015: After Anne Hathaway's stylist advised her, wisely, not to wear this to the Oscars, she wheeled it out for the first Monday in May.Credit:Justin Lane
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2016: Lady Gaga wears this, Vogue writes headline: 'Lady Gaga isn't wearing pants'. Credit:XPX/starmaxinc.com
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2016: Black Swan meets Barbarella. Definitely Tay-Tay's edgiest gala look. More please. Credit:Charles Sykes