As we gear for a night of couture fashion that blurs the lines between fashion and art at Met Gala this year on May 2, let's take a walk down the gala's memory lane and check out the best looks served on the red carpet in recent history. In picture, Rihanna's sherbet yellow robe by designer Gup Pei in Met Gala 2015 for the theme 'China: Through the Looking Glass'. (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Instagram)
For 'Poiret: King of Fashion', Lucy Liu looked regal in a Zac Posen gown back in 2007. She looked like a modern-day fairytale princess in her golden crown. (Source: Zac Posen/ Instagram)
For the 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion' theme in 2014, Beyonce opted for a beaded Givenchy number, complete with a studded face veil. (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Instagram)
Priyanka Chopra Jonas' 2017 Ralph Lauren trench dress that broke the internet with memes. (Source: Priyanka Chopra/Instagram)
Kendall Jenner's lingerie dress by La Perla at Met Gala 2017 dropped some jaws across the world as the supermodel made the Met stairs her runway. (Source: babe.4k/Instagram)
Blake Lively looked like she had arrived from the heavens as her Atelier Versace down swiped the stairs of the Met back in 2018. (Source: Met Gala/Instagram)
There are few moments which have beaten Rihanna in Commes des Garcon in 2015. (Source: Rihannas_updates/Instagram)
For the 2018 theme 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination', Cardi B won pregnancy fashion as she came looking like a heavenly body herself in an embellished Moschino gown by Jeremy Scott. (Source: Cardi B/Instagram)
Saoirse Ronan looked heavenly for Met Gala 2019 'Camp: Notes on Fashion'. She was clad in Gucci. (Source: saoirseronancom/Instagram)
Also that year, Lady Gaga brought 'camp' like no other in a performance of fifteen minutes starring four outfit changes, with a little help from her friend and designer Brandon Maxwell who walked the stairs with her. (Source: Lady Gaga/Instagram)
Besides debuting her fiery red hair, Gigi Hadid stuck to the theme in Met Gala 2021, 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion' in a timeless Prada dress. (Source: Met Gala/Instagram)
While Gigi went old school American glam, Kim Kardashian broke all rules of Met Gala red carpet fashion as she came covered head-to-toe in a Balenciaga 't-shirt that she admitted she couldn't see through. (Source: themetgalaofficial/Instagram)