She wore a cheetah-print ball gown with a shiny shawl to the event, which was themed “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.”

The gown featured the embroidered names of 60 women she admired stitched into the neckline and hem.

The theme of the 2004 gala was “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century.”

Trump attended with his future wife, Melania Knaus — they got engaged that year.

Melania Trump wore an Alexander McQueen ball gown in 2005.

The theme of the gala was “Anglomania.”

Melania’s dress was designed by Roberto Cavalli.

The theme of the 2008 gala was “Superheroes.”

Guests dressed according to the theme “The Model As Muse.”

Siriano later stated that he would not dress Melania Trump while she served as first lady.

“I think for a while, everyone was trying to figure out what to do. Unfortunately, it really doesn’t have anything to do with [Melania], but she is representing what’s happening politically, and what’s happening politically right now is not really good for anyone,” he told Time magazine in 2017.

She paired the dress with a gold Alexander McQueen bag, while Trump wore his go-to tuxedo.

The theme that year was “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.”

The theme of the gala was “Cubism and Fashion.” Bloomberg wore a black tuxedo with a taupe bow tie and black shoes with gold detailing. Salk wore a black dress with a floral pattern and a black shawl.

The theme of the gala in 2007 was “Poiret: King of Fashion.”

These days, men at the Met Gala often skip suits in favor of something a little more unexpected.

His partner, business executive Diana Taylor, wore a purple mermaid-style gown.

The theme of the evening was “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.”

The theme of the gala was “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.”

Diana Taylor wore a velvet burgundy dress, while Bloomberg’s daughter, Georgina, wore a blue gown.

Georgina wore a black-and-white gown with a sparkly gold lining, while Taylor chose a black flapper-inspired look.

Taylor wore a black dress with silver tinsel detailing.

The theme of the 2023 gala was “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty.”

The theme of the 2024 Met Gala was “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”

Ann Romney didn’t want him telling anyone where he got his suit, but he couldn’t resist.

The dress fit the theme of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination.”

“Anytime anyone sees me wearing the coat, I can feel it tugging on their conscience, and I can feel their remembering,” Maloney told People magazine in 2019. “And many people then have to tell me where they were on 9/11. This jacket speaks louder and more eloquently than any speech that can be given on the floor.”

The Never Forget the Heroes Act became law in July 2019.

The multicolored dress was covered with a cape made of individual pennants that said “equal rights for women.”

Maloney carried a purse that said “ERA YES,” voicing support for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 

He walked the red carpet with his wife, Chirlane McCray, who wore an orange Fe Noel gown, and their son, Dante.

The mayor’s spokesperson, Bill Neidhardt, told Politico that de Blasio attended the gala to “highlight the return of the city’s fashion industry jobs.”

The Brother Vellies dress was strapless and had a tulle mermaid-style skirt. 

“Tax the rich” was written on the back in large red type.

In March 2023, the Office of Congressional Ethics found that Ocasio-Cortez’s staff didn’t pay for the rented dress, makeup, or hairstyling until February 2022, two days after the ethics agency reached out about the lack of payments, Business Insider’s Rebecca Cohen and Madison Hall reported.

In a statement, Ocasio-Cortez’s lawyer said the Democratic congresswoman “finds these [payment] delays unacceptable, and she has taken several steps to ensure nothing of this nature will ever happen again.”

“However, while regrettable, this matter definitively does not rise to the level of a violation of House Rules or of federal law. Even after OCE’s exhaustive review of the Congresswoman’s personal communications, there is no evidence that she ever intended to avoid these expenses,” the statement continued.

Adams wore a jacket that read “End gun violence” on the back.

In this 2018 crime movie, Gerard Butler plays the leader of an elite crime unit that’s up against some hard-edged crooks trying to pull off a major heist. 50 Cent, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Pablo Schreiber also star.

In one of the best romantic comedies of the early 2000s, Will Smith plays a date doctor who meets his match when he falls for a tabloid reporter played by Eva Mendes.

After you watch it, read about all the behind-the-scenes drama that went down while making “Hitch.”

In this comedic horror movie, Megan Fox plays a high schooler who becomes possessed and kills her male classmates to survive. It’s now considered a cult classic.

One of Steven Spielberg’s most important works explores the horrific acts of the Holocaust through the eyes of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand Jews from the Nazis by putting them to work in his factories during World War II.

The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) returns for more scares in this sequel to Scott Derrickson’s 2021 horror movie. This time, he’s terrorizing a winter youth camp.

In this Jordan Peele thriller, two siblings played by Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya go to extreme measures to capture proof of a deadly UFO that’s terrorizing them.

In this Netflix original comedy, Sacha Baron Cohen plays a male chauvinist boss who finds himself in an alternate world where the social power dynamics between men and women have reversed. Rosamund Pike plays his sassy boss.

Wintour became the editor in chief of Vogue in 1988, a little over a year before the 1989 Met Gala, which had a “The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815” theme.

The silhouette of Wintour’s statement top nodded to the theme, as her pearl necklace and double-breasted top resembled the jackets soldiers wore during Bonaparte’s reign.

Wintour let her top be the focus of her ensemble, pairing it with a black skirt and tights.

The Met Gala theme in 1990 was “Théâtre de la Mode — Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture.”

Some attendees wore funky looks to the event, but it wasn’t common for people to dress for the theme like it is today. Wintour kept her look simple in a silky minidress and trench coat.

Wintour stepped out at the “Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style” gala in a silky purple dress with an asymmetrical hemline and a white cardigan.

She carried her iconic sunglasses in her hand, of course.

Wintour’s silver, silky dress hit her mid-thigh, and the bodice was covered in sheer lace. She paired the daring dress with a black-and-white fuzzy coat and a yellow necklace.

For her debut as a Met Gala co-chair, Wintour nailed the night’s straightforward theme in a silky floor-length gown. She paired the white dress with opera gloves and minimal jewelry.

The look was refined and elegant, encapsulating the “Haute Couture” theme of the 1995 Met Gala, sponsored by designers Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace.

The 1996 event paid tribute to Christian Dior, and Wintour arrived in a dress designed by John Galliano, who began his 14-year tenure at Dior later that year.

The figure-hugging dress had a floral pattern and delicate spaghetti straps. She also wore a statement necklace and her sunglasses, of course.

The 1997 Met Gala paid homage to Gianni Versace, who had died after being shot in Miami months prior.

The late designer was known for his love of working with metal embellishments and gold tones, so it was natural for Wintour to embrace those elements with her dress for the evening. She wore a shimmery, liquid-like gold gown with thin spaghetti straps.

She paired it with coordinating stilettos and a sparkly silver necklace.

Wintour’s look, a lightweight gold slip dress paired with a silver necklace and two bracelets, didn’t exactly scream “Cubism and Fashion.”

However, in Wintour’s defense, the trend of wearing an outfit that nodded to the Met Gala theme still wasn’t huge at the time.

In 1999, Wintour graduated from being a standard co-chair to officially taking the reins as the Met Gala’s chairperson.

That year, the theme was “Rock Style,” highlighting how iconic performers like Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Alice Cooper, among others, influenced style trends.

Unlike the previous year, Wintour didn’t shy away from the theme. Her eclectic John Galliano couture look consisted of a purple embellished skirt, a patterned white top, and a tanned fur stole.

The 2000 Met Gala failed to go ahead after an exhibit of Coco Chanel’s works was canceled, but the event returned in 2001 with a gala dedicated to the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis and her fashion legacy. The former first lady is remembered for her sophisticated wardrobe, including vibrant dresses, pillbox hats, long-sleeve turtlenecks, and chic evening gowns.

Wintour arrived at the Met that year in a timeless ensemble: a floor-length gown comprising a classic, flowing white skirt and a shimmery, baby-blue high-neck top with floral embellishments and shoulder pads.

Wintour’s ethereal Christian Dior look was perfect for the 2003 Met Gala’s “Goddess: The Classical Mode” theme, the first held after a 2002 hiatus following the 9/11 attacks.

The Vogue editor’s look consisted of a silky floor-length white gown paired with silver strappy stilettos and a cropped, fringed cardigan.

Wintour partnered with Christian Dior again for her look at the 2004 Met Gala. She wore a pastel-green silk dress embellished around the neckline and a crystal-encrusted jacket with exaggerated shoulder pads.

The look is one of the most eclectic that Wintour has worn to the Met Gala, though it was in line with the year’s theme, which focused on the “refined elegance and delicate voluptuousness” of interiors and style during the 18th century, according to the Metropolitan Museum website.

Wintour stayed on theme in an asymmetrical white Coco Chanel gown and a coordinating cardigan with floral appliqué.

She accessorized with silver heels and a statement pearl necklace that featured a fringed pendant.

“AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion” was the theme of the 2006 Met Gala.

While Wintour opted not to work with a British designer on her look for the evening, instead choosing Chanel, her ensemble oozed English elegance.

It consisted of a black sequined gown with pink rose details along the train and chest, and a flowing beige coat, perhaps a high-fashion nod to the iconic Burberry trench coat.

In 2007, the Met Gala theme was “Poiret: King of Fashion,” in honor of Paul Poiret, a designer famous for influencing the transition in women’s fashion from corsets to looser clothing items.

For the event, Wintour wore a sequined Chanel gown with a segment of black-and-white scales embroidered down the center and on the shoulders.

Wintour arrived on the red carpet in a silver Chanel gown designed by Karl Lagerfeld. The dress featured shell-shaped padding along the waist and shoulders.

The ensemble looked like it could’ve been pulled from the costume department of an epic sci-fi movie, proving she nailed the event’s fantasy theme.

Chanel designed her white dress, featuring a black oval pattern.

While it was one of the safer looks Wintour has worn to the Met Gala, it featured a few playful details, such as pointed shoulders and a thick black belt.

She paired the silver Chanel dress with a sequin-heavy silver jacket and a necklace.

While elegant, it isn’t Wintour’s most on-theme Met Gala look of all time, given the event was themed “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.”

The theme for the 2011 Met Gala was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” in honor of the late British designer known for his originality and meticulous tailoring.

Honing in on McQueen’s mastery of tailoring, Wintour opted for a fitted Chanel gown adorned with tiny multicolored sequins to create a bold ombré effect. It also had a section of gold sequins running down the center.

The 2012 Met Gala’s theme paid tribute to two iconic Italian designers: Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada.

In line with “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations,” Wintour chose to wear a textured white Prada gown with a white fur stole.

The dress may have been Prada, but that doesn’t mean Wintour forgot about Schiaparelli. Her gown featured a large gold lobster, a not-so-subtle nod to Elsa Schiaparelli’s “lobster dress” from 1937.

Wintour wore a floral Chanel dress with white stilettos.

To the untrained eye, the gown might not scream “punk,” but the DIY-inspired pattern and the fact that a couture house created the dress nailed the theme.

Wintour’s Chanel gown had a sheer neckline and featured an array of red, blue, beige, and black flower petal appliqués. She accessorized with gold heels and a chunky silver necklace.

The ball gown was in line with the night’s theme, which paid tribute to the late designer Charles James, known for his “sculptural” and “scientific” approach to dressmaking, according to the Metropolitan Museum website.

The dress, designed by Chanel, was covered in varying-sized floral appliqués in orange and red hues.

Wintour’s color palette for the night was a subtle nod to the evening’s theme, “China: Through the Looking Glass.”

Joining forces with Chanel for yet another Met Gala, Wintour arrived on the red carpet in a floor-length beaded gown with fringe detailing along the sleeves and train and light-brown feathers stitched around the chest.

The intricate detail throughout the dress paid tribute to the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme, which delved into how fashion designers create through their handiwork and machinery.

The 2017 Met Gala was themed after Rei Kawakubo, a Japanese designer known for challenging classic silhouettes through asymmetry and dress construction.

For the event, Wintour honored the theme and Kawakubo by wearing a technically adventurous Chanel gown that featured heavy embellishments, a feathery white skirt, and a semi-sheer train.

The 2018 Met Gala theme, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” is among the most popular in recent history.

Wintour served a master class in abiding by the dress code when she arrived in a silver Chanel halterneck gown, overlaid with a sheer cream fabric with two delicate cutouts around the neck. The best part of her look was her dark silver rosary, which fit the theme perfectly.

The 2019 Met Gala’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” was about bold, exaggerated, playful looks.

Wintour, wearing Chanel again, nailed the assignment in a pink gown covered in pastel flowers and a coordinating pink-and-purple feathery stole.

“In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” was the 2021 theme of the Met Gala, paying tribute to the evolution of fashion and culture in the US.

Wintour broke from her tradition of wearing Chanel by choosing an Oscar de la Renta dress. Boldly printed with sunflowers, lilacs, and posies, the long-sleeved dress featured ruffles along the train and neckline.

In 2022, for the “Gilded Glamour” dress code, Wintour opted for a rainbow-colored Chanel dress embellished with tiny beads.

She added a touch more glamour with a coordinating feathery poncho.

Lagerfeld, who died in February 2019 at age 85, was a fashion juggernaut best known for serving as the creative director of Chanel.

Paying tribute to the designer, with whom she was close friends for decades, Wintour attended the 2023 Met Gala in a white skirt and a sparkly sequinned Chanel coat.

With the 2024 Met Gala’s “Garden of Time” dress code in mind, Wintour stepped onto the red carpet in a black wool floor-length jacket. Floral appliqués made of feathers, beads, and pearls decorated the collar.

According to Loewe, the jacket was inspired by a 1889 cape designed by Charles Frederick Worth — regarded by some as the father of haute couture. Wintour let it shine by pairing it with an understated white silk-satin long-sleeve dress.

Wintour celebrated the 2025 Met Gala’s “Superfine: Black Dandysim” dress code in a custom Louis Vuitton by Pharrell Williams look.

A delicate floral appliqué adorned her silver gown, which she paired with a floor-length, pastel-blue coat. The coat had a blazer-style top, which fit the theme. Wintour said on the red carpet that the garment paid tribute to ensembles Virgil Abloh designed before his death in 2021.

She accessorized the look with a large blue brooch and necklaces.