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It’s time for the Oscars of the fashion world: the Met Gala 2019. The annual benefit event for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, known for its exclusive guest list and largely for its extravagant outfits, based on a different theme each year held on Monday night.

This year, that theme was ‘Camp: Notes on Fashion’ that coincided with an upcoming exhibition at the Met, inspired by photographer Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay, Notes on Camp. And like the exhibition, the outfits were based on “irony, humour, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality and exaggeration”.

Our favourite celebrities from around the world flocked in New York City to show off extravagance and charisma at this year’s red carpet. Who would not have eagerly waited to find out about the look of the night? Who and what Lady Gaga wore, followed by show-stopping fashion by Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone and many more.

Scroll through to find out which celebrities stayed true to the theme and who missed the mark?

Priyanka Chopra in Dior Haute Couture with Nick Jonas in Dior Men

Celine Dion in Oscar de la Renta

 

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas in Louis Vuitton

 

Deepika Padukone in Zac Posen

 

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Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture

 

Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell

 

Serena Williams in Atelier Versace

 

Billy Porter in The Blonds

 

Harry Styles in Gucci

 

Jordan Roth in a cape by Iris Van Herpen

 

Saoirse Ronan in Gucci

 

Jared Leto in Gucci

 

Gigi Hadid in Michael Kors

 

 

Katy Perry in Moschino

 

Lily Collins in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture

 

Janelle Monáe in Christian Siriano

 

Bella Hadid in Moschino

 

Jennifer Lopez in Versace

 

Kylie Jenner in Versace

 

Kendall Jenner in Versace

 

Cardi B in Thom Browne

 

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Michael Urie

 

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Ezra Miller in Burberry

 

Lupita Nyong’o in Versace