The Oscars of the fashion world - the one and only Met Gala - is unfolding as we speak outside New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year's theme is Sleeping Beauties, Reawakening Fashion - the corresponding exhibition of the same name, meanwhile, has already been unveiled and will be open to the public from 10 May - 2 September - and has brought together 220 garments and accessories that are visually connected via nature, creating a sensory experience for visitors as well as a display 'which also serves as a metaphor for the transience of fashion'.
On the hallowed red carpet, which actually wasn't red at all but cream and green to create the effect of dappled shadows of sunlight through branches, A-listers leaned into the dress code of 'The Garden of Time', most especially the night's co-chairs: Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Wintour, and Zendaya, who wore a spectacularly theatrical gown by Maison Margiela Artisanal.
Elements of the natural world were cleverly woven into outfits (see Zendaya, whose peacock blue gown sprouted garlands that curled around her shoulders and arms). Vogue's Anna Wintour broke with tradition by choosing Loewe (she normally wears Chanel), whose creative director, Jonathan Anderson, is an honourary chair of tonight's event. Her floor-length black coat blossomed with three-dimensional sprigs of flowers. Elsewhere, Greta's Lee gauzy breastplate was another beautiful creation by Loewe, while Lana Del Rey, who arrived looking resplendent in Alexander McQueen, wore a gown swathed in tulle and embellished with twigs, making for quite a spellbinding entrance.
Also spellbinding? Kendall Jenner's Givenchy Haute Couture gown that was hand-embroidered over 500 hours, designed by Alexander McQueen, and, as it was only ever presented in bust form for fall/winter 1999, has never been worn before.
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Ashley Graham wearing Ludovic de Saint Sernin ©Getty

Anna Wintour wearing Loewe ©Getty

Gwendoline Christie wearing custom-made Maison Margiela ©Getty

Bad Bunny wearing Maison Margiela ©Getty

Emma Chamberlain wearing custom-made Jean Paul Gaultier ©Getty

Lily James wearing custom-made Erdem ©Getty

Zendaya wearing Maison Margiela Artisanal ©Getty

Jennifer Lopez wearing custom-made Schiaparelli, with jewellery by Tiffany & Co ©Getty

Lea Michele wearing Rodarte ©Getty

Colman Domingo wearing Willy Chavarria ©Getty

Mindy Kaling wearing Gaurav Gupta ©Getty

Jordan Roth wearing custom-made Valentino ©Getty

Ayo Edebiri wearing Loewe ©Getty

Sarah Jessica Parker wearing Richard Quinn ©Getty

Donald Glover ©Getty

Jamie Dornan ©Getty

Josh O'Connor wearing Loewe ©Getty

Rebecca Hall wearing Danielle Frankel ©Getty

Alton Mason ©Getty

Ambika Mod wearing Loewe ©Getty

Wisdom Kaye wearing Robert Wun ©Getty

Gigi Hadid wearing Thom Browne ©Getty

Tyla wearing Balmain ©Getty

Dan Levy wearing Loewe ©Getty

Greta Lee wearing Loewe ©Getty

Sam Smith ©Getty

Emily Ratajkowski wearing archive Atelier Versace ©Getty

Lena Waithe wearing Etro ©Getty

Jessica Biel ©Getty

Riley Keough wearing Chanel ©Getty

Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne ©Getty

Kylie Minogue ©Getty

Aurora James ©Getty

Penélope Cruz ©Getty

Aya Nakamura wearing custom-made Balmain ©Getty

Taylor Russell ©Getty

Demi Moore wearing Harris Reed ©Getty

Rita Ora wearing Marni ©Getty

Uma Thurman wearing Tory Burch ©Getty

Cynthia Erivo wearing Thom Browne ©Getty

Ariana Grande wearing custom-made Loewe ©Getty

Isabelle Huppert ©Getty

Serena Williams ©Getty

Queen Latifah ©Getty

Elle Fanning wearing Balmain ©Getty

Amanda Seyfried ©Getty

Da'Vine Joy Randolph wearing custom-made Gap (by Zac Posen)

Kendall Jenner wearing archival Givenchy Haute Couture (AW99) ©Getty

Lana Del Rey wearing Alexander McQueen ©Getty

Kerry Washington ©Getty

Rosalía wearing custom-made Dior ©Getty

Nicole Kidman wearing custom-made Balenciaga ©Getty

Kylie Jenner ©Getty

Kim Kardashian wearing custom-made Maison Margiela Artisanal ©Getty

Naomi Campbell wearing Burberry ©Getty

Little Simz ©Getty

Venus Williams ©Getty

Cara Delevingne wearing Stella McCartney ©Getty

Phoebe Dynevor wearing custom-made Victoria Beckham, with jewellery by Bucherer Fine Jewellery ©Getty

Dua Lipa wearing Marc Jacobs, with jewellery by Tiffany & Co ©Getty

Lil Nas X ©Getty

Lily Gladstone wearing Gabriela Hearst ©Getty

Eva Chen wearing Robert Wun ©Getty

FKA twigs wearing Stella McCartney ©Getty

Adwoa Aboah ©Getty

Janelle Monáe wearing Vera Wang ©Getty

Anok Yai wearing custom-made Swarovski ©Getty

Paloma Elsesser ©Getty

Simone Ashley ©Getty

Raye ©Getty
Natalie Hammond is Grazia’s Senior Fashion News Editor. She loves winter, hates summer and can often be found writing about the weather (and what on earth to wear).