Forget the pretenders: The Met Gala is the red carpet of all red carpets. Well, technically, pink carpets.
The fundraiser, held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, continued its reputation of hosting the most out-there, challenging looks on Monday night, with the likes of Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Jared Leto, and Zendaya just a few of the many highlights from the event.
This year's Met Gala theme, Camp, was a perfect match for the event's history of the wild and unapologetically garish. It's based on a 1964 essay by Susan Sontag, who came to define Camp as a "love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration."
Look, we're not entirely sure if everyone hit the mark when it came to the theme. As Sontag noted, the ultimate Camp statement is something that's "good because it's awful," and it seems like some really nailed the brief, as you'll see.
Katy Perry
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Katy Perry attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for THR)
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Someone actually make a chandelier that looks like Katy Perry's outfit, please.
Janelle Monae
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Lady Gaga
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One of Gaga's four outfits.
Ezra Miller
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Ezra Miller attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Ezra Miller is a little too early for Halloween with his nightmare-inducing face makeup.
Lupita Nyong'o
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Cardi B
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Cardi B attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for THR)
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Celine Dion
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Alessandro Michele and Harry Styles
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Hailee Steinfeld
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Zendaya
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Zendaya attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for THR)
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Zendaya is basically a space-age Disney princess.
Jared Leto
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Saoirse Ronan
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Priyanka Chopra
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Kendall Jenner
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Carnival in Rio De Janeiro was back in March, but we can excuse Kendall Jenner for being a little late to the party with this orange, feather-laden number.
Kylie Jenner
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Charli XCX
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Lena Waithe and Kerby Jean-Raymond
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Gigi Hadid
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In case you're wondering, Gigi Hadid's bodysuit is covered in sequins.
Emma Stone
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Emma Stone attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for THR)
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Gwen Stefani
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Good luck coming up with an outfit that screams Gwen Stefani as much as this one does.
Ciara
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Nicki Minaj
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Nicki Minaj attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for THR)
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Lucy Boynton
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Lucy Boynton attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Cara Delevingne
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Cara Delevingne attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Lana Condor
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Lizzo
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Lizzo attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Billy Porter
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Jemima Kirke and Lena Dunham
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Remember 2018's 'Heavenly Bodies' Met Gala theme? Revisit Rihanna's Pope chic.
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