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The Met Gala is back tonight, bringing celebrities to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for fashion's most eagerly awaited evening, all in the interest of the Costume Institute. This year's theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, celebrates dandyism and the history of menswear, with a dress code titled Tailored for You, an invitation sure to inspire bold interpretations.
Among the many stars who entertain viewers year after year, Blake Lively always gets noticed. Praised for her show-stopping gowns and attention to detail, she has become a red-carpet darling, and her fans wait eagerly to see how she will interpret this year's theme. Blake Lively is a Met Gala staple, known not just for her consistent appearances but for turning the red carpet into her personal runway.
Blake Lively first attended in 2008 and has since been identified with delivering high-impact fashion, usually huge, stunning gowns with trains and undeniable glamour. Her 2022 outing, in which she co-chaired the gala and shone in a Statue of Liberty-print Versace dress, put her on the list of most anticipated guests of the night.
As May's first Monday is about to kick in, the limelight again glows around Blake Lively, whether debuting a new couture masterpiece or reviving something out of fashion history, suspense is assured.
Here are Blake Lively’s 6 most iconic Met Gala looks of all time
Year after year, Blake Lively has presented some of the most memorable style moments on the Met Gala red carpet, one look more stunning than the last. Famous for her exquisite style and dedication to each year's theme, she's emerged as a go-to presence without ever having a stylist.
Whether she's tapping into baroque extravagance, heavenly refinement, or classic Hollywood drama, Blake Lively is applying a depth and drama that puts her on best-dressed lists time and again.
From Blake Lively's 2018 royal Versace masterpiece to her 2022 floor-sweeping color-shifting dress, these six looks are the peak of Met Gala style and cement her position as one of the red carpet's reigning queens.
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1) 2013 - Punk: Chaos to Couture
For her 2013 Met Gala gown, to which PUNK: Chaos to Couture was the theme, Blake Lively set aside her classic old-Hollywood aesthetic and opted for a cooler, more avant-garde red carpet style. As a welcome nod that borrowed a page from the night's anarchic attitude without ever sacrificing polish, she opted for a custom strapless Gucci dress that managed to balance drama and understated sophistication.
The dress was a sleek, dove-gray bodice that clung to her form before blooming out into a poufy black skirt, composed of stacked panels of silk trimmed with frosty metallic beading around the hips, a jarring flash of strength against otherwise refined silhouette. Instead of spiking or leather, Blake Lively recontextualized punk as contrast and structure, using subtlety and high fashion as a means of making a statement about rebellion.
Blake Lively's outfit was completed with a pair of lovely diamond earrings, which brought just the right amount of shine, crossing the style over from anarchy to couture, a wonderfully fitting choice for the subject.
2) 2014 - Charles James: Beyond Fashion
Blake Lively was the 2014 Met Gala belle, descending onto the red carpet in a look that took cues from the eternality of old-Hollywood classic style. For Charles James: Beyond Fashion, she made a showstopping look in a beautiful blush Gucci Première dress that was both sassy and sophisticated.
The sleek and form-fitting dress, mermaid-shaped silkiness, hugged her like a second skin, cutting a stylish but captivating silhouette. The champagne color, sheen softened with a glimmering of polish that added glamour to the antique voluptuousness of the curve, the beading rising upward over the gown giving it the look of up-to-date luxury.
The rest of the dress was completed with a flowing cloak that flowed outward behind her, adding the full effect of movement and flowing texture, and emphasizing further her carpeting. An eruption of boldness in the otherwise modest look, Blake Lively capped off the gown with gargantuan red earrings, a brassy but clever foil, injecting a touch of color and energy into the less vibrant hue of her clothing.
In this style-trendy outfit, Blake Lively not only paid homage to the glamour and glitz of Hollywood's heyday but also reinvented it for today, making her the most glamorous show-stopper on the red carpet. This succession of roles was an experiment in fusion of old and new, attesting that Blake Lively's sense of style was as timeless as the sense of style she was doing homage to.
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3) 2016 - Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
Blake Lively walked the 2016 Met Gala in pale pink Burberry, a shade which was a shade more grown up than the evening's Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology theme. Her ensemble wasn't so much borrowed from technology or machinery, but it was distinct for its extraterrestrial intricacy and loose silhouette.
The strapless gown sported gorgeous red flower appliqué tumbling down over the bodice and the transparent, train-shaped cape running down her back, suggesting movement and adorability. The slit that reached above the thigh, cleverly concealed behind sheer material, created a sophisticated splash on otherwise otherworldly gown.
Blake Lively was expecting her second child, and her smile had an added premium of poise and soft self-confidence.
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4) 2017 - Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art Of The In-Between
Blake Lively went to the Met Gala almost every year, but in 2017, she raised her look to unprecedented, stunning heights. To go to the Rei Kawakubo-themed gala, Blake Lively avoided the literal interpretation of the designer's ethereal style and opted for a look that made high-fashion gasp while staying stylistically contained.
Blake Lively sported a gold-gilded Atelier Versace evening gown filled with imperial assurance and one that took up space. The crowning glory of the gown was its blue ombre feather tassel train that swept dramatically in the back, flowing down in color-and-texture drama, adding bold, space-age shine to the overall appearance.
The beaded feathered corseted bodice in all its luxurious detail was tidily anchored by the sweeping, show-stopping back, an earthy but unearthly-looking break with convention, a fluid movement to behold. The sapphire and gold trim merely served to enhance the drama of the appearance, for Blake Lively did not merely stroll along the red carpet; she conquered it.
Sashaying downstairs, Blake Lively projected an aura of unbridled rebirth, and on her heels a whisper of night that was testament to style by the forward thinking of things to come. She vibrated with the poise and confidence energy, high style and art that was the content to be the special memory of the night.
5) 2018 - Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Blake Lively's 2018 Met Gala appearance was an entire fashion spectacle, and she pulled it off effortlessly by going head-first into the theme of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. She dressed up for the night in a custom Versace gown that was not merely an ensemble, where art and symbolism were married to breathtaking craftsmanship.
The gown had a beaded corset, whose ruby, emerald, and gold beads were sewn together into a flashy, beautiful bodice that was both dramatic and elegant. The burgundy skirt was floor-length and flowing, with corresponding beading that made it more regal in stature.
Blake Lively's appearance was completed by a halo-shaped headpiece, the sort of thing that rounds out the astrological motif nicely, and Christian Louboutin shoes and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry provided the perfect finishing flourishes.
The actual gown, however, was one of a kind, requiring more than 600 hours to produce, a budget of vision and detail that was as transparent as crystal in its wondrous, almost godly sheen.
This stunning group was one of the most stunning and memorable groups of the evening, demonstrating Blake Lively's skill at combining haute couture with theme sensibility. Her appearance was more than a tip of the hat to the theme, however - it was a reminder of it, dripping with both royalty and sophistication.
6) 2022 - In America: An Anthology of Fashion
Blake Lively has become the mistress of making statements on the Met Gala red carpet, and her look at the 2022 event was a prime example of her classy approach. For the year's function, whose theme was In America: An Anthology of Fashion, co-chaired by Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds, her gown was an optical feat that paid tribute to New York City's most iconic landmarks.
Her custom-made Versace gown, with chameleon-like capability for color-changing, mirrored oxidized Statue of Liberty, altering tone from bronze to green, upon which she was passing. Beaded tulle mermaid-style dress, trimmed with crystals and metallic leather, bore a colossal copper bow which parted as Blake Lively ascended the Met Gala steps, only to uncover an emerald train.
The look was not just aesthetic; the front of the dress was shaped to resemble the building lines of the Empire State Building, and her Lorraine Schwartz crown topped the Statue of Liberty-inspired look.
Even the green train was a city tribute, embroidered with a heavenly map of zodiac constellations, a nod to the massive ceiling of Grand Central Terminal. This gown wasn't just a style, but a tribute to the spirit of New York.
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Blake Lively's Met Gala outfits have been the embodiment of daring, avant-garde fashion that is radical but grounded in artistic sensibility. Every one of them has been a masterclass in storytelling through clothing, from borrowing the majesty of New York City skyscrapers to capturing the spirit of pioneering creatives.
From her otherworldly Versace gowns to her spotless, meticulously assembled accessories, Lively has always used the Met Gala as a stage upon which to show off her flawless sense of style and unapologetic attitude.
With every red carpet she struts down, she not only paralyzes the fashion industry with awe but etches a mark that can never be erased, making her one of the most iconic figures in the history of the Met Gala.
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