Met Gala 2014: The 54 best dressed on last night’s epic red carpet

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If reports about Anna Wintour wanting this year’s Met Gala to be more exclusive were true, they certainly did not apply to the A-list. Last night’s red carpet was stacked (and we mean stacked) with just about everyone from the recluse to rising star. Surely, it had something to do with the fact that last night was the inaugural Met Gala celebrating the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renamed Anna Wintour Costume Center. Maybe too, it was just like the rest of us have been trained to understand: The Met Gala is not to be missed.

Honouring oft-forgotten American couturier Charles James, last night’s event was all about 1950s glamour. Its “white tie” guest-list prompted gents like Johnny Depp and Kanye West to wear tails, Zoe Saldana to wear a recreated Michael Kors bustle and both Taylor Swift and Sarah Jessica Parker to take to the stairs with over-the-top Oscar de la Renta trains. Unlike the sometimes cookie cutter Oscars, the Met Gala is a time to break out some real steez and red carpet queen Lupita Nyong’o did just that in a flapper-inspired feathered Prada dress. Perhaps more Poiret than James, the dress made for some serious chatter from both the “for” and “against” camps. Fellow red carpet queen (and queen of life, truly) Rihanna went anti-theme in a sexy stomach-baring Stella McCartney dress which killed, as usual.

As with any night in fashion, dresses speak louder than words so without further ado, flip through this megawatt Met Gala 2014 red carpet gallery and spot your faves.

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Met Gala 2014 Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker in Oscar de la Renta

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Met Gala 2014 Cara Delevignge Stella McCartney Kate Bosworth Reese Witherspoon

Cara Delevingne, Stella McCartney, Kate Bosworth and Reese Witherspoon in Stella McCartney

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Met Gala 2014 Rihanna

Rihanna in Stella McCartney

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Met Gala 2014 Emma Stone Andrew Garfield

Emma Stone in Thakoon and Andrew Garfield in Band of Outsiders

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Met Gala 2014 Lupita Nyongo

Lupita Nyong’o in Prada

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Met Gala 2014 Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckam in her own design and David Beckham in Ralph Lauren Black Label

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Met Gala 2014 Karolina Kurkova

Karolina Kurkova in Marchesa

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Met Gala 2014 Jay-Z Beyonce

Beyoncé sand Jay-Z in Givenchy

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Met Gala 2014 Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart in Chanel

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Met Gala 2014 Blake Lively Ryan Reynolds

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in Gucci

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Met Gala 2014 Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway in Calvin Klein

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Met Gala 2014 Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour in Chanel

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Met Gala 2014 Karen Elson Zac Posen Dita Von Teese

Karen Elson and Dita Von Teese in Zac Posen with the designer

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Met Gala 2014 Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron in Dior Haute Couture

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Met Gala 2014 Kim Kardashian Kanye West

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in Lanvin

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Met Gala 2014 Alexa Chung

Alexa Chung in Nina Ricci

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Met Gala 2014 Gisele Tom Brady

Gisele in Balenciaga and Tom Brady in Tom Ford

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Met Gala 2014 Diana Agron Elizabeth Olsen Gabrielle Union

Dianna Agron, Stacy Martin and Elizabeth Olsen in Miu Miu and Gabrielle Union in Prada

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Met Gala 2014 Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu in Givenchy

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Met Gala 2014 Johnny Depp Amber Heard

Johnny Depp in Ralph Lauren Purple Label and Amber Heard in Giambattista Valli

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Met Gala 2014 Suki Waterhouse

Suki Waterhouse in Burberry Prorsum

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Met Gala 2014 Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld in Prabal Gurung

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Met Gala 2014 Mary Kate Ashley Olsen

Mary Kate in vintage Ferre and Ashley Olsen in Vintage Chanel

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Met Gala 2014 Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton

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Met Gala 2014 Claire Danes Hugh Dancy

Claire Danes in Oscar de la Renta and Hugh Dancy in Prada

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Met Gala 2014 Shailene Woodley Kirsten Dunst

Shailene Woodley and Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte

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Met Gala 2014 Joshua Jackson Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson in Hugo Boss

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Met Gala 2014 Allison Williams

Allison Williams in Oscar de la Renta

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Met Gala 2014 Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift in Oscar de la Renta

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Met Gala 2014 Leighton Meester

Leighton Meester in Pucci

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Met Gala 2014 Nicole Richie

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Met Gala 2014 Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams in Ralph Lauren

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Met Gala 2014 Rita Ora

Rita Ora in Donna Karan Atelier

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Met Gala 2014 Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham in Giambattista Valli

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Met Gala 2014 Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana in Michael Kors

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