Nicole Kidman and Sarah Snook have led the Australian contingent at this year’s Met Gala in dramatic fashion.

With the theme ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ embracing traditional menswear, the award-winning actors wore black geometrically cut outfits.

But it was Kidman’s super-short hairstyle that stole the show on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Her two-tone do appeared to have been chopped off above the shoulders and slicked the back of her neck.

It was not clear whether the usually long-haired star had cut off her signature red locks or was wearing a wig.

Other Australians on the red carpet at the prestigious fashion event were model and businesswoman Miranda Kerr and billionaire ‘Cardboard King’ Anthony Pratt, wearing a green suit patterned with recycling logos.

Sarah Snook wears a black suit with cape. Photo: AAP

This year was the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers with the theme based on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring exhibit, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.

Madonna showed up in a monochrome taupe tuxedo clutching a cigar. It was Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann, the designer who took over when Ford stepped aside.

Emma Chamberlain, Zendaya and Teyana Taylor arrived in pinstripes and other traditional men’s detailing.

Doja Cat, always fearless when it comes to fashion, donned a Marc Jacobs bodysuit look with orange and black wildcat detailing and broad-shouldered pinstripes.

Taylor went for a stunning Zoot suit look with a red, feather-adorned top hat and a huge matching cape dripping with flowers and bling. The Zoot was popularised in Harlem in the 1940s.

A full-length look at dazzling Nicole Kidman. Photo: AAP

And then there were the bombshells …

Megan Thee Stallion in Michael Kors and Dua Lipa in black Chanel included. Megan’s look had a high side slit and floral lace embellishment. Lipa was giving elevated flapper in feathers and an “S” curl style for her hair.

And Miley Cyrus oozed womanhood in a custom cropped black crocodile jacket and long black taffeta skirt by Alaïa.

Diana Ross, meanwhile, swallowed the carpet in a huge white train, escorted by her son, Evan Ross.

Diva Diana Ross blankets the carpet in white. Photo: AAP

Lizzo debuted blonde hair to go with her pink and black Christian Siriano gown with a plunge at the front. It was so tight at the legs she struggled to walk.

As for the men, co-host A$AP Rocky told The Associated Press that Anna Wintour suggested he wear a Black designer.

“So I wore myself,” the musician said of his custom suit designed by his creative agency, AWGE, complete with a black parka and diamond-crested umbrella. “Everything is designed by yours truly.”

Rocky, Rihanna’s partner and dad to their two kids, confirmed to reporters that baby number three in on the way.

Pharrell Williams, another co-host, was demure in a double-breasted, beaded evening jacket and dark trousers.

He kept his dark shades on while posing for the cameras. Williams walked with his wife, Helen Lasichanh, in a black bodysuit and matching jacket.

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter stays cute in a bodysuit. Photo: AAP

Earlier Colman Domingo, one of the evening’s hosts, wore a pleated, gold adorned cape over a grey and black suit, his jacket a pearled windowpane design with a huge dotted black flower.

His look, including his cape and a dotted black scarf at his neck, evoked the late André Leon Talley, the fashion icon who made history as a rare Black editor at Vogue.

Domingo arrived with Vogue’s Anna Wintour, dressed in a baby blue coat over a shimmery white gown. Fellow co-chair Lewish Hamilton donned a jaunty ivory tuxedo with a cropped jacket and matching beret.

LeBron James, the NBA superstar, was named honorary chair of the evening but bowed out at the last minute due to a knee injury.

-with AAP