Met Gala red carpet: Stars embrace religious theme

May 08, 2018, updated May 08, 2018

1/49Blake Lively shuts down the red carpet in an epic Versace gown. This year's Met Gala theme is 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination'.

2/49Nicki Minaj accessorises her over-the-top outfit with an expression that says, "Don't look at or touch me".

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4/49Solange Knowles experimenting with gaffer tape.

5/49Zendaya's dress looks heavy.

6/49Possibly the world's most unexpected pairing: Tesla's Elon Musk and musician Grimes.

7/49Bella Hadid channels her inner evil Disney queen.

8/49Model Gigi Hadid is the good fairy to her sister Bella's evil stepmother.

9/49Madonna. Enough said.

10/49Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton.

11/49Miley Cyrus takes the plunge.

12/49Katy Perry taking the theme incredibly literally.

13/49Rihanna retains her crown (literally and figuratively) as the reigning queen of the Met Gala.

14/49Hey Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, your halo's showing.

15/49Evan Rachel Wood's cape is a bowerbird's dream.

16/49Zoe Kravitz wearing a Saint Laurent number that is definitely not church appropriate.

17/49Kate Bosworth is a picture-perfect Catholic bride.

18/49Uma Thurman is a little bit bridal, a little bit rock and roll.

19/49Lily Collins interprets the theme with a gothic twist.

20/49Mindy Kaling gets regal.

21/49Princess Beatrice of York representing the royal family in royal purple.

22/49Riverdale stars Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart are a couple in real life as well as on-screen. She's in custom H&M.

23/49Greta Gerwig is quite literally a female priest.

24/49George Clooney helps wife Amal up the stairs.

25/49Pregnant rapper Cardi B, with designer Jeremy Scott, isn't letting her baby bump keep her at home on the couch.

26/49Once a Wonder Woman, always a Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter's still got it.

27/49Amanda Seyfried looking like a Botticelli angel in marigold Prada.

28/49Olivia Munn doing her best impersonation of an Oscar in H&M.

29/49Diane Kruger's Prabal Gurung gown has a serious train.

30/49Supermodel Kate Upton making green satin hoods look on-trend.

31/49Hailey Steinfeld is one of the many attendees decked out in wedding white.

32/49Mexican actress Eiza Gonazlez in Prabal Gurung – cape optional.

33/4913 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford represents Australia in a bold red and pink caped gown.

34/49Model Ashley Graham has clearly forgotten there's a theme.

35/49Sienna Miller is barely recognisable with her eyebrows dyed blonde.

36/49Jaden Smith brought his dreadlocks as his date last year, this year he brings his gold record. Okay.

37/49Anne Hathaway robbed Spotlight's red taffeta section. She's in Valentino.

38/49Rooney Mara's arms are firmly by her side – either because she's overwhelmed or because her dress doesn't allow her to move them.

39/49Amber Heard wearing a makeup look that says, "I've been recently crucified".

40/49Ruby Rose is making good use of her split skirt.

41/49Tracee Ellis Ross is working to her own theme.

42/49Shailene Woodley is ready to fight in a medieval battlefield.

43/49Priyanka Chopra, who wore an oversized Burberry trench last year, is more demure this year in crimson velvet.

44/49Alicia Vikander in Louis Vuitton.

45/49Sarah Jessica Parker and Andy Cohen. Low-key isn't in their vocabulary.

46/49Gisele Bundchen in Alexander McQueen.

47/49Chadwick Boseman screams 'Black Panther does Met Gala'.

48/49Notoriously private couple (and new parents) Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk make a rare public appearance.

49/49Kendall Jenner whips her hair back and forth.