--- title: Met Gala: See the Best Memes on Celebrities' Outfits description: If there's ever a night to take a style risk, it's definitely during the Met Gala — and this year's red carpet was full of major statements. canonical: https://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-03T15:22:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:04.006Z og:title: The Best Memes From the 2016 Met Gala og:description: No chill og:url: https://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Best Memes From the 2016 Met Gala twitter:description: No chill twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Best Memes From the 2016 Met Gala  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 3, 2016 3:22 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 3, 2016 3:22 PM UTC The annual [Met Gala](http://time.com/4315836/met-gala-gowns-outfits-gifs/) is basically the [biggest night in fashion](http://time.com/4314023/met-gala-2016-celebrities-best-dressed/), with everyone from industry heavy-hitters like Anna Wintour to pop princesses like Taylor Swift dressing to the nines for the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. If there’s ever a night to take a style risk, it’s definitely during the Met Gala—and this year’s tech-inspired gala theme, Manus x Machina, provided ample opportunity for the night’s[ high-profile guests](http://time.com/4315631/met-gala-beyonce-2016-latex/) to make a major statement on the red carpet. As expected, the internet had lots to say about the looks from Monday night’s red carpet; in fact, before the event even finished, memes commemorating the zany futuristic looks were already popping online. See the best of the web’s reactions to last night’s Met Gala looks, below. Sarah Jessica Parker’s ruffled ensemble reminded a fan of one of Jerry Seinfeld’s favorite looks. > [](https://twitter.com/elliekrupnick/status/727274964483727364) Lupita Nyong’o’s hair and dress drew Marge Simpson comparisons. Pleats or potato chips? > [](https://twitter.com/PNOTARANGELI/status/727301757030830082) Continuing the snack theme of the night, Taylor Swift’s metallic Louis Vuitton dress was compared to a Hershey’s Kiss. > [](https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/727270430109655040) Katy Perry’s look bore an uncanny resemblance to one of the chickens in _Chicken Run_. > [](https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/727281138239197186) Beyoncé’s latex Givenchy dress gave new meaning to one of her _Lemonade_ lyrics. > [](https://twitter.com/ryancoffey1/status/727292021145260032) Kylie Jenner’s new hairstyle drew Lord Farquuad comparisons. > [](https://twitter.com/INeedja%5FKadeeja/status/727300630033764352) And it was only a matter of time before Rita Ora’s feather-embellished gown was linked to a feather duster. > [](https://twitter.com/MelCSandberg/status/727273782369390592) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/"},"headline":"The Best Memes From the 2016 Met Gala","datePublished":"2016-05-03T15:22:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:04.006Z","description":"The internet had zero chill when it came to the Met Gala","url":"https://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Beyonce","fashion","Met Gala","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/","name":"The Best Memes From the 2016 Met Gala"}}]}] ```