--- title: Met Gala: Craziest Red Carpet Fashion of All Time description: From Rihanna's meme-inspiring yellow gown to Madonna's punk fishnets, here are the most memorable Met Gala looks of all time. canonical: https://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-28T14:52:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:53.559Z og:title: The 18 Most Outrageous Met Gala Looks of All Time og:description: From Madonna to Rihanna og:url: https://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/ 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 18 Most Outrageous Met Gala Looks of All Time twitter:description: From Madonna to Rihanna twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The 18 Most Outrageous Met Gala Looks of All Time > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 28, 2017 2:52 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 28, 2017 2:52 PM UTC The [Met Gala](http://time.com/4540904/comme-des-garcons-rei-kawakubo-met-gala-theme-2017/), an annual fundraiser for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is generally acknowledged as the biggest night in fashion, with designers, industry insiders, models, and celebrities turning out in their finest looks for a night at the museum, celebrating all things sartorial. Since the event is a fashion lover’s dream, it should come as no surprise that when it comes to the red carpet, [attendees pull out all the stops](http://time.com/4316380/met-gala-2016-accessories-katy-perry-orlando-bloom-kanye-west-zayn-malik/), often adhering to the night’s theme with fantastical, stunning, and at times, bizarre ensembles. If there’s ever a night to take a fashion risk, the Met Gala is the perfect event to go all out. From [Rihanna](http://time.com/4746220/rihanna-fenty-puma-video/)‘s sweeping yellow, fur-trimmed Guo Pei cape that [launched a million memes](http://time.com/4316173/met-gala-ball-2016-best-memes/) to [Madonna](http://time.com/4319589/madonna-met-gala-look/)‘s barely-there, punk-inspired fishnet and plaid [Givenchy](http://time.com/4155671/givenchy-riccardo-tisci-ariel-foxman/) getup, see the 18 most outrageous Met Gala looks of all time above.  Diana Ross, 1981 Bertrand Rindoff Petroff—Getty Images  Cher in Bob Mackie, 1985 Ron Galella—WireImage  Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney in Stella McCartney, 1999 New York Daily News Archive—NY Daily News via Getty Images  Amber Valletta in Maggie Norris Couture and John Galliano, 2004 Evan Agostini—Getty Images  Daphne Guinness in Alexander McQueen, 2011 Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Beyoncé in Givenchy, 2012 Stephen Lovekin—FilmMagic  Sarah Jessica Parker in Giles Deacon and Philip Treacy Headpiece, 2013 Stephen Lovekin—FilmMagic  Madonna in Givenchy, 2013 Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Lupita Nyong'o in Prada, 2014 Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images  Erykah Badu in Givenchy, 2014 Dimitrios Kambouris—Getty Images  Rihanna in Guo Pei, 2015 Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Katy Perry in Moschino, 2015 Larry Busacca—Getty Images  Karen Elson in Dolce & Gabbana, 2015 Jamie McCarthy—FilmMagic  Solange Knowles in David LaPort, 2016 Jamie McCarthy—FilmMagic  Katy Perry in Maison Margiela Artisinal by John Galliano, 2017 Venturelli—FilmMagic  Katy Perry attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images For US Weekly) Theo Wargo—Getty Images For US Weekly  Helen Lasichanh in Comme des Garcons, 2017 Karwai Tang—WireImage  Rihanna in Comme des Garcons, 2017 Neilson Barnard—Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/"},"headline":"The 18 Most Outrageous Met Gala Looks of All Time","datePublished":"2017-04-28T14:52:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:53.559Z","description":"From Madonna to Rihanna","url":"https://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","fashion","red carpet","photography","Met Gala","Met Gala 2017"],"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/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/","name":"The 18 Most Outrageous Met Gala Looks of All Time"}}]}] ```