--- title: Madonna Just Showed Up to the 2018 Met Gala in a JPG Dress description: Leave it to Madonna to really commit to the theme of the 2018 Met Gala, 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.' canonical: https://time.com/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T01:09:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:29.479Z og:title: Madonna's Outrageous 2018 Met Gala Dress Is Like a Prayer og:description: Madge pays tribute to this year's theme og:url: https://time.com/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5901af2c5ac4f204/69892fbe86f68e13126e918b/gettyimages-955774100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4600 og:image:height: 2588 og:image:alt: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Madonna's Outrageous 2018 Met Gala Dress Is Like a Prayer twitter:description: Madge pays tribute to this year's theme twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5901af2c5ac4f204/69892fbe86f68e13126e918b/gettyimages-955774100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Madonna's 2018 Met Gala Dress Is Just Like a Prayer > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Frazer Harrison/FilmMagic) Frazer Harrison—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 1:09 AM UTC Leave it to [Madonna](http://time.com/3721312/madonna-history/) to really commit to the _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_ theme of the [2018 Met Gala](http://time.com/4762629/rihanna-queen-met-gala-2017/). The Material Girl, no stranger to a good religious sartorial moment, sported a regal black Jean Paul Gaultier gown, which she paired with a black net veil held in place by a crown of jeweled crosses, blonde plaits, and multiple rosaries. > [](https://twitter.com/KarenCivil/status/993648500960264198) Madonna’s Jean Paul Gaultier look not only paid homage to her role in popularizing religious iconography in fashion, but reunited her with her longtime fashion collaborator, Gaultier, the creative genius behind her infamous cone bra corset. Madonna, no stranger to controversy, has long been associated with religious elements, thanks to projects like her “Like a Prayer” video (which featured burning crosses and stigmata) and for making use of crucifixes as costume jewelry. > [](https://twitter.com/newsofM/status/993647460139618304) This isn’t the first time that Madge’s made [a statement on the Met Gala red carpet](http://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/); in 2016, the pop icon wore a sheer Givenchy look with cut-outs over her bust and derriére that left little to the imagination. > [](https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/727446355799474177) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/"},"headline":"Madonna's 2018 Met Gala Dress Is Just Like a Prayer","datePublished":"2018-05-08T01:09:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:29.479Z","description":"Madge pays tribute to this year's theme","url":"https://time.com/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5901af2c5ac4f204/69892fbe86f68e13126e918b/gettyimages-955774100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5901af2c5ac4f204/69892fbe86f68e13126e918b/gettyimages-955774100.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala","caption":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala","creditText":"Frazer Harrison—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/","name":"Madonna's 2018 Met Gala Dress Is Just Like a Prayer"}}]}] ```