--- title: Internet Reacts to Katy Perry's 2018 Met Gala Angel Wings description: Katy Perry, never one to shy away from making bold fashion moment, committed to the theme of the 2018 Met Gala by showing up in angel wings. canonical: https://time.com/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T00:52:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:42.478Z og:title: Internet Takes Flight on Katy Perry's 2018 Met Gala Wings og:description: Fly girl og:url: https://time.com/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5620b09dda317a4/69892fbdbc6cfc09ab3e5df4/gettyimages-955762882.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5183 og:image:height: 2915 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Takes Flight on Katy Perry's 2018 Met Gala Wings twitter:description: Fly girl twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5620b09dda317a4/69892fbdbc6cfc09ab3e5df4/gettyimages-955762882.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Takes Flight Upon Katy Perry's Giant Angel Wings at the 2018 Met Gala > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images) Katy Perry arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018\. (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images) ANGELA WEISS—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 12:52 AM UTC [Katy Perry](http://time.com/4762550/enums/), never one to shy away from making bold fashion moment, truly committed to the theme of the 2018 Met Gala, _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_, by showing up in a gold Versace mini-dress and a pair of angel wings that spanned nearly six feet. The [pop princess](http://time.com/5204864/katy-perry-responds-to-taylor-swift-superfan-on-american-idol/) paired her gold chain-mail mini dress with a pair of matching thigh-high heeled boots, and of course, her larger-than-life feathered wings; Katy’s opulent Versace look was an appropriate choice for the night, seeing as how designer Donatella Versace is one of the 2018 Met Gala co-chairs. > [](https://twitter.com/voguemagazine/status/993638765330599936) As might be expected, Katy’s winged look elicited plenty of opinions online, with the Internet taking to social media to share their many feelings on the matter. Some corners of the Internet had jokes about the look. > [](https://twitter.com/margarita/status/993638685139718144) > [](https://twitter.com/Joaqosmico/status/993633905906503681) While others just had hot takes. > [](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/993638379995713536) > [](https://twitter.com/Dazed/status/993639326092353537) > [](https://twitter.com/VVFriedman/status/993633531560677376) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/"},"headline":"The Internet Takes Flight Upon Katy Perry's Giant Angel Wings at the 2018 Met Gala","datePublished":"2018-05-08T00:52:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:42.478Z","description":"Fly girl","url":"https://time.com/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5620b09dda317a4/69892fbdbc6cfc09ab3e5df4/gettyimages-955762882.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/bltb5620b09dda317a4/69892fbdbc6cfc09ab3e5df4/gettyimages-955762882.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA","caption":"US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA","creditText":"ANGELA WEISS—AFP/Getty Images","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/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/","name":"The Internet Takes Flight Upon Katy Perry's Giant Angel Wings at the 2018 Met Gala"}}]}] ```