--- title: Emilia Clarke Stuns the 2018 Met Gala Like a Dragon Queen description: Emilia Clarke blazed through the 2018 Met Gala red carpet like the Game of Thrones' dragon queen she is canonical: https://time.com/5268892/emilia-clarke-met-gala-2018/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T02:43:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:42.947Z og:title: Daenerys Targaryen Blazed Through the 2018 Met Gala og:description: Dragon. 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Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 8, 2018 2:43 AM UTC [Emilia Clarke](http://time.com/4885747/game-of-thrones-daenerys-targaryen-azor-ahai-theory/) might have been one of the few people in the mix at the 2018 Met Gala accustomed to embodying a queen on the daily. The 31-year-old [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4880545/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-daenerys-targaryen-marry/) actor who plays the beloved Breaker of Chains Daenerys Targaryen showed up on the [2018 Met Gala red carpet](http://time.com/5258401/madonna-2018-met-gala-dress/) in a showstopping Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda gown. The black and gold floorsweeping gown had _Game of Thrones_ fans breathlessly bowing down to their true queen. The portraits of painterly cherubs around her full skirt perfectly embodied the theme of the occasion, _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_. And of course, she wore a crown. She even highlighted her natural beauty with bubblegum pink blush. If she was missing some accessories, it was her fire-breathing dragon spawn, but we can’t have everything we want in life. See below as people officially declared the first Monday in May Dany’s coronation day. > [](https://twitter.com/faveslooks/status/993660002123567107) > [](https://twitter.com/JonxDanyy/status/993655119907639302) > [](https://twitter.com/DanyUnburnt/status/993665827672150017) > [](https://twitter.com/shxrlocked/status/993661501314621442) > [](https://twitter.com/fassips/status/993656495983259654) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5268892/emilia-clarke-met-gala-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5268892/emilia-clarke-met-gala-2018/"},"headline":"Daenerys Targaryen Blazed Through the 2018 Met Gala Like the Dragon Queen She Is","datePublished":"2018-05-08T02:43:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:42.947Z","description":"Emilia Clarke blazed through the 2018 Met Gala red carpet like the Game of Thrones' dragon queen she is","url":"https://time.com/5268892/emilia-clarke-met-gala-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime","overnight","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt806b449c210df93d/69892fc122fb857e8ce258c7/gettyimages-955778838.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt806b449c210df93d/69892fc122fb857e8ce258c7/gettyimages-955778838.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 - Arrivals","caption":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy—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/5268892/emilia-clarke-met-gala-2018/","name":"Daenerys Targaryen Blazed Through the 2018 Met Gala Like the Dragon Queen She Is"}}]}] ```