--- title: Katy Perry Attended the 2019 Met Gala as a Human Chandelier description: Katy Perry is no stranger to camp. So it's no surprise that she showed up to the 2019 Met Gala dressed like a chandelier. canonical: https://time.com/5584470/katy-perry-met-gala-2019/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-07T00:10:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:55.018Z og:title: Katy Perry Attended the 2019 Met Gala as a Human Chandelier og:description: The custom Moschino gown is lighting the internet ablaze og:url: https://time.com/5584470/katy-perry-met-gala-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Met Gala 2019 Katy Perry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Attended the 2019 Met Gala as a Human Chandelier twitter:description: The custom Moschino gown is lighting the internet ablaze twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Katy Perry Attended the 2019 Met Gala as a Human Chandelier by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan May 7, 2019 12:10 AM UTC  Katy Perry attends The Met gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York. Katy Perry attends The Met gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York.Charles Sykes—Invision/AP by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan May 7, 2019 12:10 AM UTC [Katy Perry](http://time.com/5526753/katy-perry-grammys-memes/) is no stranger to camp. So it’s no surprise that for the [“Camp: Notes on Fashion”](http://time.com/5581241/met-gala-2019-camp-theme-explained-photos/) theme at the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit in New York, she dressed the part. Perry arrived to the [2019 Met Gala](http://time.com/5584367/celine-dion-met-gala-2019/) red carpet with a full-on chandelier costume, with candlesticks around her head and waist. The “Firework” singer lit the internet ablaze with the look, often posing without smiling — resembling _Beauty and the Beast’s_ Lumière in her custom Moschino gown. Under creative director Jeremy Scott, Moschino provided quite a few head turners for this year’s annual gala — and teaming up with Perry for this theme made so much sense, Scott [told Page Six Style](https://pagesix.com/2019/05/06/jeremy-scott-on-dressing-katy-perry-for-the-met-gala/). “There probably isn’t a performer in pop history that’s used camp and humor more than she has,” Scott said of Perry. “I have guesses at what people expect from us, but I’m trying to outdo those expectations.” Scott was also behind [Kacey Musgraves’ Barbie doll](http://time.com/5584433/kacey-musgraves-met-gala-barbie-car/) look on Monday night. Some people took to Twitter to make puns and memes out of the outfit. > [](https://twitter.com/chxnelbeer/status/1125545568149831681) > [](https://twitter.com/madamextinct/status/1125545176712253441) > [](https://twitter.com/aleksalikhanov/status/1125545634692341762) > [](https://twitter.com/jacksongrime/status/1125544922923327494) But Perry’s look seemed to be an unquestionable fan-favorite early in the evening for its campiness. > [](https://twitter.com/xc8lyn/status/1125545596553658368) > [](https://twitter.com/KyonDuanneKing/status/1125545320216256515) > [](https://twitter.com/4rtie05/status/1125545002954907648) > [](https://twitter.com/eIectricIips/status/1125544517292183553) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5584470/katy-perry-met-gala-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5584470/katy-perry-met-gala-2019/"},"headline":"Katy Perry Attended the 2019 Met Gala as a Human Chandelier","datePublished":"2019-05-07T00:10:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:55.018Z","description":"The custom Moschino gown is lighting the internet ablaze","url":"https://time.com/5584470/katy-perry-met-gala-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime","Met Gala 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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