Met Gala 2023: Doja Cat and Jared Leto deliver wildest looks

We were expecting a batch of tributes to Karl Lagerfeld astatine Monday's Met Gala. What we weren't expecting was rather truthful galore tributes to his cat.

For this year's theme, the A-list guests were asked to deterioration outfits which paid homage to the German manner designer, who died aged 85 successful 2019.

Lagerfeld served arsenic the originative manager of Chanel from 1983 until his decease - and galore Met Gala attendees chose to deterioration classical outfits from the French manner location successful his honour.

But others preferred to notation the German designer's beloved feline Choupette, who was arsenic synonymous with Lagerfeld's look arsenic his sunglasses and white-haired ponytail.

Choupette herself sadly did not be the event, which is the biggest nighttime successful the manner calendar, but sent her apologies in a station connected Instagram.

"Many radical invited maine to locomotion the reddish carpet of the Met Gala successful tribute to Daddy [Lagerfeld], but we preferred to enactment peacefully and cosy astatine home," said the cat.

"We wage tribute to my Daddy each time since his parting and we are precise moved to spot 1 much time dedicated to him."

Here are immoderate of the astir eye-catching outfits from this year's Met Gala.

When your signifier sanction is Doja Cat, and you're asked to wage tribute to a antheral who loved his cat, your reddish carpet look truly takes attraction of itself.

The US rapper did not disappoint, wearing a gown which featured feline ears, portion sporting facial prosthetics to springiness herself much cat-like features.

Her glittering metallic formal was designed by Oscar de la Renta and featured a melodramatic ruffled train, which she accessorised with immoderate arsenic dazzling jewellery.

We've each experienced 1 of those awkward moments wherever you crook up astatine enactment and find you're wearing an identical outfit to a colleague.

So we sympathise with Irish histrion Barry Keoghan and Nigerian vocalist Burna Boy, who wore strikingly akin chequered bluish Burberry outfits to the Met Gala.

To beryllium fair, some of them looked brilliant, and we applaud antheral stars who shun the modular achromatic tuxedo connected a reddish carpet successful favour of a splash of colour.

The rapper turned up covered successful sparkling metallic assemblage overgarment and jewels and wearing a matching metallic thong, successful 1 of the astir ambitious and antithetic outfits of the night.

Upon person inspection, fans spotted that his bejewelled oculus disguise besides featured beaded whiskers - different apt notation to Lagerfeld's cat.

While Ortega wore a agleam pinkish Valentino formal to past year's Met Gala, this twelvemonth she went with a distinctly spookier and much gothic vibe.

Her acheronian ensemble fitted the Lagerfeld aesthetic, but besides referenced Ortega's starring relation successful Wednesday, Netflix's hugely palmy Addams household spin-off.

Ortega precocious told InStyle that playing the quality had influenced her idiosyncratic style. "I bash deliberation that Wednesday changed my sensation a lot," she said. "I person a hard clip getting her disconnected of me, astatine slightest clothing-wise."

Actor Jared Leto tin ever beryllium relied upon to present immoderate of the craziest looks astatine the Met Gala - but helium truly outdid himself this year.

The Oscar victor turned up virtually dressed arsenic a cat. That's it. There truly isn't overmuch much we tin say.

We're fortunate helium decided to region his elephantine feline caput portion posing for photographs - oregon we whitethorn ne'er person adjacent known it was him.

The hottest rising prima successful euphony was making her Met Gala debut this year, truthful she understandably wanted to retrieve each moment.

Perhaps unaware of the invention of the smartphone, the 23-year-old alternatively brought her ain jewel-encrusted camera to instrumentality photos (and complement her customized Balmain outfit).

According to TMZ, the New York rapper was personally invited to the Met Gala by Anna Wintour, who asked her to be arsenic a impermanent of Vogue.

The vocalist and histrion looked frankly stunning successful her mismatched black-and-white Thom Browne coat, which she aboriginal took disconnected to uncover a shuttlecock-shaped sheer dress.

"My archetypal Met Gala was successful 2011, and I went with Karl [Lagerfeld]. So this is benignant of afloat ellipse for america to beryllium honouring him," Monáe told People.

Monáe accessorised with a achromatic leather quilted feline container - yet different notation to Choupette.

The outfit which possibly astir explicitly referenced Lagerfeld was worn by histrion Jeremy Pope.

The Hollywood prima lit up the Metropolitan Museum of Art's expansive staircase successful a immense cape emblazoned with the recognisable look of the designer.

The 30ft cape featured a hand-drawn illustration of Lagerfeld and was reportedly made by 70 seamstresses, with much than 5,000m of silk chiffon.

Despite being celebrated for hits specified arsenic Lazy, vocalist David Byrne turned up looking acceptable to bash immoderate exercise.

The Scottish-born prima brought his bicycle with him to the reddish carpet - but wisely decided to locomotion it up the reddish carpet, which we ideate was a alleviation to the Met's wellness and information team.

Byrne wore an all-white outfit - which indispensable person got muddy erstwhile helium presumably had to rhythm location - with immoderate brightly-coloured trainers.

You whitethorn recognise the monochromatic suit, arsenic it's the aforesaid 1 Byrne wore erstwhile helium performed the taxable opus to Everything Everywhere All At Once astatine the Oscars successful March.

We've each been there. You effort to alteration your bedsheets by yourself, suffer way of which country is which, and extremity up successful a close aged tangle.

Actress Glenn Close arrived astatine the Met Gala looking arsenic if she was inactive trying to fig it each out, truthful decided to bring her full bedspread with her.

It was successful information a customized Erdem dress. "Like immoderate large manner designer, helium has a passionateness to make thing beauteous and distinctive," the histrion said of the designer.

The Australian actresses some paid tribute to Lagerfeld with their gowns and shared their memories of the decorator with reporters.

Kidman wore a airy pinkish gown adorned with 3,000 metallic crystals created by Lagerfeld for a Chanel No. 5 commercialized she starred in.

"I'm precise grateful to deterioration it," Kidman told The Associated Press. "He was truthful overmuch a portion of my life, arsenic were his full team. He was the 1 truly benignant of shepherded me… successful presumption of my emotion of fashion."

Robbie, meanwhile, explained she was the past Chanel ambassador to beryllium handpicked by Lagerfeld. She said it was an "honour" to deterioration a 1993 achromatic Chanel gown which Cindy Crawford archetypal wore connected a runway.

The US theatre shaper whitethorn not beryllium a household name, but helium has consistently served up absorbing looks astatine the Met Gala.

This year, Shiaparelli's decorator Daniel Roseberry transformed Roth into a quality instrumentality for the evening.

In an nonfiction for Vogue, Roth explained the outfit was an homage to the signature accessory that Lagerfeld often carried astir with him.

"The instrumentality is simply a signifier that transforms, has relation arsenic good arsenic decoration, and it has inherent movement," Roth explained. "It calls to beryllium to beryllium animated and energised, arsenic an hold of your ain body."

Eilish wore a achromatic lace gown, embellished with a floral plan by Simone Rocha.

"I was inspired by Billie herself, her talent, her satellite and her almighty femininity," the Irish decorator said of creating the singer's look customized look. "I wanted to observe her femininity done fragility and strength."

The vocalist was accompanied by her member and collaborator Finneas, who went for a much casual outfit, wearing a textured brownish trench overgarment tied astatine the waist.

The British histrion wore a strapless achromatic Valentino gown, but everyone's attraction was firmly connected her head.

Firstly, due to the fact that Pugh wore a headpiece that looked similar it would travel successful useful clearing cobwebs from a ceiling.

But besides due to the fact that Pugh confirmed caller rumours she had shaved her hairsbreadth disconnected for a relation successful a forthcoming film.

"I've really had it for astir 3 weeks now," she told reporters of her shaved head. "I thought, what is simply a amended mode than to merchandise it astatine The Met?"

The British vocalist walked the reddish carpet with her partner, movie manager Taika Waititi, wearing a reported $90,000 worthy of Buccellati jewellery.

It included a pearl bracelet and agelong diamond extensions which hung disconnected the extremity of her nails.

Waititi wore a weapon metallic blazer by Prabal Gurung which helium wore shirtless and paired with astute achromatic trousers.

Kendall Jenner wore a sparkly leotard with agelong sleeves which efficiently doubled arsenic a train. The full outfit, including the sparkly towering achromatic boots, was designed by Marc Jacobs.

But determination was a notation to Karl Lagerfeld successful her outfit - Jenner's precocious achromatic collar was a motion to those worn by the precocious manner designer.

The tennis prima arrived astatine the Met Gala with her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and confirmed that she is large with her 2nd child.

Williams showcased her babe bump successful a achromatic long-sleeved formal with a heavy v-neckline, paired with pearl necklaces.

Writing connected Instagram, Williams said she was "so excited erstwhile Anna Wintour invited the 3 of america to the Met Gala".