Met Gala: See What 30 Supermodels, From Kate Moss to Kendall Jenner, Wore on Their First Red Carpet
It’s no coincidence that the theme for the 2009 Met Gala was “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion.” Since the Costume Institute gala’s early years, models have been a major part of the annual event. In the ’80s and ’90s, the supers, including Kate Moss, Iman, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Amber Valletta, arrived on the arms of fashion’s biggest designers, dressed in various iterations of the oh-so-popular slip dress. More recently, the Insta-girls have taken over the carpet, including Gigi and Bella Hadid, both of whom made their Met Gala debut in 2015 for “China: Through the Looking Glass,” wearing Diane von Furstenberg and Topshop, respectively. To see 27 of the world’s biggest models at their first Met Gala, click through.
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Amber Valletta attends the Metropolitan Museum Of Art Costume Institute Gala Celebrating The Exhibition “Rock Style” in 1999.
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Karen Elson at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art Costume Institute Gala Celebrating The Exhibition “Rock Style” in 1999.
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Miranda Kerr attends “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009.
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Linda Evangelista and Kyle MacLachlan attend the Met Gala.
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Jamie Bochert attends the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3, 2010.
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Karlie Kloss attends the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity” exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 8, 2010.
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Coco Rocha and Anja Rubik attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala “Superheroes: Fashion And Fantasy” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2008.
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Joan Smalls attends the “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011.
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Jourdan Dunn and Cara Delevingne attend the “Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012.
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Kate Upton attends the “Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012.
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Shalom Harlow and guest attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Exhibition of “Haute Couture” on December 4, 1995.
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Kate Moss, Calvin Klein and Christy Turlington attend Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Exhibition on December 4, 1995
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Gigi Hadid attends “China: Through the Looking Glass”, the 2015 Costume Institute Gala.
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Bella Hadid attends “China: Through the Looking Glass”, the 2015 Costume Institute Gala
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Carolyn Murphy attends Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Exhibition Gianni Versace on December 8, 1997.
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Hailey Baldwin attends the ‘China: Through The Looking Glass’ Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015.
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Taylor Hill attends the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016.
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Adriana Lima attends the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014.
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Gemma Ward, Jack McCollough, Victoria Traina and Lazaro Hernandez attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Spring 2005 Benefit Gala celebrating the exhibition “Chanel.”
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Agyness Deyn and Henry Holland attend The Costume Institute Gala in honor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2007.
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Cindy Crawford attends The Model As Muse at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009.
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Calvin Klein and Iman at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in December 1981.
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Stella Maxwell arrives for the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City.
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Ashley Graham arrives at “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum on May 1, 2017 in New York City.
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Fashion model Naomi Campbell at the Costume Institute Gala – Theatre de la Mode – December 3, 1990 at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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Model Karolina Kurkova and designer Narciso Rodriguez arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala sponsored by Gucci April 28, 2003 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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Alek Wek attends The Costume Institute Gala: “The Model As Muse” with Honorary Chair Marc Jacobs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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David Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 50th Anniversary of the Costume Institute Gala in celebration of Cubism and Fashion on December 7, 1998. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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Kendall Jenner attends the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
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Gisele Bündchen at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute gala exhibition, New York, New York, 1990s. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
