The Best Met Gala Beauty Moments of All Time

Jackie O balanced the drama of her ultra-teased hair with next to no makeup at the gala in 1981.

Jagger paired the strapless gown that Kaia Gerber would go on to pay tribute to three decades later with a sleek head of voluminous curls in 1981.

Cher paved the way for celebrities making a statement on the museum’s red carpet—not to mention even attending the gala in the first place—when she turned up in purple eye shadow blush that accentuated her cheekbones in 1985.

The supermodel was luminous when she sleeked her hair back into a bun to show off her pearl choker in 1992.

The late royal sported a cropped version of her signature feathered hair when she crossed the pond to attend the gala in 1996. Meanwhile, her date, fashion editor Liz Tilberis, became one of the few women to ever walk the Met Gala with a buzzcut.

The supermodel, seen here with Christian Lacroix, piled her hair to a braided updo and went with the slimmest of brows when she attended that same year.

The actor celebrated the Met Gala’s 50th anniversary in 1998 while sporting an angular pixie.

The rapper was all about pink in 1999.

The actor had major ‘90s vibes when she dyed her hair a dark brown and made like Lil’ Kim with tweezed brows that same year.

The supermodels were radiant when they paired up at the 2001 gala, where Iman showed boasted an enviable head of curls.

Long before she declared the Met Gala “un-fun,” Paltrow walked the red carpet in 2001 with an ultra-straight, somewhat edgy blowout.

Hudson looked as if she had stepped straight out of a Renaissance painting when she styled her hair into angelic ringlets in 2003.

Beckham fully ignored the 2008 edition’s superhero theme and channeled an old Hollywood movie star with an elegant chignon and red lip.

For what turned out to be her last Met Gala for nine years after reportedly getting banned from a U.S. visa, Kate matched her ensemble with a bronzed smoky eye in 2009.

The And Just Like That... star sported perfectly wavy hair and a glossy nude lip in 2010.

There were no flaws to be found in the supermodel’s fringe and winged liner in 2011.

Meanwhile, the actor broke with the traditional red version of a bold lip with a rather uncommon shade of pink.

Stone again stood out in 2014 when she swept her hair into a messy side braid.

Bey kept things subdued up top beneath her veil and dialed up the drama with wine-red lip in 2014.

You may have been too distracted by her gigantic Guo Pei dress to take note, but Rih changed things up with bold brows and red hair in 2015.

The actor’s winged liner was flawless at the gala’s 2015 edition, which she attended wearing pink lipstick and a tousled bob.

Who could forget the towering ponytail Bey paired with her naked dress in 2015?

K-Stew once again mastered the messy updo in 2016, when she also nodded to the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme with angular silver eye shadow.

Since she didn’t have any hair at the time, having shaved it off for her role in Life in a Year, the model painted some on in a silver hue that matched her rhinestones and body glitter.

When acing the “camp” theme in 2019, Lady Gaga took dramatic lashes to an extreme and wore hair bows made of actual hair.

“He envisioned me as this California girl stepping out of the ocean, wet, dripping,” Kardashian said of the look that Thierry Mugler designed for her to wear in 2019. Thanks to her hairstylist, Chris Appleton, her hair also appeared to be wet.

Elsewhere on the red carpet, the fashion editor got notably playful, dying his hair a pale yellow and blue.

Meanwhile, Dua Lipa boosted her height a few inches by dramatically teasing her locks.

The singer then known for slime green roots took the world by surprise when she transformed into a modern-day Marilyn Monroe.

As if she weren’t already making a statement by completely obscuring herself in black Balenciaga, the reality star topped off her ensemble with a ponytail long enough to reach the floor.