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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n Whether dressed in a jewel-encrusted skeletal form, sculpted breast plates or anatomy-evoking trompe l\u2019oeil, Met Gala<\/a> guests physically evoked the theme \u201cfashion is art\u201d Monday evening as they masterfully pulled from a kaleidoscope of references to embody living works of art.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone who attended the Met Gala this year really leaned into fashion is art, using your body as a canvas, and that really came across in some of the best-dressed looks of the night,\u201d said Kevin Huynh, fashion director of InStyle.<\/p>\n Fashionable A-listers gave into the theme and had fun with it. First-time Met Gala attendees included actors Chase Infiniti and Hudson Williams, as well as Olympian Alysa Liu, all of whom commanded the carpet in dramatic ensembles. Infiniti, for example, donned an enchanting Thom Browne sequined gown using trompe l\u2019oeil to depict the female form.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Met Gala mega stars and repeat attendees rose to the occasion: Vogue red-carpet correspondent Emma Chamberlain playfully dressed in a dramatic long-sleeved gown that appeared dipped in a rainbow of color from indigo to the brightest yellow-gold. And after 10 years of skipping the Gala, Beyonc\u00e9 arrived to reclaim her throne, wearing a glittering crown and radiant Olivier Rousteing silver gown designed in the shape of a skeleton.<\/p>\n Artistic masters or novices <\/p>\n Maybe it was the theme or something in the air, but Met Gala guests ran with the dress code, embracing color, sculpture and a plethora of artistic references from Gustav Klimt and John Singer Sargent to the Winged Goddess of Samothrace.<\/p>\n Madonna<\/a> even delivered performance art on the carpet, arriving with seven women carrying her cape, which was attached to her pirate-ship headpiece in reference to a painting by Leonora Carrington.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Met Gala has finally settled the question of \u2018Is fashion art?\u2019\u201d said Nancy Hall-Duncan, an art historian and author of \u201cArt X Fashion: Fashion Inspired by Art. \u201cIt is, according to the Met Gala, Anna Wintour and Andrew Bolton.\u201d<\/p>\n For Lynette Nylander, executive digital director of Harper\u2019s Bazaar, there were wins from Infiniti to Cardi B, though some guests steered more toward costume than couture. Heidi Klum, for example, arrived in full costume as a statue.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was the kind of loudest Met Gala that we\u2019ve seen in a while, probably since the \u2018Camp\u2019 theme,\u201d Nylander said. \u201cIt felt very ostentatious.”<\/p>\n Pops of color in a sea of black <\/p>\n Despite all the artistic opportunities to draw from, some celebrities chose sophisticated all-black looks instead of color. Zo\u00eb Kravitz and Connor Storrie both wore black custom Yves Saint Laurent.<\/p>\n Yet the examples in solid black only amplified the more colorful ensembles, like Chamberlain’s hand-painted Mugler dress with cascading fringe sleeves and a spiral deep rainbow train.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looked like an artist\u2019s palette and it\u2019s just stunning, colorful and interesting,\u201d Hall-Duncan said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t addressing a specific painting. It\u2019s addressing the whole concept of color in artistic work.\u201d<\/p>\n Trompe l\u2019oeil <\/p>\n Artistic illusions of the body stood out throughout the night, with celebrities playing with the dress code and the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibit inside the Metropolitan Museum, which examines the dressed body and thematic body types.<\/p>\n