01

34

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 0

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 1

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 2

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 3

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 4

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 5

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 6

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 7

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 8

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 9

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 10

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 11

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 12

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 13

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 14

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 15

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 16

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 17

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 18

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 19

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 20

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 21

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 22

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 23

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 24

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 25

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 26

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 27

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 28

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 29

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 30

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 31

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 32

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today 33

01

/

34

Met Gala archives: Beauty looks from 1981 until today

From huge blow-outs in the 80s to Joan of Arc and a cat in the 2020s – the Met Gala has seen it all when it comes to beauty looks. We visited the archives to find some of the best through the decades

Lil' Kim at the Met Gala in 1999. Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Share