It's that time of year again: on Monday 6th May, the biggest names in fashion, film, music and art will gather at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the opening of the latest Costume Institute exhibition.
While the ball itself is a long-standing tradition that's been in place since 1948, the idea of having a themed dress code was not brought in until the '70s. Ahead of the Met Gala 2019 event, here's every single theme in Met Gala history...
Met Gala Theme Year 1971 - 2019
SEE: Every Met Gala Theme From 1971 - 2021
1 of 431971-1974
1971: Fashion Plate1972: Untailored Garments1973: The World of Balenciaga1974: Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design Pictured: Cher, 1974
2 of 431975
American Women of StylePictured: Pat Buckley
3 of 431976
The Glory of Russian CostumePictured: Imelda Marcos and Christina Ford
4 of 431977 - 1978
1977: Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove1978: Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets RussesPictured: Barbara Walters, 1977
5 of 431979
Fashions of the Habsburg Era: Austria-HungaryPictured: Margaux Hemingway and Bernard Foucher
6 of 431980
The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Chi'ng DynastyPictured: Carolina Herrera
7 of 431981
The Eighteenth Century WomanPictured: Bianca Jagger
8 of 431982
La Belle ÉpoquePictured: Raquel Welch
9 of 431983
Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of DesignPictured: Carolina Herrera
10 of 431984
Man and the HorsePictured: Candy Pratts Price and Chuck Price1984 - Man and the Horse1985 - Costumes of Royal IndiaLa Belle Époque1983 - Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design1984 - Man and the Horse1985 - Costumes of Royal India
11 of 431985
Costumes of Royal IndiaPictured: Cher
12 of 431986
1986: Dance1987: In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume InstitutePictured: Linda Carter and Blaine Trump
13 of 431988
From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837-1877Pictured: Zandra Rhodes
14 of 431989
The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815Pictured: Anna Wintour
15 of 431990
Théâtre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute CouturePictured: Naomi Campbell
16 of 431991
_The gala was held without a theme_Pictured: Calvin Klein and Kelly Klein
17 of 431992
Fashion and History: A DialoguePictured: Christy Turlington
18 of 431993
Diana Vreeland: Immoderate StylePictured: Joan Rivers
19 of 431994
Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western DressPictured: Oscar de la Renta and his stepdaughter Eliza
20 of 431995
Haute CouturePictured: Princess Diana
21 of 431996
Christian DiorPictured: Iman
22 of 431997
Gianni VersacePictured: Salma Hayek
23 of 431998
Cubism and FashionPictured: Sigourney Weaver
24 of 431999
Rock StylePictured: Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney
25 of 432001
Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House YearsPictured: Naomi Campbell
26 of 432003
Goddess: The Classical ModePictured: Stella McCartney and Kate Hudson
27 of 432004
Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th CenturyPictured: Eva Mendes
28 of 432005
The House of ChanelPictured: Nicole Kidman
29 of 432006
AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British FashionPictured: Sarah Jessica Parker
30 of 432007
Poiret: King of FashionPictured: Lucy Liu
31 of 432008
Superheroes: Fashion and FantasyPictured: Taylor Swift
32 of 432009
The Model As Muse: Embodying FashionPictured: Winona Ryder
33 of 432010
American Woman: Fashioning a National IdentityPictured: Mila Kunis
34 of 432011
Alexander McQueen: Savage BeautyPictured: Emma Stone
35 of 432012
Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible ConversationsPictured: Amber Heard
36 of 432013
Punk: Chaos to CouturePictured: Kate Beckinsale
37 of 432014
Charles James: Beyond FashionPictured: Rita Ora
38 of 432015
China: Through the Looking GlassPictured: Beyoncé
39 of 432016
Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of TechnologyPictured: Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid
40 of 432017
Comme des Garçons's Rei KawakuboPictured: Rihanna
41 of 432018
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic ImaginationPictured: Cynthia Erivo
42 of 432019
Camp: Notes on FashionPictured: Kim Kardashian
43 of 432021
In America: A Lexicon of FashionPictured: Yara Shahidi
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