The Met Gala 2022: The Most Inspirational Looks Of All Time Past And Present

By Alice Duthie
on 3 May 2022

This year’s Met Gala (May 2nd) has the theme is ‘An Anthology of Fashion,’ aiming to celebrate the history of American fashion. Whether it’s Kim Kardashian or Jennifer Lopez, it is true to say there have been some legendary Met Gala looks.

Kim Kardashion channelled Marilyn Monroe today in a vintage dress worn when the movie icon sang Happy Birthday to then-president John F Kennedy in 1962.

“I had to lose 16 pounds (7.2kg) to be able to fit this,” she said on the red carpet.

“I was determined to fit it.”

Blake Lively made a huge entrance in a colour-changing Versace dress — she arrived in a copper gown that represented a “patina” effect, changing to green.

Kylie Jenner wore a bizarre bridal inspired look.

The 24-year-old billionaire cosmetics mogul wore a fishnet bridal veil attached to a backwards baseball cap. And singer Billie Eilish arrived at the 2022 Met Gala event in New York in Gucci head to toe.

Billie Eilish arrives at 2022 Met Gala event in New York in Gucci head to toe

Met Gala Looks Past and Present

Blake Lively
Blake Lively attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala on May 7, 2018 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, USA

Here Cazaar.co.uk generated a seed list of the most popular Met Gala celebrities, then used Pinterest and Google search volumes in order to reveal which celebrity looks are the most sought after. 

RankCelebrityTotal number of pinsMet Gala average monthly
Google global searches
1Kim Kardashian810132,000
2Gigi Hadid31822,000
3Kendall Jenner1,22019,000
4Kylie Jenner1,13716,000
5Zendaya1,23715,000
  =5Blake Lively28015,000
6Lady Gaga76713,000
7Bella Hadid2937,900
8Jennifer Lopez1,6236,600
9Beyoncé 6435,400
10Katy Perry804,200
Data collected by Cazaar.co.uk

Cazaar.co.uk says the celebrity with the most average monthly global searches is Kim Kardashian – 132,000 searches and 810 pins on Pinterest for Met Gala looks. With Kim’s 2021 all black Balenciaga outfit being one of the most Googled, fans are apprehensive as to what look she will take on this year. Although Kim only has 810 pins on Pinterest for her Met gala looks, she has 595% more searches than her half sister Kendall Jenner in third place (19,000 global searches)

Kim Kardashian attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala on May 7, 2018 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, USA

In second place is model Gigi Hadid with 22,000 global monthly searches and 318 pins on Pinterest- 16% more than fellow Victoria Secret Model Kendall Jenner in third. With Gigi’s new collaboration with Frankies Bikini, and the Met Gala coming up next week, fans are excited to see which designer she will be wearing this year.

In third place is Kendall Jenner with 19,000 monthly searches for her Met Gala looks. Kendall’s most searched for Met Gala look is her 2019 outfit, in which she appeared in a Versace orange feathered dress, along with sister Kylie (16,000 searches) in a lilac Versace dress. Despite only a narrow difference, Kendall has 19% more searches than sister Kylie and only 63 more pins.

Kendall Jenner attends the 2017 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY on May 1st, 2017

In joint fifth place are actresses Zendaya and Blake Lively, with 15,000 monthly Google searches. Although they have the same number of searches, Zendaya has 957 more pins on Pinterest than Blake. Both actresses failed to make it to last year’s Met Gala, but their looks over the years are still being spoken about to this day.

Zendaya Coleman attends the 2017 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY on May 1st, 2017

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