Billie Eilish opted, instead, for comfort in a ripstop tracksuit and baseball cap. Partygoer Jenna Ortega, meanwhile, accessorized with a signature black grosgrain bow. Chloe Fineman clutched a rhinestone feline minaudière in an homage to Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette Florence Pugh’s minidress came topped with a stiff collar à la Karl, as did Priyanka Chopra’s red Valentino look. With this year calling for an homage to Karl Lagerfeld, there was no shortage of Chanel or Chanel-inspired ensembles. One doesn’t realize just who might be amongst the throngs of guests, but the photos that arrive the next morning bring it all to light. The beauty of the party’s sheer size is that it can be a veritable layer cake of celebrity. For the past thirteen years, The Standard Hotel’s top-floor boîte, The Boom Boom Room, has been the site of rollicking late-night celebration, where the heels are kicked off, the jewels turned back over to the security guards, and, in the case of Katy Perry’s 2019 ensemble, the Moschino hamburger 'dress' cast aside to allow for ample dancing, often atop the bar.

For 75 years, the Costume Institute’s annual Met Gala has been a cause for celebration, always reaching new heights of unbridled merriment thanks in large part to the bold-faced names in attendance and their seemingly boundless imagination when it comes to their ensembles-or in most cases ensembles, plural-in honor of the year’s selected theme.

Met gala afterparty