Items21The creator’s order
  1. 1CherCherBorn 20 May 1946Cher arrived at the 1974 gala, held for Diana Vreeland's Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design exhibition, on the arm of Bob Mackie in his sheer, feathered and beaded gown. It was a calculated piece of Hollywood glamour for a Hollywood theme, and the photographs still define the gala's early…0i
  2. 2Diana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of WalesBorn 1 Jul 1961For the 1996 gala celebrating fifty years of Christian Dior, Diana, Princess of Wales, wore a navy silk slip dress edged in black lace by John Galliano, newly appointed to the house and yet to show his first collection there. Lingerie as evening wear was still daring, and it became one of the most…0i
  3. 3Sarah Jessica ParkerSarah Jessica ParkerBorn 25 Mar 1965Sarah Jessica Parker has taken the gala's themes more literally than most. For AngloMania in 2006 she arrived in Alexander McQueen tartan on McQueen's arm, and for Heavenly Bodies in 2018 she wore Dolce & Gabbana with a Philip Treacy nativity scene for a headpiece, proof that she treats the dress…0i
  4. 4BeyoncéBeyoncéBorn 4 Sept 1981Beyoncé's 2015 Givenchy gown by Riccardo Tisci was a sheer net body scattered with crystals and a long feathered train, worn with a matching headpiece. It remains one of the defining naked dresses of the gala, and her few appearances since have each been treated as major fashion events.0i
  5. 5RihannaRihannaBorn 20 Feb 1988For China: Through the Looking Glass in 2015, Rihanna wore an enormous yellow fur-trimmed cape by the Chinese couturier Guo Pei that took two years to embroider and needed attendants to carry it up the steps. Three years later, for Heavenly Bodies, she arrived in a jewelled Maison Margiela mitre…0i
  6. 6Katy PerryKaty PerryBorn 25 Oct 1984Katy Perry treats the gala as costume theatre: huge feathered angel wings by Atelier Versace for Heavenly Bodies in 2018, then a working chandelier by Jeremy Scott for Moschino for Camp in 2019, followed by a hamburger outfit for the after-party. Her looks are designed to be the night's most shared…0
  7. 7Lady GagaLady GagaBorn 28 Mar 1986As a co-chair of the 2019 gala, Camp: Notes on Fashion, Lady Gaga turned her arrival into a sixteen-minute performance, shedding a vast pink Brandon Maxwell cape to reveal three more looks underneath, ending in sparkly underwear. It was the clearest reading of Susan Sontag's essay on camp that the…0i
  8. 8ZendayaZendayaBorn 1 Sept 1996Zendaya and her long-time stylist Law Roach turned the 2019 Camp theme into a fairy tale, with a Tommy Hilfiger ballgown that lit up as Roach waved a wand, Cinderella style. In 2024 she wore two looks for The Garden of Time, a John Galliano for Maison Margiela gown and archive Givenchy, confirming…0i
  9. 9Billy PorterBilly PorterBorn 21 Sept 1969Billy Porter was carried into the 2019 gala on a litter by six shirtless men, dressed by The Blonds as an Egyptian sun god in a gold catsuit with twelve-foot wings. For a theme about camp, it was a perfect blend of seriousness and spectacle, and one of the defining images of that night.0i
  10. 10Janelle MonáeJanelle MonáeBorn 1 Dec 1985Janelle Monáe's 2019 Christian Siriano look had a surreal, Picasso-like edge: a black-and-white gown with a huge mechanical eye on the bodice whose lashes blinked, topped by a tiered hat. It was one of the most playful art references of the Camp year, and typical of her love of sharp, graphic…0i