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As per usual, some of the Met Gala red carpet looks were shockingly stunning (Rihanna, Blake Lively, Emmy Rossum, Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron, Gisele Bundchen, Lea Michele and Hailee Steinfeld made our best dressed list), while others missed the mark with questionable choices like Katie Holmes’ Scarlett O’Hara “Gone with the Wind” looking gown. The theme, a tribute to Charles James, America’s First Couturier, was prevalent with voluminous and beaded masterpieces worn by many leading ladies.

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Jay-Z and Beyonce

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Paul Rudd

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Marion Cotillard

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

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Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen

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Amanda Peet

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Margo Robbie

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Hayden Panettiere and Shawn White

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Kate Upton

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Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend

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Chloe Grace Moretz

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Karlie Kloss

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Amy Adams

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Kate Mara

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Stephanie Seymour Brant

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Zoe Saldana and Michael Kors

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Sandra Lee

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Maggie Q

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Idina Menzel

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Gilles Mendel and Anna Kendrick

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Emmy Rossum

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Lauren Bush Lauren

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Allison Williams

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Beyonce

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Elaina Watley and Victor Cruz

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

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Karolina Kurkova

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Katie Couric

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Reed Krakoff and Cobie Smulders

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Nicole Richie

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Chiwetel Ejiofor and Sari Mercer

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Tom Ford

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Colin Firth and Livia Firth

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Benedict Cumberbatch

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Bee Shaffer

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Carmelo Anthony with LaLa Anthony who needed a quick touch up on the red carpet

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Scott Campbell and Lake Bell

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Dita Von Teese and Zac Posen

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Greta Gerwig

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Rita Ora

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Todd Spiewak and Jim Parsons

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Edward Norton and Shauna Robertson

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Carolina Herrera

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Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka

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Sarah Jessica Parker

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David Beckham and Victoria Beckham

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Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger

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Jamie Tisch

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Brie Larson

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Jason Wu and Dakota Johnson

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Michelle Williams

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Emily Olsen

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Lily Aldridge

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Dianna Agron

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Bradley Cooper

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Joseph Altuzarra and Lea Michele

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Katie Holmes

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Kristen Wiig

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Zoe Kravitz

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Rosamund Pike

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Lily Allen

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Diane von Furstenberg and Selena Gomez

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Jessica Alba

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Solange Knowles

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Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness

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Emma Stone and Thakoon Panishgul

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Naomi Campbell

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian

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Reese Witherspoon

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Anne Hathaway

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Rihanna

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Rachel McAdams

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Tabitha Simmons

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Robin Dearden and Bryan Cranston

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Janelle Monae

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Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne

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Shailene Woodley

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Lena Dunham and Giambattista Valli

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Sean Penn and Charlize Theron

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Kristen Stewart

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Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen

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Andrew Garfield

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Reese Witherspoon, Stella McCartney, and Kate Bosworth

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Cara Delevingne

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Anna Wintour

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Kenneth Cole and Emily Cole

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Andy Cohen

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Coco Brandolini

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Georgia May Jagger

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Giovanna Battaglia

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Matt Bomer

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal

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Adriana Lima

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Lupita Nyong’o

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Hailee Steinfeld and Prabal Gurung

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Leighton Meester

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Zooey Deschanel

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Christy Turlington and Edward Burns

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Taylor Swift

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Donna Karan and Calvin Klein

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Rashida Jones

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Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy

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Jessica Pare