Fashion's Biggest Event Of The Year: What They Wore To New York's Met Gala

Celebrities are on the red carpet for the annual Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 

Always guided by a theme, they have been given the dress code - gilded glamour and white tie - for this year's event.

As usual, the sartorial theme comes from the exhibition the gala launches, which for 2022 is "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," the second installment of star curator Andrew Bolton's two-part show exploring the roots of American style.

Vogue's Anna Wintour, who has run the gala since 1995, continues as one of the night's honorary co-chairs, along with designer Tom Ford and Instagram's Adam Mosseri.

Kim Kardashian once again showed just how powerful she is by turning up at the Met Gala in New York in the $5 million dress Marilyn Monroe wore in one of pop culture's most iconic moments.

Monroe famously wore the nude-coloured figure-hugging gown to sing a sultry version of Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy in front of thousands at Madison Square Garden in 1962.

By tracking her whereabouts from paparazzi photos and scanning recent interviews, social media users guessed Kim was going to wear the dress, after she and new partner Pete Davidson were recently spotted in Orlando, Florida - the home of Ripley's Believe It or Not museum.

In 2016, the dress, which contains more than 2,500 handstitched crystals, was sold at auction to Ripley's for nearly $5 million (£3.99m).

By tracking her whereabouts from paparazzi photos and scanning recent interviews, social media users guessed Kim was going to wear the dress, after she and new partner Pete Davidson were recently spotted in Orlando, Florida - the home of Ripley's Believe It or Not museum.

In 2016, the dress, which contains more than 2,500 handstitched crystals, was sold at auction to Ripley's for nearly $5 million (£3.99m).

To this day, it holds the record for being the most expensive dress sold at auction. It is the first time it has been worn in public since the day Monroe sang in it.

Kardashian was the final celebrity to walk the Met Gala red carpet, joined by Davidson. She swapped her signature long black hair for a tight platinum blonde bun, emulating Monroe.

The reality TV star and entrepreneur told Vogue she had to lose 16 pounds to fit into the dress and said she would be "forever grateful" for the moment.

Here are some of the best looks from the red carpet so far: