Met Gala 2023 looks: See photos of the show-stopping red carpet arrivals

Celebrities turned out on the red carpet dressed in everything from couture gowns to a furry white cat costume for the annual Met Gala in New York City. 

The event is a lavish fundraiser attended by actors, models, music stars, politicians and other celebrities to celebrate the opening of an annual fashion exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The event is organized by Vogue magazine's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

This year's theme is centered around legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's long-time creative director, who passed away in 2019 at age 85. 

The decision to celebrate Lagerfeld at fashion's biggest night has received some criticism. Lagerfeld made fat-phobic and sexist comments throughout his career, including saying he was "fed up with" the #MeToo movement in 2018, and criticizing Adele's weight a decade ago.

But Wintour told CBS News' Gayle King that "Karl was provocative, and he was full of paradoxes. And I think sometimes he would say things … to shock, and not necessarily things that he believed in."

"Karl was a complicated man," she said, adding that the exhibition focuses on Lagerfeld's work and is not a biography.

Here are some of the photos of celebrities making their way across the red carpet.

Rihanna

Dua Lipa

Lala Anthony

Chloe Fineman

Penelope Cruz

Rita Ora

Vittoria Ceretti

Emma Chamberlain 

Doja Cat

Serena Williams & Alexis Ohanian

Phoebe Bridgers

Ashley Graham

Karlie Kloss

Nicole Kidman

Emily Ratajkowski

Cardi B 

Brian Tyree Henry 

Irina Shayk

Quinta Brunson

Margaret Qualley

Ice Spice

Ariana DeBose

Gisele Bundchen

Sean "Diddy" Combs

Pierce Brosnan

Ben Platt

Sydney Sweeney

Grace Elizabeth

Robert Pattinson

Amy Fine Collins

Jennie Kim

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Lil Nas X

Donatella Versace

Finneas

Kaitlyn Dever

Vanessa Hudgens

Jared Leto

Kim Kardashian

Kendall Jenner

Kylie Jenner

Cara Delevingne