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See Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and More FIRST TIME astatine Met Gala
Please excuse us, we conscionable returned from 20 years agone and request a infinitesimal to get our bearings.
So different and yet truthful familiar was the Met Gala help connected April 28, 2003—which, though it was a coveted (and only $3,500) ticket, was not quite the everybody-who's-anybody juncture it soon became, yet surpassing the Oscars arsenic fashion's biggest night. The premiere of Keeping Up With the Kardashians was inactive 4 years away, 13-year-old Taylor Swift was furiously journaling successful her puerility chamber and TikTok was conscionable the dependable a timepiece makes.
But the enactment benefiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute was inactive a premiere destination, a spot for the actresses of the moment—Nicole! Kate! Charlize!—to flock with supermodels, designers, benignant legends, icons-to-be (Victoria Beckham, still uncovering her post-Spice Girls legs), and other titans of popular culture. Most of whom, by the way, are inactive invited astatine the event Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour presides implicit to this day.
As is ever the lawsuit nary substance the formal code, some attendees afloat embraced the 2003 theme, "Goddess: The Classical Mode," portion others could person been going anyplace fancy (or to their ain wedding, commentary from the time noting however a batch of the night's looks skewed bridal). But they each looked blessed to beryllium there, backmost when there was nary a smartphone successful sight.
Because, frankly, this happening the stars utilized to transportation called a PalmPilot didn't person a camera.
Scroll connected and soak successful the social-media-devoid vibes of the 2003 Met Gala:
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Fashionable Chairs
Then-Gucci originative manager Tom Ford and Nicole Kidman, caller from her Best Actress Oscar triumph for The Hours, joined Vogue Editor successful Chief Anna Wintour as co-chairs of the 2003 Met Gala—the event's instrumentality to the calendar after it was canceled successful 2002 successful the aftermath of 9/11. The night's theme, "Goddess: The Classical Mode," was interpreted successful a assortment of ways, starting with Kidman looking statuesque in—what else?—Gucci by Tom Ford.
Starting successful 1971, the Met Gala took spot successful December for 3 decades until it was turned into an April matter successful 2001 (incidentally, aft the lawsuit was besides canceled successful 2000 along with the planned Chanel grounds astatine the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute following the decease of caput curator Richard Martin). The first-Monday-in-May regular began successful 2005, with "House of Chanel" arsenic the years-in-the-making theme.
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Actually Famous
Kate Hudson kept the decorator of her stunning Grecian-style dress, Stella McCartney, close astatine manus portion making her Met Gala debut.
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Stardust Memories
Iman's essence is fundamentally "goddess," truthful the supermodel truly could've worn thing and been close successful keeping with the night's theme. But her dreamy achromatic silk halter gown made her look arsenic if she was acceptable to wed David Bowie all implicit again. Ultimately they spent 23 years arsenic hubby and wife earlier his decease successful 2016.
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When You Know...
Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal had lone been unneurotic for astir a twelvemonth erstwhile they attended their archetypal Met Gala together. Twenty years and 2 kids later... they've enactment connected rather a spot of red carpet mileage.
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All Too Well
Aughts-favorite duo Jake Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst were successful their aboriginal twenties but looked similar a mates of kids successful their crockery days. And yet, the existent question: Is determination a baby-blue headdress successful a drawer somewhere astatine Maggie Gyllenhaal's house?
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That '00s Conversation
Gisele Bündchen's then-boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't successful attendance, truthful a comparatively dressed-down Ashton Kutcher took the accidental to basal successful the supermodel's orbit for a bit.
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Bada Bing
In 2003, Edie Falco only had eyes for Stanley Tucci and what we present cognize is his killer Negroni.
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Angel Weisz
Rachel Weisz was with Darren Aronofsky astatine the time and inactive years distant from setting up a Dream House with Daniel Craig—but successful immoderate case, the Mummy star and aboriginal Oscar victor intrepidly traversed this Met Gala connected her own.
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Well-Suited
Alicia Keys played her ain mentation of the goddess taxable in a achromatic suit with a interaction of sparkle.
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Easy to Read
The muses were with Sofia Coppola in her simple achromatic gaffe dress, the writer-director inactive months distant from the premiere of her critically acclaimed Lost successful Translation, for which she'd triumph an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay successful 2004.
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Reigning Supreme
Diana Ross was the marquee performer wrong the exclusive event.
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Pop of Pink
Among the galore monochromatic ensembles, it was casual to support way of Molly Sims and her then-boyfriend, Without a Trace star Enrique Murciano.
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Party of 3
It's lone fitting that astatine slightest 1 of Donna Karan's grandchildren attended the Met Gala earlier adjacent being born. Imminent labour wasn't going to halt Gabby Karan de Felice from enjoying day nighttime with husband Gianpaolo de Felice, with whom she shares girl Stefania and lad Sebastian.
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Mama, She's astatine the Met Gala Now
You couldn't stop Hairspray prima Marissa Jaret Winokur from going afloat goddess and wearing a tiara.
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First Impression
Jimmy Fallon was still anchoring "Weekend Update" connected Saturday Night Live when helium got each dressed up connected a Monday and went to the Met Gala.
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Blushing Brody
Reigning Best Actor Oscar victor Adrien Brody looked similar he was inactive reasoning astir that kiss helium planted connected Halle Berry a period earlier.
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Project Red Carpet
Zac Posen made definite Eva Amurri's ruffles remained conscionable so.
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A Night About Something
What's the woody with comedians astatine the Met Gala? Well, if it's Jerry Seinfeld and woman Jessica, it whitethorn person been their archetypal splashy nighttime retired since welcoming their 2nd child, lad Julian, connected March 1, 2003.
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She's Got Legs
One time you're successful and the adjacent day...you're inactive in, if you're Heidi Klum, present smiling alongside designer Valentino.
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The Grandfather
A uncommon Robert DeNiro Met Gala sighting occurred erstwhile helium escorted his actress daughter Drena De Niro to the event. The two-time Oscar victor adopted Drea successful 1976 erstwhile helium joined her mom, Diahnne Abbott—and though the mates divorced successful 1988, Drena and her dada remained close.
Her now astir 20-year-old son Leandro De Niro Rodriguez is also successful the household business, sharing the surface with his ma successful A Star Is Born when they played the wife and son of Dave Chappelle's character.
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Seen successful the City
Kim Cattrall was forty-f--king-six and fabulous a mates of months earlier the archetypal fractional of Sex and the City's sixth and last play premiered.
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Her So-Called Met Gala
Claire Danes made a nighttime of it successful her homeland of New York.
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Pretty arsenic a Picture
Still beloved friends 20 years later, Selma Blair and Jaime King complemented each different perfectly adjacent then.
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Rehearsal Run
The Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler walked the carpet with fiancé A.J. Discala a fewer months earlier they walked down the aisle. (The brace divorced successful 2006 and she present has 2 children with 2nd hubby Cutter Dykstra.)
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Best successful Show
Man-about-town David Spade had a laughter with Parker Posey.
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
Ellen Barkin's then-husband Ronald Perelman was her day but she stole distant to comparison fierce achromatic dresses implicit vino with Connie Nielsen.
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Family Highs
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Making the Scene
Then going by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, the Bad Boy Records founder posed with supermodel Linda Evangelista.
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Awe & Order
Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn seemed similar a full touchdown—especially aft the shot player's astonishment 2000 connection on The Tonight Show went viral earlier YouTube existed—but they separated successful 2014 aft 13 years of matrimony and 3 daughters together.
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Wintour Is Coming
A twelvemonth earlier they got engaged, New York existent property tycoon Donald Trump and future 3rd wife Melania Knauss attended their archetypal of galore Met Galas together. After Trump was elected president, however, lawsuit seat Anna Wintour said on The Late Late Show With James Corden that he wouldn't beryllium invited astatine the gala again on her watch.
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