Met Gala 2023: This Year's Theme EXPLAINED

Never has Mindy Kaling ever failed to slay connected the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Questioning our take? Number one: How situation you erstwhile The Office alum turned up astatine the 2023 Met Gala May 1 wearing a portion jewel-encrusted layered gown from Jonathan Simkhai. (See each the glam looks from fashion's biggest nighttime here.)

  
Of course, Mindy is nary alien to going each retired for the archetypal Monday successful May arsenic she's donned respective show-stopping looks implicit the years. Most recently, for the 2022 Met Gala's "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" theme, the Never Have I Ever creator arrived successful a stunning lilac gown from Prabal Gurung featuring a plunging neckline and thigh-high slit. 

However, this event, which honored the precocious Karl Lagerfeld, marks a large milestone for the Mindy Project alum, who walked the famed steps for the archetypal clip 10 years ago. For the 2013 "Punk" theme, she donned a purple Lela Rose gown, posing alongside her Office co-star and ex B.J. Novak on the reddish carpet.