And alongside the formal is Blake's stunning Versace portion that she wore to the 2022 Met Gala nether that year's theme: In America: An Anthology of Fashion. Her gown was a motion to New York City and represented the Statue of Liberty. Blake told E! News exclusively connected the reddish carpet astatine the clip that her train had "a constellation from Grand Central Station" on with "lots of small references" to the Big Apple throughout. 

Also earning a spot successful the accumulation is Lizzo's glitzy Thom Browne dress, also from the 2022 Met Gala.

Billie Eilish's 's bold benignant besides nabbed a spot astatine the palace, arsenic her airy peach Oscar de la Renta outfit from the 2021 Met Gala is simply a portion of the newly-inducted ensembles.

"She said she wanted to instrumentality up abstraction and beryllium unmissable," the curator explained. "It was a infinitesimal of 'image transformation' for her. The Gala happened not agelong aft her caller album, connected the screen she had gone for a blase rendering of herself and the Met Gala was portion of that re-branding."

As for what each of these gorgeous gowns person successful common? Well, they each assistance showcase the modern manner consciousness of the 18th Century. 

The thought archetypal came to fruition in May 2018 after experts astatine the palace saw the Met Gala, when taxable was Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.

"Seeing the celebrities being maneuvered retired of their vehicles onto the reddish carpet by a bevy of attendants arranging their elaborate outfits astir them, we realized this each looks rather familiar," Claudia continued. "Then, determination were reports of large crowds gathering astatine the palaces to spot aristocrats get successful their finery."

This reminded the experts of 18th Century parties that were held astatine the palace.

"The 18th period is besides the commencement of the manner property too, and determination was a nationalist communicative astir what is being worn and who was successful favour oregon retired of favour astatine court—with elaborate accounts of the outfits being worn astatine court," she added, "like a champion and worst dressed."

And of course, each dress is being held successful a space fit for royalty. And while Beyoncé usually reigns implicit the stage, her formal volition now reign successful its ain right.

"She is nether the thrown canopy successful the Presence Chamber—which is the abstraction wherever you would archetypal brushwood the monarch," said Claudia. "You are successful the beingness of Queen B."