Best looks from the 2019 Met Gala co-chairs, including Lady Gaga and Serena Williams
This year will mark co-chair Harry Styles' first appearance at the Met Gala
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Your support makes all the difference.Lady Gaga, Serena Williams, Harry Styles and Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele are all serving as co-chairs at this year's Met Gala, alongside Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Both Gaga and Williams have previously made bold sartorial statements on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, wearing creations by designers including Versace and Oscar de la Renta.
Michele has dressed his fair share of stars in designs by Gucci, having attended the event on the first Monday in May with celebrities including Dakota Johnson, Lana Del Rey and Jared Leto.
Despite having demonstrated his keen eye for fashion on several occasions, this year will mark Styles' first appearance at the Met Gala.
Aside from the "Sign of the Times" singer, here are the best Met Gala looks over the years from the 2019 co-chairs:
While the actual Met Gala is not a televised event, live coverage from the red carpet will be available from multiple outlets on Monday 6 May.
E! will be broadcasting live from the red carpet from, while Entertainment Tonight will also be livestreaming arrivals.
The guests in attendance at the Met Gala, all of whom are carefully chosen by Wintour, will be expected to adhere to a certain set of rules throughout the night.
Last year, it was announced that the Met Gala had decreed a new age restriction, disallowing anyone under the age of 18 from attending.
Furthermore, despite several celebrities' proclivity for smoking in the bathrooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the evening's festivities, this has been heavily frowned upon in the past.
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