See how Instagram users are reinterpreting the most memorable looks from Jared Leto, Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae and Beyoncé, to name a few.
Among the list of cancelled or postponed global events due to COVID-19 is the Met Gala, which would have taken place yesterday – the first Monday of May – if the planets had aligned. But since it didn’t, red carpet regular Billy Porter and Vogue magazine have teamed up to initiate a fun social media challenge for the fashion crowd to play dress up from home.
Cue the #MetGalaChallenge, inviting Instagram users to recreate their favourite red carpet looks from past Met Galas. In lieu of this year’s “About Time: Fashion and Duration” themed affair, netizens DIY-ed their own ensembles from household items that could very well pass as a theme of its own.
Close to 4,000 posts with the hashtag have been posted so far (at time of writing), with the platform’s wealth of content creators jumping on the bandwagon to reinterpret the most memorable looks from Jared Leto, Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae and Beyoncé, to name a few.
Check out our list of the most outstanding takes on the #MetGalaChallenge that are (arguably) almost as good as the originals below.
One Instagram user, Sanja Kosovska Mitrovica, outdid herself by creating not one, not two, but six Met Gala getups. We can’t decide which one is the most creative of them all, so we’ll leave them all here for you to determine for yourself.
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Photos courtesy of respective Instagram users