The Met Gala, an annual ball, which formally kicks off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's yearly Costume Institute exhibit, always, brings in a bevy of style stars, from models to designers to Hollywood's A-list. The red carpet evening where celebrities arrive dressed to impress is described as the fashion industry’s “Night of Nights”. Each year the event has a theme and the evening includes a cocktail hour and a formal dinner. The evening Rivals the West Coast's Vanity Fair Oscar Party, which is said to have more "star power", but less fashion panache. The Oscars parties have more Hollywood people and press representatives. This year, on May 6, with the theme "Punk: Chaos to Couture", we saw the attendees dressed to the nines in plenty of studding, black leather and a few mohawks. There were plenty of A-listers who approached the event with great enthusiasm making daring sartorial selections. Some guests lived up to expectations while others fizzled with their own interpretations but let’s see who did the unconventional theme justice?

Beyonce, who was named an honorary chair of the event, wore a custom-made flame-print Givenchy dress that had a noticeable punk tinge.
Madonna fashionably late as always showed up pants-less, wearing fishnet stockings, layers of chains and crucifixes, and a Givenchy jacket. "Punk is about not caring what anybody thinks," she told the crowd before striking a pose.
Sarah Jessica Parker was another one to take the dress code seriously, topping her Giles Deacon gown with a Philip Treacy mohawk.
But as Met ball chair Riccardo Tisci put it- “punk is not so much about the look, it's about the personality."
Kim Kardashian's floral baby bump is somehow upstaged by her glove-sleeves. The reality TV starlet, accompanied by baby daddy rapper Kanye West, hit the red carpet also in a bold Givenchy dress.
Nicole Richie and Anne Hathaway debuted dramatic hairstyles at the event. Richie went silver and even painted her mane while Hathaway dyed her pixie cut bleach blond.
Katie Holmes wore an ultra-feminine and not at all punk, white Calvin Klein Collection dress that did leave everyone swooning nevertheless.
Katy Perry rules all. "I'm Joan of Arc, the original punk," the singer joked. She wore a jewel-encrusted Dolce & Gabbana gown with a crown.
"Punk is not putting it on. Punk is angry. Punk is not pretending. Punk is real. Punk is doing your own thing, sticking the finger to the man," - Kristen McMenamy
See a few of many others on the red carpet looks and tell me which ones are your favorites in the comments section!
BY SRUTI JINDAL, our Fashion & Music writer