Kaepernick, Serena, OBJ and D-Wade were ‘doing the most’ at Met Gala
Shoulders, shine and sneakers show out in fashion’s biggest event of the year

The 71st annual Met Gala, the splashy annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, went down Monday night in New York City, and it was as glamorous as ever.
The invited celebrities and athletes were asked to dress according to the theme of the evening: “Camp: Notes on Fashion.” This is not a reference to training camp, sleep-away camp or anything involving hiking boots. It refers to the art of being extra, doing the most, too much — in the best way possible. It was inspired by Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes on Camp.
“For Camp art,” she wrote, “is often decorative art, emphasizing texture, sensuous surface, and style at the expense of content … it is the love of the exaggerated, the ‘off,’ of things-being-what-they-are-not.”
The genre is often associated with the sensibilities of people like Cher or Elton John. Monday’s gala highlighted some formidable new players in the camp game: Dapper Dan, Janelle Monáe, Lupita Nyong’o and Cardi B.
Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, chaired the evening along with Serena Williams, Lady Gaga, singer-songwriter Harry Styles and Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele.
“Harry Styles, Serena Williams, Alessandro Michele, and Anna Wintour are among the hosts of this year’s #METGala”. via Vogue pic.twitter.com/xCiUdluHeS
— Harry Styles Updates. (@TheHSUpdate) May 7, 2019
Together, they welcomed an estimated 550 guests, including Colin Kaepernick and his girlfriend, TV personality Nessa Diab; Odell Beckham Jr.; Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union; and Saquon Barkley. Everyone who attends the event does not necessarily pay to be there. Those who do spend about $35,000 per ticket or $200,000 to $300,000 per table.
Rihanna, who disappointed many #metgala2019 followers by not attending the event this year, crowned Wintour with the title of “best dressed.” However, fans of Billy Porter, Lady Gaga and Zendaya may beg to differ.
#MetGala2019 This is not met gala. This should be met gaga!! @ladygaga pic.twitter.com/sCSfTwIwBJ
— Ccclarissa (@Clariss38031680) May 7, 2019
everyone going to the met gala go home, billy porter just won pic.twitter.com/kq25KMay6i
— kate ⧗ ia (@vclkyric) May 6, 2019
ZENDAYA IS THE QUEEN OF THE MET GALA EVERY SINGLE YEAR. That’s it. That’s the tweet. #MetGala pic.twitter.com/fwYqCDZVBs
— we need bloodline as the 4th single Ariana, i- (@carvonds) May 7, 2019
Take a look at some of the attendees below. You be the judge.
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Omari Hardwick arrives on the red carpet for the 2019 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, in New York on May 6. (Justin Lane/EPA)Omari Hardwick arrives on the red carpet for the 2019 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, in New York on May 6. (Justin Lane/EPA)
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Yara Shahidi attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Yara Shahidi attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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Ava DuVernay attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” exhibition Monday night in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Ava DuVernay attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” exhibition Monday night in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Odell Beckham Jr. attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes On Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (John Shearer/Getty Images)Odell Beckham Jr. attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes On Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (John Shearer/Getty Images)
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Zendaya (left) and Law Roach (right) attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)Zendaya (left) and Law Roach (right) attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
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RuPaul attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)RuPaul attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
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Alessia Cara attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Alessia Cara attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Tessa Thompson attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)Tessa Thompson attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
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Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Lewis Hamilton attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)Lewis Hamilton attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
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Nicki Minaj attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Nicki Minaj attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Lena Waithe (left) and Kerby Jean-Raymond (right) attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. (Theo Wargo/WireImage)Lena Waithe (left) and Kerby Jean-Raymond (right) attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. (Theo Wargo/WireImage)
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Billy Porter attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Billy Porter attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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Ciara attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Ciara attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Dwyane Wade (left) and Gabrielle Union attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)Dwyane Wade (left) and Gabrielle Union attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Janelle Monáe attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday. (Theo Wargo/WireImage)Janelle Monáe attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday. (Theo Wargo/WireImage)
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Serena Williams attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on Monday in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Serena Williams attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on Monday in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Michael B. Jordan attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Theo Wargo/WireImage)Michael B. Jordan attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Theo Wargo/WireImage)
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Cardi B attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)Cardi B attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
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21 Savage attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)21 Savage attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 6. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)