When it comes to red carpets, few are more hotly anticipated (or fun to pore over) as the many, many Met Gala looks.

Equivalent to the Fashion Oscars and overseen by God Anna Wintour, anything goes when it comes to the dresses.

This year the fundraiser launches the Costume Institute’s new exhibition “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between." Translation? Avant-garde, off-the-wall, risk-taking fashion.

And it seems the exclusive guest list definitely got the memo, with some of the most interesting red carpet ensembles we’ve seen.

This post originally appeared on Mamamia, Spring.St's Australian sister site. You can read it here.