NEW YORK — Fashion’s biggest night delivered A-list faces and equally memorable looks, ranging from stunningly “groundbreaking” — in the parlance of one Miranda Priestly — to truly (bleached) eyebrow-raising.

Monday’s “Costume Art” Met Ball marked the first since Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour passed the baton to Vogue.com editor Chloe Malle in 2025.

The theme called for the exploration of “the relationship between clothing and the body beneath,” spotlighting “a series of thematic body types” with the help of “historical and contemporary pieces from the Costume Institute.”

Below, here’s how famous faces fared with their interpretation of the theme.

Best dressed

In her long-awaited return to the Met Gala, co-chair Beyoncé did not disappoint. Queen Bey was one of the last to arrive, and arguably the most hotly anticipated — after a decade away from the festivities. She stunned in an Olivier Rousteing rhinestone gown resembling a skeleton, with a train that left an impression long after she left the cameras. The record-breaking Grammy winner was also joined at the ball by daughter Blue Ivy, 14, and husband Jay-Z.

“One Battle After Another” breakout Chase Infiniti may have been snubbed for an Oscar, but she was no doubt a winner of the night, making her Met Gala debut in a floor-length Thom Browne gown, made with the help of more than 1.5 million sequins, it was meant to channel the Venus de Milo.

Worst dressed

Troye Sivan

The “Rush” singer wore Prada to the carpet, though not in the way most would have expected: with ripped jeans and a fur coat. Even for a run-of-the-mill night out, the styling appeared more mismatched than groundbreaking.

Runners-up for the night’s worst outfits included Madonna, who showed up with a makeshift ship mast atop her hat, like a Tim Burton character, and needed several people to help carry her extensive train, as well as Kylie Jenner’s bleached eyebrows and a corset that boasted exaggerated nipples. Olivia Wilde’s sleek black and white dress was nothing to write home about, that is until she turned around to show off the cage attached to the backside.

Best hair/styling

Bad Bunny

The Grammy winner, and newly minted Super Bowl halftime star, may have arrived via DeLorean, as he showed up wearing makeup that aged him several decades. When asked how long the look took to put together, Bad Bunny said “53 years.”

Most on-theme

Kendall Jenner seemed to take a page from sister Kylie’s manufactured nipple-forward look, though for good reason. Her Zac Posen-crafted gown was meant to emulate the statue Winged Victory of Samothrace, which lives in the Louvre.

Heidi Klum, known almost as much for her zealous approach to Halloween costumes as she is for her modeling, looked like a living marble sculpture as she wore Mike Marino.

Miranda Priestly 'groundbreaking' award

Much like florals for spring, theater producer Jordan Roth’s take on the the theme of the evening, in the form of a Robert Wun velvet gown and a mannequin affixed to the back, straddled the line between impressive and installation.

Sabrina Carpenter, meanwhile, wore a Jonathan Anderson dress, “all made of film,” which she said was her “dream.”

The “Espresso” singer added that the dress, whose headpiece seemed designed with the Golden Age of Hollywood in mind, was specifically made with reels of the film “Sabrina,” which Carpenter crowned “one of my favorites of all time.”

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