Celebrities who stuck to the Met Gala 2021 theme: the best all-American looks

Patriotic red, white and blue colour-blocking was a go-to look for many stars at the fashion event

Emily Ratajkowski wears red Vera Wang to the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Timothee Chalamet in white Rick Owens and Haider Ackermann at the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Tracee Ellis Ross wears blue Balenciaga to the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Megan Fox wears red Dundas to attend the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Emily Blunt in a white Miu Miu gown at the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Michaela Coel wears blue Balenciaga to attend the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Addison Rae wears red Gucci to attend the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Chloe Bailey in white Rodarte at the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Amanda Gorman wears blue Vera Wang to attend the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Jennifer Hudson wears red AZ Factory at the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Gigi Hadid in white Prada at the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Nia Dennis wears blue Stella McCartney x Adidas to attend the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Venus Williams wears red to the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Joan Smalls in white Ralph Lauren at the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Lupita Nyong'o wears blue Versace to the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Isabelle Huppert wears red Balenciaga to attend the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Nyjah Huston in white at the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Dan Levy wears blue Loewe to attend the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Finneas wears red Givenchy to the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Alicia Keys in a white AZ Factory creation at the 2021 Met Gala. Reuters

CL wears blue Alexander Wang to attend the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Ella Emhoff wears red Stella McCartney to the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Cynthia Erivo in white Moschino at the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Jasmine Tooks wears blue at the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Megan Rapinoe in a red Sergio Hudson at the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Lily Aldridge wears white Ralph Lauren to the 2021 Met Gala. AP

Ben Platt in a blue Christian Cowan outfit at the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Eiza Gonzalez wears red Atelier Versace to the 2021 Met Gala. EPA

Claire Danes wears white Prabal Gurung to the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Debbie Harry in a red, white and blue Zac Posen creation at the 2021 Met Gala. AFP

Every year, the Met Gala has a theme, which is followed with varying degrees of rigour.

This year, one of New York's biggest high-fashion events was held under the theme In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, which many stars translated into colour-blocked red, white and blue looks, echoing the colours of the American flag.

Click through the gallery above to see all the red, white and blue looks on the red carpet.

Emily Ratajkowski, Timothee Chalamet and Amanda Gorman were among the stars to colour-block in red, white and blue. EPA, AP

Vibrant shades of head-to-toe red were seen on a host of stars at Monday night's event. Emily Ratajkowski wore Vera Wang, Megan Fox wore Dundas and Finneas wore Givenchy, all in various shades of vermilion.

In the white camp were Emily Blunt, Gigi Hadid and Cynthia Erivo, wearing Miu Miu, Prada and Moschino, respectively.

Hues of blue were represented by Amanda Gorman in Vera Wang, Tracee Ellis Ross in Balenciaga and Nia Dennis in Stella McCartney x Adidas. A more literal reading of the theme was sported by Blondie star Debbie Harry, who wore custom Zac Posen designed to look like the star-spangled banner.

Traditionally, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala is held annually in May to raise money for the institution. In 2020, the event was cancelled owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year it was delayed by five months.

To attend the event, attendees were expected to show proof of full vaccination. In a rule set by the Met, they were also expected to wear masks indoors except when eating or drinking. A few stars wore masks to arrive at the event. Kim Kardashian, however, incorporated a full face mask into her head-to-toe black Balenciaga look.