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Katy Perry’s Light-Up Dress & More of Her Met Gala Style Through the Years

Perry will be a co-chair of this year's gala, along with Pharrell Williams.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: Katy Perry attends "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," the 2022 Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Katy Perry’s Met Gala Red Carpet Shoes From Years Past [PHOTOS]
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 6: Katy Perry attends The Metropolitan Museum Of Art's 2019 Costume Institute Benefit "Camp: Notes On Fashion" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Katy Perry and Diane von Furstenberg attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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At the 2016 Met Gala, model Karolina Kurkova wore a light-up dress designed by Marchesa in conjunction with IBM. The dress was the talk of the red carpet, but fashion fans will remember that Kurkova was not the first to wear a light-up gown on the Met Gala red carpet.

Katy Perry wore a glowing pink dress by CuteCircuit to the 2010 Met Gala, where the theme was “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.” She paired it with pink glitter peep-toe pumps.

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Perry’s CuteCircuit gown lit up with LED lights at the 2010 Met Gala. She paired the dress with sparkly peep-toe pumps.REX Shutterstock

While that look was arguably not quite as high-fashion as Kurkova’s, Perry has definitely pushed the fashion boundaries ever since. In 2013, she attended with Dolce & Gabbana designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, wearing an embellished dress, crown and heels by the label.

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Perry wearing head-to-toe Dolce & Gabbana at the 2013 Met Gala.REX Shutterstock

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In 2015, she hit the red carpet with Moschino designer Jeremy Scott, in one of his signature wild creations, complete with quirky accessories.

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Perry attended the 2015 Met Gala with Moschino designer Jeremy Scott.REX Shutterstock

For the most recent gala, in 2016, she wore a dramatic black Prada gown with coordinating dark lips.

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Katy Perry wearing Prada at the 2016 Met Gala.REX Shutterstock

This year, Perry is serving as the event’s co-chair, with Pharrell Williams. While we don’t know what dress she’ll wear, we think she’ll likely don a pair of shoes from her recently launched Katy Perry Collections shoe line.

Click through the gallery to see more of Perry’s looks through the years.

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