Yes, we adore seeing celebrities giving their best Blue Steel for the cameras [1], but sometimes the best moments are their most unguarded ones. There were plenty of these candid opportunities at the Met Gala on Monday, where stars like Kim Kardashian [2], Blake Lively [3], Rihanna [4], and Sarah Jessica Parker [5] mixed and mingled — and photographers captured it all. We've rounded up the cutest candids from this year's event — scroll through for them all!
Pictured: Sarah Jessica Parker [7]
Pictured: Gigi Hadid and Salma Hayek [8]
Pictured: Olivia Munn, Amanda Seyfried [9], and Thomas Sadoski
Pictured: Tiffany Haddish and Karlie Kloss
Pictured: Kim Kardashian [10] and Katy Perry [11]
Pictured: Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner
Pictured: Andrew Garfield and John Boyega
Pictured: Diane Kruger [12]
Pictured: Winnie Harlow
Pictured: Gigi Hadid and Selena Gomez [13]
Pictured: Tiffany Haddish and Winnie Harlow
Pictured: Blake Lively [14], Gigi Hadid, and Ariana Grande [15]
Pictured: Travis Scott and Kris Jenner
Pictured: Scarlett Johansson [16] and Colin Jost
Pictured: James Corden and Jimmy Fallon [17]
Pictured: Blake Lively [18]
Pictured: Salma Hayek [19] and Blake Lively [20]
Pictured: Andrew Garfield and Daniel Kaluuya
Pictured: Yara Shahidi [21]
Pictured: Sarah Paulson and Sarah Jessica Parker [22]
Pictured: Scarlett Johansson [23] and Jared Leto [24]
Pictured: Hailey Baldwin and Shawn Mendes
Pictured: Amal and George Clooney [25]
Pictured: Jennifer Lopez [26] and Alex Rodriguez
Pictured: Michael B. Jordan and Zendaya [27]
Pictured: Diplo and Ariana Grande [28]
Pictured: Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford [29], and George Clooney [30]
Pictured: Paris Jackson, Stella McCartney, and Miley Cyrus [31]
Pictured: Idris Elba and Blake Lively [32]
Pictured: Gisele Bündchen [33] and Tom Brady [34]
Pictured: Rihanna [35]
Pictured: Bella Hadid and Janelle Monáe
Pictured: George Clooney [36]
Pictured: Amal Clooney, Francesco Carrozzini, Bee Shaffer, and George Clooney [37]
Pictured: SZA
Pictured: Sienna and Savannah Miller
Pictured: Ariana Grande [38] and Vera Wang
Pictured: Kendall Jenner