The Met Gala Jewels and Accessories It'd Be Way Too Tough to Miss
While award season is all about piling on the sparkling diamonds, the accessories at the Met Gala bring about a certain toughness. They fuel the fire behind spotlight-stealing looks that really do leave us gazing in wonder. "How is Lady Gaga managing the stairs in those chunky platforms? Just how leggy can Taylor Swift possibly look, thanks to those caged heels?"
And since the theme of the 2016 ball was all about the meeting of fashion and tech, we saw plenty of light-up clutches and intricately shaped, over-the-top earrings that even distracted from the gowns they accessorized. Just read on to see why the evening's red carpet will go down in history, largely because of the shoes, bags, and jewels that dazzled on by.
Bee Shaffer
Poppy Delevingne
Anna Wintour
Poppy Delevingne
Carrying an Oroton clutch.
Tavi Gevinson
Carrying a Coach clutch.
Uma Thurman
Alicia Vikander
Wearing Louis Vuitton boots.
Selena Gomez
Wearing Louis Vuitton boots.
Julie Macklowe
Selena Gomez
Carrying a Louis Vuitton clutch and wearing a Cartier bracelet.
Kendall Jenner
Wearing $4 million of Lorraine Schwartz jewels, incuding 17-carat diamond studs.
Zoe Saldana
Diane von Fürstenberg
Wearing her own design.
Jennifer Connelly
Wearing a Louis Vuitton bag.
Nicole Kidman
Kylie Jenner
Wearing 20 carats of Lorraine Schwartz diamond studs.
Elle Fanning
Wearing Tiffany & Co. jewels.
Olivia Wilde
Wearing Jennifer Fisher earrings.
Amber Heard
Wearing Anita Ko jewels.
Solange Knowles
Wearing Loewe shoes.
Rose Byrne
Emily Ratajkowski
Wearing Tiffany & Co. jewels.
Kate Bosworth
Ellie Bamber
Kerry Washington
Wearing Marc Jacobs gloves, a Judith Leiber clutch, and Fred Leighton jewels.
Kate Upton
Wearing her new engagement ring.
Chloë Sevigny
Jessica Chastain
Wearing Piaget jewels.
Tory Burch
Lily-Rose Depp
Wearing Chanel fine jewelry.
Brie Larson
Wearing Niwaka jewels.
Blake Lively
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz jewels.
Lupita Nyong'o
Maria Sharapova
Amber Valletta
Julie Macklowe
Katie Holmes
Lara Stone
Michelle Williams
Carrying a Louis Vuitton clutch and wearing Tiffany & Co. jewels.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Wearing Fred Leighton jewels.
Freida Pinto
Allison Williams
Wearing Soraya Silchenstedt x La Ligne earrings and Erickson Beamon hair accessories.
Beyoncé Knowles
Wearing over $8 million worth of Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, including 50 carats of light-pink diamond rings and a 30-carat nude diamond ring.
Lady Gaga
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz matching lighting bolt knuckle rings and a total of 100 carats in Lorraine Schwartz diamonds.
Hailee Steinfeld
Wearing David Webb jewels and a Rauwolf clutch.
Hailee Steinfeld
Wearing David Webb jewels.
Grimes
Wearing a Louis Vuitton bag.
Lady Gaga
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz lightning bolt diamond drop earrings.
Amy Schumer
Wearing an Alexander Wang Roxy studded mini-bucket bag.
Taylor Swift
Karlie Kloss
Carrying a Lisa Perry clutch.
Kate Hudson
Wearing $8 million worth of Lorraine Schwartz diamonds, including a pair of 25-carat emerald-cut diamond studs.
Katy Perry
Wearing Fred Leighton jewels.
Kim Kardashian
Wearing a custom Lorraine Schwartz earcuff and studs totaling 20 carats, altogether wearing a total of $4.5 million of diamonds.
Jennifer Hudson
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz 60-carat waterfall earrings.
Lupita Nyong'o
Hailey Baldwin
Wearing Butani and Borgioni diamond ear cuffs.
Bella Hadid
Wearing Givenchy boots.
Gigi Hadid
Emily Blunt
Wearing Forevermark jewels.