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IT'S supposed to be the biggest style spectacle of the year – but the Met Gala turned into just another excuse to strip off.

Attention seeking celebs including the ever-wilting wallflowers Emily Ratajkowski, Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian flashed their flesh last night instead of fashion know-how.

Emily Ratajkowski stepped out in a barely-there Peter Dundas
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Emily Ratajkowski stepped out in a barely-there Peter DundasCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Monday’s glittering benefit event, hosted in honour of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, had the theme of “Camp”, as defined by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay Notes on Camp.

But many stars interpreted this as wearing as little threads as possible.

I'd be more shocked at seeing Emily wearing actual clothes for once as her dress, if you can even call it that, consisted of a see-through sarong and a few fabric strips tied to barely cover her most famous assets.

While walking the red carpet like a normal guest would never have sufficed for Met Gala chair Lady Gaga.

Kim Kardashain's rain-drop illusion dress turned many heads on the pink carpet
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Kim Kardashain's rain-drop illusion dress turned many heads on the pink carpetCredit: Getty Images - Getty
The Maison Mugler gown gives the impression that the reality star has been caught in the rain
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The Maison Mugler gown gives the impression that the reality star has been caught in the rainCredit: Getty - Contributor
Met Gala chair Lady Gaga underwent three transformations in as many minutes on the red carpet and eventually stripped off
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Met Gala chair Lady Gaga underwent three transformations in as many minutes on the red carpet and eventually stripped offCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Lady Gaga's final look of the event was this black lingerie set with fishnet tights and boots
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Lady Gaga's final look of the event was this black lingerie set with fishnet tights and bootsCredit: Getty Images - Getty

She shed four layered outfits like a stripping Russian doll, before revealing the finale - black underwear teamed with fishnets.

We've seen identical looks numerous times before in her music videos, so not much of a surprise there, plus - what would fellow host and Vogue editor Anna Wintour say?

Roll her eyes and cross Gaga off next year's invitee list, probably.

Winnie Harlow also flashed the flesh in this carnival-inspired OTT look
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Winnie Harlow also flashed the flesh in this carnival-inspired OTT lookCredit: AP:Associated Press
Winnie's cut-out dress left little to the imagination on the famous red carpet
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Winnie's cut-out dress left little to the imagination on the famous red carpetCredit: Getty - Contributor
Jennifer Lopez ensured all eyes were on her in this plunging silver dress with a high leg slit
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Jennifer Lopez ensured all eyes were on her in this plunging silver dress with a high leg slitCredit: PA
Zoe Kravitz dared to bare her cleavage in this striking black gown
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Zoe Kravitz dared to bare her cleavage in this striking black gownCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Amber Valletta seems to be missing the bottom half of her outfit, wearing just a high-legged leotard
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Amber Valletta seems to be missing the bottom half of her outfit, wearing just a high-legged leotardCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Irina Shayk certainly grabbed attention with this plunging gown
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Irina Shayk certainly grabbed attention with this plunging gownCredit: Getty Images - Getty

While Kim Kardashian opted for a skin coloured, latex dress accessorised with a bulging cleavage - and I'm not sure which part of her look was supposed to coincide with the Gala's Camp theme.

Next year they should save themselves the bother of thinking up a theme, and just encourage everyone to turn up in their pants.

WHAT IS THE MET GALA FOR?

The gala is the biggest event in the fashion fundraising calendar, with donations and proceeds going towards the Met's Costume Institute.

The annual event is a celebration of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is located in New York.

It is one of the world’s largest art galleries and is located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan’s Museum Mile.

Celebrities rock up to the city that never sleeps to pay tribute to the Costume Institute and their new exhibition.

Every year, the Met Gala runs with a specific concept and the 2019 theme is "Camp: Notes on Fashion."

The theme is inspired by a 1964 essay in which American author Susan Sontag defined camp by its "love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration".

Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles were chosen as the 2019 co-chairs alongside Vogue USA Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and curator of the Costume Institute, Andrew Bolton.

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Elsewhere in Met Gala news, we revealed how the glamorous stars prepared for the occasion, including a topless Rita Ora.

Last year the stars were asked to dress to reflect ";Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination".

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