Katy Perry arrived at the 2019 Met Gala looking like an actual chandelier with three layers of light-up candles surrounding her sparkly silver Moschino dress. The night's theme was "Camp: Notes on Fashion," which the pop singer completely played into. Perry walked the carpet solo. Had she taken her fiancé Orlando Bloom, it would've been their first Met Gala red carpet together. But even though they didn't walk the 2018 Met Gala red carpet together, the couple did make a statement there. The two accessorized their Prada looks with matching Tamagotchis. The theme was "Manus x Machina," and Bloom told reporters his toy was his "tech contribution." After three years of on-and-off dating, Perry and Bloom officially announced their engagement in February. Perry posted an Instagram of the two, with a new ring on her finger, and the caption: "full bloom" It's been reported that the ring is 4.5 karats and cost $5 million. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Perry and Bloom first met in 2016, broke up in February 2017, with a source saying, "They both still love each other very much, though, and getting back together could happen once they have some space." They then stayed amicable throughout their split before reconnecting five months later in August. They made their first red carpet appearance together in September 2018 at the Gala for the Global Ocean. Madison Feller Madison is a staff writer at ELLE.com, covering news, politics, and culture. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Katy Perry showed up to the Met Gala looking lit, literally. You will see what I mean soon. Katy Perry took the Met Gala’s camp theme super seriously, showing up dressed as an actual chandelier. Dimitrios Kambouris Getty Images “I love lamp.” —Katy Perry, apparently This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Cosmo Anyway, this weighs, like, 40 pounds and actually lights up, so gotta give Katy some maj props. Let’s see some more angles, shall we? This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Wait, guys...my favorite part about this look? Katy actually sung “Chandelier” by Sia while wearing this. Mic. Drop. Rachel Torgerson I'm Cosmopolitan's fashion editor—you can follow me on Instagram at @racheltorgs This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) This year’s Met Gala theme was made for Katy Perry. The pop star, 34, attended the fashion event on Monday as a guest of Moschino’s Jeremy Scott and dressed as a huge chandelier. Lit bulbs surrounded her hips and stomach as well as a third layer attached to her head. The singer seemed virtually unable to move through the pink carpet and looked confused as to where her hands should go. She also wore a short, blond wig and natural makeup but accessorized with silver bedazzled heels. This is the second time Perry has attended the annual affair as a guest of Scott’s; the first time was in 2015 for “China: Through the Looking Glass,” when she wore a graffiti-printed gown with a purse in the shape of a spray-paint can and pierced nails. It’s no surprise that Perry would take the spotlight at the annual fête; she’s known for favoring over-the-top clothes both on and off the stage, constantly embracing this year’s theme — “Camp: Notes on Fashion” — in her everyday life. At last year’s ball, the “Teenage Dream” singer showed up in enormous angel wings — so large, in fact, that she had to enter the museum sideways and take off the heavy prop for the rest of the night — and a short, gold Versace dress to match the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Church” theme. She also routinely nails the camp aesthetic with multicolored wigs, whimsical manicures and extravagant costumes. Even at past Met Galas, Perry has always been one to watch. In 2017, she wore a red John Galliano veil and dress with a clue about her forthcoming album “Witness” stitched over the eyes; in 2010, she covered herself in LED lights. But Perry’s creative clothing choices have led to some awkward issues. In 2016, she threatened to wear a diaper to help cut down on trips to the bathroom, and after the 2017 gala, she revealed a new secret weapon: the GoGirl, a silicone device that enables women to urinate standing up. “I’ve used them in several music videos because I always find myself in this predicament where I have a very extravagant, lavish, unrealistic, unpractical costume on,” she told Ellen DeGeneres at the time. “That’s just me, I guess.” Looks like this year is no different.<doc-sep>Katy Perry is no stranger to camp. So it’s no surprise that for the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme at the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit in New York, she dressed the part. Perry arrived to the 2019 Met Gala red carpet with a full-on chandelier costume, with candlesticks around her head and waist. The “Firework” singer lit the internet ablaze with the look, often posing without smiling — resembling Beauty and the Beast’s Lumière in her custom Moschino gown. Under creative director Jeremy Scott, Moschino provided quite a few head turners for this year’s annual gala — and teaming up with Perry for this theme made so much sense, Scott told Page Six Style. “There probably isn’t a performer in pop history that’s used camp and humor more than she has,” Scott said of Perry. “I have guesses at what people expect from us, but I’m trying to outdo those expectations.” Scott was also behind Kacey Musgraves’ Barbie doll look on Monday night. Some people took to Twitter to make puns and memes out of the outfit. But Perry’s look seemed to be an unquestionable fan-favorite early in the evening for its campiness. Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. Please enter a valid email address. * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. Please attempt to sign up again. Sign Up Now An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. Please try again later. 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Katy Perry is never one to shy away from an over-the-top look. She's worn a dress made out of bedazzled fruit, performed in a rendering of an American flag, and has even attended Fashion Week in a minidress adorned with muppet characters. But her 2019 Met Gala outfit hands down takes the cake. For the exhibit "Camp: Notes on Fashion," Perry honored the camp theme by wearing a chandelier. Yes, you read that right. Her silver bejeweled Moschino dress was accompanied by three layers of light-up candles—with the final one resting on her head. According to The New York Times, Perry's headpiece weighed in at a cool 40 pounds. When asked how she would sit down, she told the Times, “You don’t sit down at the Met,” before busting into a rendition of Sia's 2014 hit song “Chandelier." Shutterstock And between the headpiece, the light display, and her maybe or maybe-not nod to Beauty and the Beast, the Internet was quick to declare her one of the best-dressed of the evening. One Twitter user said, said, "Katy Perry won Met Gala. The true light." And another tweeted, "Katy Perry is coming to give back everything the darkness stole." The dress was designed by Jeremy Scott, who told Vogue, "Who has ever been to a ball that did not have a chandelier? The idea of elegance itself is quite camp, and I wanted to play with that concept, poke a li'l fun at it with a loving nudge.” According to Vogue, Scott's team spent six weeks placing thousands of Swarovski crystals on the dress before hanging the actual chandelier pieces on it. Hidden in the dress is a built-in corset with 18 steel bones and two battery packs, for the light-up effect. Because, as Scott says, “I mean, who wants to wear a chandelier that doesn't light up? !” Perry walked the carpet solo, without her fiancé, Orlando Bloom. While the two have never walked the Met Gala red carpet together, in 2018 they both attended and wore matching Tamagotchis.