Last year’s Met Ball honored the late Alexander McQueen, and socialite Daphne Guinness wore an exquisite lilac McQueen gown adorned with hundreds of feathers. As part of a collaboration with Barneys New York, the fashion trailblazer got dressed and ready for the ball in the department store’s Madison Avenue windows.
Iconic Met Ball Gowns
Each spring the brightest stars of the fashion, film, and society worlds turn out for the Costume Institute's Met Ball in New York. And this year, TIME looks back at the 15 best dresses at the Ball since 1995.