Blake Lively reveals her coordination with the red carpet in Met Gala throwbacks

The great and good of Hollywood were lamenting the postponement of the annual Met Gala on Monday evening. 

And in the midst of a legion of throwback snaps to the glam soirée, Blake Lively shared images from three of her jaunts to the event – while revealing that she had matched with the red carpet in her 2016, 2017 and 2018 looks. 

While the Gossip Girl star, 32, pointed out the comparison, fellow superstar Gigi Hadid joked that she had colluded with Vogue editor and host Anna Wintour to ensure her ensembles matched up to perfection. 

Blake looked incredible in the trip of looks, however it was not the styles stealing the show it was in fact coordination with the burgundy, blue and pink floor. 

In a nod to the striking coincidence, she added a caption reading: ‘…when the carpet matches the Blakes. Met Ball 2018, 2017, 2016’.

Clearly tickled by Blake’s illustration and nostalgia, Gigi penned: ‘How far in advance do you have to tell Anna what color to make the carpet ?’

Despite Anna Wintour’s annual ball – which is known as ‘fashion’s biggest night out’ -being put on hold indefinitely in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, celebrities are paying homage to the first Monday of May.

This year’s Met Gala was postponed ‘indefinitely’ in the wake of COVID-19, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the event is held every year, revealed all events had been called off in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The news came just days after the museum announced it would close its doors ‘until further notice’ after two of its employees were found to be suffering from symptoms associated with the disease.

This is the first time that the event – for which tickets can cost up to $35,000 a person – has been called off in the 22 years that Vogue editor-in-chief Wintour has chaired it, a job that she took on back in 1995 when she made her debut as the hostess of the star-studded party.

Since then, the event has become a must-attend for Hollywood’s most prominent stars, with A-listers going above and beyond to embrace each year’s fashion-focused theme, while also showcasing their own style credentials on the red carpet. 

Indeed, over the years, the outfits that have made their way up the famous steps to the museum have become all the more bizarre and over-the-top, with stars like Katy, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, and Rihanna pulling out all the stops to make an impression.

While last year’s theme – Camp: Notes on Fashion – saw Katy turning up dresses as a chandelier, while Gaga did a full costume change in front of photographers, this year’s theme, About Time: Fashion and Duration, was set to be even more flamboyant.

And not only that, it was reported earlier this month that Meghan Markle was set to make her Met Gala debut at this year’s event, with sources revealing to The Sun that the former royal was planning to attend alongside her close friend, British Vogue editor Edward Enninful.

This year’s Met Gala was also due to be the first time actress Meryl Streep was going to attend; despite portraying a character based on Anna Wintour in the popular movie The Devil Wears Prada, the Oscar winner had never actually been a guest at the star-studded party.