May 4 (UPI) -- Emma Chamberlain, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman were among the stars who embodied this year's Met Gala theme, "Fashion is Art" as they walked the red carpet Monday in New York City.
The gala this year celebrated the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit "Costume Art," exploring the relationship between clothing and the body. The exhibit opens Sunday and runs through Jan. 10.
The co-chairs of this year's event were Grammy-winning singer Beyoncé, Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman, tennis legend Venus Williams and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, were honorary chairs.
Chamberlain, who was Vogue's special correspondent on the red carpet Monday, arrived early to the event wearing a custom Mugler gown by Miguel Castro Freitas. She told Vogue ahead of the event she was inspired by her artist father and wanted her multi-colored gown to feel like a painting.
Williams, who attended the gala with her husband, Andrea Preti, wore a Swarovski crystal mesh gown inspired by a painting at the National Portrait Gallery, Venus Williams, Double Portrait by Robert Pruitt. The gallery in Washington, D.C., commissioned the portrait of her in 2002.
