Just about every annual Met Gala is preceded by a mix of anticipation and trepidation around how celebrity guests, and the stylists and designers with whom they work, will interpret the evening’s official dress code. This is especially true of this year’s “Tailored for You” theme, stemming from the accompanying Costume Institute exhibit “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which celebrates the history of the Black dandy.

While always aligned with the subject of that year’s spring Costume Institute exhibition, these sartorial mandates — put forth by Vogue — are rarely straightforward. And while some attendees make their best effort to respectfully adhere to the theme, many others… take some liberties.

From 2015’s “Chinese white tie” to last year’s “The garden of time,” see (if and) how the best-dressed celebrities tried to adhere to the Met Gala dress codes over the last decade, below.

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