The\u00a0Costume Institute Gala<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0has played host to a number of red-carpet rebels over the years.\u00a0Katy Perry<\/a>\u00a0famously lit up the night with her dress of 3,000 LEDs in 2010, and who could forget\u00a0Marc Jacobs<\/a>\u2019s outrageously chic\u00a0Comme des Gar\u00e7ons<\/a>\u00a0lace look in 2012? And yet there is a sub-section of stylish dressers who subvert the rules in more subtle ways: Enter the theme rejectors.<\/p>\n Over the years, a number of stars have ignored the Met Gala\u2019s dress code and marched to the beat of their own drum\u2014like when Jennifer Love Hewitt wore a marabou-feathered ball skirt to the 1999 rock and roll-themed gala. In honor, Vogue<\/em> is rounding up the 84 best moments where individuality ruled.<\/p>\n Kicking off from the 2010s, the American Woman<\/em> exhibit in 2010 saw British star\u00a0Emma Watson<\/a>\u00a0chose to fly her own flag, outfitted in an anglo-appropriate\u00a0Burberry<\/a>\u00a0dress. A few years later, the theme rejectors came out in droves for 2013\u2019s\u00a0punk theme. Jennifer Lawrence<\/a>\u00a0made the case for subdued elegance over anarchy, gracing the museum stairs in\u00a0Raf Simons<\/a>\u2019s modern reinterpretation of\u00a0Christian Dior<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0New Look<\/a>. Kate Upton<\/a>\u2019s emerald green\u00a0Diane von Furstenberg<\/a>\u00a0dress was anything but chaotic, and\u00a0Katy Perry<\/a>\u2019s byzantine ensemble by\u00a0Dolce & Gabbana<\/a>\u00a0seemed to predate the punk movement by several hundred years.<\/p>\n Ashley Olsen in vintage Dior <\/span>Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n There were plenty who also sidestepped 2014\u2019s Charles James-themed gala<\/a>, countering the couturier\u2019s signature ball gowns with ultra-modern takes on evening wear.\u00a0Lupita Nyong\u2019o<\/a>, for instance, sparkled in a\u00a0Josephine Baker<\/a>\u2013style\u00a0Prada<\/a>\u00a0look, and she was followed by a parade of chic minidress wearers, like\u00a0Michelle Williams<\/a>\u00a0who wore\u00a0Louis Vuitton<\/a>. And few could top Erykah Badu\u2019s sartorial act of rebellion as she entered the Great Hall in a\u00a0Givenchy<\/a>\u00a0couture jumpsuit and oversize hat.<\/p>\n![\"Met](\"https:\/\/assets.vogue.com\/photos\/58918663f88f7c203736694c\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/met-rejectors-12_190301715779.jpg\"\/)
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The year: 2013
The theme: PUNK: Chaos to Couture<\/p>\n