While award season is all about piling on the sparkling diamonds, the accessories at the Met Gala bring about a certain toughness. They fuel the fire behind spotlight-stealing looks that really do leave us gazing in wonder. "How is Lady Gaga managing the stairs in those chunky platforms? Just how leggy can Taylor Swift possibly look, thanks to those caged heels?
And since the theme of the 2016 ball was all about the meeting of fashion and tech, we saw plenty of light-up clutches and intricately shaped, over-the-top earrings that even distracted from the gowns they accessorized. Just read on to see why the 2016 evening's red carpet will go down in history, largely because of the shoes, bags, and jewels that dazzled on by.
Bee Shaffer
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Poppy Delevingne
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Anna Wintour
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Poppy Delevingne
Carrying an Oroton clutch.
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Tavi Gevinson
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Uma Thurman
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Alicia Vikander
Wearing Louis Vuitton boots.
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Selena Gomez
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Wearing Louis Vuitton boots.
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Julie Macklowe
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Selena Gomez
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Wearing a Louis Vuitton clutch and Cartier bracelet.
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Kendall Jenner
Wearing $4 million of Lorraine Schwartz jewels, incuding 17 carat diamond studs.
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Zoe Saldana
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Diane von Furstenberg
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Jennifer Connelly
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Wearing a Louis Vuitton bag.
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Nicole Kidman
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Kylie Jenner
Wearing 20 carats of Lorraine Schwartz diamond studs.
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Elle Fanning
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Olivia Wilde
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Wearing Jennifer Fisher earrings.
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Amber Heard
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Solange Knowles
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Rose Byrne
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Emily Ratajkowski
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Kate Bosworth
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Ellie Bamber
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Kerry Washington
Wearing Fred Leighton jewels.
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Kate Upton
Wearing her new engagement ring.
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Chloe Sevigny
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Jessica Chastain
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Tory Burch
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Lily-Rose Depp
Wearing Chanel fine jewelry.
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Brie Larson
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Blake Lively
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Lupita Nyong'o
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Maria Sharapova
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Amber Valletta
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Julie Macklowe
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Katie Holmes
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Lara Stone
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Michelle Williams
Carrying a Louis Vuitton clutch.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Wearing Fred Leighton jewels.
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Freida Pinto
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Allison Williams
Wearing Soraya Silchenstedt x La Ligne earrings and Erickson Beamon hair accessories.
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Beyoncé Knowles
Wearing over $8 million worth of Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, including 50 carats of light pink diamond rings and a 30 carat nude diamond ring.
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Lady Gaga
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz matching lighting bolt knuckle rings and a total of 100 carats in Lorraine Schwartz diamonds.
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Hailee Steinfeld
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Wearing David Webb jewels.
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Hailee Steinfeld
Wearing David Webb jewels.
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Grimes
Wearing a Louis Vuitton bag.
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Lady Gaga
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz lightning bolt diamond drop earrings.
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Amy Schumer
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Wearing an Alexander Wang Roxy studded mini-bucket bag.
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Taylor Swift
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Karlie Kloss
Wearing a Lisa Perry clutch.
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Kate Hudson
Wearing $8 million worth of Lorraine Schwartz diamonds, including a pair of 25 carat emerald cut diamond studs.
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Katy Perry
Wearing Fred Leighton jewels.
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Kim Kardashian
Wearing a custom Lorraine Schwartz ear cuff and stud totaling 20 carats, altogether wearing a total of $4.5 million of diamonds.
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Jennifer Hudson
Wearing Lorraine Schwartz 60 carat waterfall earrings.
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Lupita Nyong'o
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Hailey Baldwin
Wearing Butani diamond earrings.
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Bella Hadid
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Gigi Hadid
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