The Wet Gala: Why so many celebs were moist and nearly naked at the Met on fashion’s biggest night

The stars found themselves out of their element at this year’s Met — more like Wet — Gala.

On the first Monday in May, Hollywood favorites turned out in droves to ascend the museum’s iconic staircase, this year making a splash on the carpet with avant garde wet looks — and a bit of nudity.

“Everyone looks wet,” content creator Mandy Lee said in a TikTok video while reviewing looks from the evening. “There’s so much wet and damp and moisture at this Met Gala.”

The liquidy seemed to pay homage to the dress code, “Garden of Time” — Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who helms the Met Gala, previously apologized for it’s vagueness — with ensembles that looked to the earth, sea and air for inspiration.

Most notably, Doja Cat in Vetements, complete with dripping eye makeup, created her see-through, sopping white tee with a mixture of water and hair gel, which she revealed feels “horrible” when cold when speaking with Vogue’s carpet co-host Emma Chamberlain.

Then, there was a sea of sequins — like Kaia Gerber in Prada or Janelle Monáe in Vera Wang — akin to fish scales, and Kylie Mingoue’s sparkling custom Diesel look that created an illusion of damp, stuck-to-skin fabric.

Where A-listers lacked moist, clinging garments, they made up for in hydro-hair, creating the mirage of having just stepped out of the shower or sea.

Sarah Paulson, a coquette vision in a bow-studded pink Prada frock, and Rebecca Hall, wearing Danielle Frankel, opted for slicked-back bobs, and the short ‘dos on Rita Ora and Iris Law clung to their foreheads with gel.

Tyla, making her Met Gala debut in a Balmain sand dress, also arrived with wet-looking tresses, while Amelia Gray Hamlin’s locks were plastered to her head and stuck to her décolletage, accompanying her Undercover couture dress.

If celebs weren’t wet, they were nude — in more ways than one.

While Doja’s tee left little to the imagination, other stars were dripping in just jewels, like FKA Twigs in a dazzling Stella McCartney two-piece and Emily Ratajkowski in a transparent archival number from Atelier Versace.

And, in another twist on nude style, many a celeb also rocked earth-toned frocks that were anything but vanilla, a stark contrast from the vibrant floral numbers seen on the likes of Nicki Minaj on Monday evening.

Kylie Jenner arrived in a pearlescent Oscar de la Renta gown, Zoe Saldana wore a caramel-colored Chloe frock, and Mindy Kaling graced the carpet in a daring, sculptural dress in beige from Gaurav Gupta — and even co-chair Chris Hemsworth donned an oatmeal suit.

While some at-home TikTok critics slammed the simple color for supposedly washing out the star-studded guests, Time claimed that the “unexpected” reigning hue was just as rebellious as the abstract, provocative ensembles.

In fact, they say, “After years of over-the-top looks and noisy, costume-esque dressing for the event, there may be nothing more subversive or even edgy than wearing a subtle shade in a tastefully considered silhouette.”