It’s time, everyone. The 2013 Met Gala–or, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala, if you’re nasty—is upon us. While we have really, really mixed feelings about this year’s theme—Punk: Chaos to Couture–and we know most of the attendees are nervous about committing (despite our helpful styling suggestions!) this is still the biggest red carpet event of the year. Expect one or two unforgettable looks, lots of playing it safe, some real style, some real glamour and, hopefully, a whole lot of beautiful disasters.

So, per usual, we’ll be updating live throughout the red carpet. Come back and refresh often–expect new looks here every few minutes!

Let’s do this.

Jennifer Morrison, first on the red carpet. She’s wearing Donna Karan. Although we appreciate the raw-ish looking neckline and the oil blotch print, we think this is about as “punk” as most attendees will get tonight. Thankfully, we really like black!

Not only does Anna Wintour‘s daughter Bee Shaffer look really pretty, the Sex Pistols were huge fans of subtle ombré and delicate appliqués.

…All right, we’re going to retire all “[first wave punk band] would have loved [oblivious rich person stuff]” before that joke starts sounding too bitter. Speaking of which…

Lauren Santo Domingo wears the evening’s first spiked collar.

And you know what? A for effort.

Rooney Mara‘s nod to punk was “zippers” on her lacy white Givenchy. The gown has an interesting Dynasty vibe, but it’s also doily-like.

So, it already seems the theme of the night is not so much “punk” as it is “ignore the theme.” Here’s Nora Zehetner in a sari and Heidi braids.

Anna Wintour’s dress is lovely and extremely Anna Wintour. Why did they even bother having a theme?

Look! Someone tried! Unfortunately for Anja Rubik, the theme was not Thriller-inspired erotic role play. :(

Dylan Lauren gave zero shits about the theme. She also got a thorough fake tan, to let everyone know where she stands on this whole “punk rock music” thing.

We know as much about sports as every attendee at the 2013 Met Gala knows about punk, but we hear this Amar’e Stoudemire fellow plays some sort of ball game with the Knickerbockers of New York City.

We like his lady friend Alexis Stoudmire‘s feathery thing because the tiniest amount of effort is going to go a long way with us tonight.

Game of Thrones. Nikolaj Coster Waldau. Blue suit. Everybody good?

Ivanka Trump has some dye in her hair.

Not sure where Sandra Lee was going with this.

Emmy Rossum dressed exactly how she always does, but piled her hair in some braids and shit on her head.

Hailee Steinfeld wore Donna Karan, looked cute like always, and let her eye makeup subtly echo the theme. Fair enough.

We thought Nina Dobrev was JWOWW, so that’s where we’re at.

Chloe Sevigny‘s accessories were awesome, especially her shoes. Her bare makeup is also up our alley.

Katie Holmes, we think, nodded to the theme with a towering bouffant. Sure.

La La Anthony looks… really different?

So, sheer is maybe big tonight? Lauren Bush Lauren.

We have so much good will toward Aubrey Plaza that we’re gonna say we’re okay with this.

Bella Heathcote did some crazy eye makeup! And while we’re unsure why everyone took “punk” to mean “florals,” we think her crazy eyeliner looks good.

We appreciate that the models were more daring than the everybody else. But “sheer panels on a tea length dress” aren’t anymore punk than the rest of what we’ve seen. Carolyn Murphy always looks beautiful, beyond that.

Greta Gerwig is the first on the red carpet with a verging-on-authentic punk hair/makeup look. Go Greta!

Heidi Klum didn’t even bother to find out the theme.

Jamie King looks nice, right? We’re not sure the garland makes sense, but all that lace is pretty and it’s nice seeing menswear-inspired stuff at the Met Gala.

Kate Mara‘s dress is so odd!

But we are not against odd this evening. We are highly in favor of anything remotely odd tonight.

This dress is half in favor of existing, half really unsure what it wants in life. Kirsten Dunst looks appropriately confused.

Solange Knowles in Kenzo.

Ashley Olsen wore… a caftan? Awesome color on her, though.

Look at that! Coco Rocha took the theme seriously and won–sure, in any other context, this look would be pure Crazy Town. But at the Costume Institute Gala’s clueless honoring of punk, we’d say Coco just made the best dressed list.

Dakota Fanning. Eh.

We were wondering how this Rodarte collection would turn up on the red carpet. We’re strangely into it and–like we keep saying–points for doing something a little weird with the beauty.

Emilia Clarke nailed it: look like her super hot self, add some subtle element that nods to the theme, wind up looking like you paid attention without embarrassing yourself. That’s the goal tonight, folks.

Emma Roberts wore a really boring look to the Met Gala.

Giovanna Battaglia can always be counted on to wear something eyecatching. The hair is awesome.

We hate peplums almost as much as we like Kerry Washington. In the end, she comes out ahead.

This is going to be a night of occasional surprises and here’s the first big one: Miley Cyrus 1) did right by the theme while 2) looking high fashion enough for the Met Gala… while 3) looking like herself. Good job, Cyrus.

Minka Kelly‘s makeup looks awesome but we aren’t crazy about the stiff, heavy dress/texture.

As if this whole shitshow weren’t already the polar opposite of punk, here’s Taylor Swift.

And, for that matter, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Here’s another example of someone who took the premise seriously and put in effort and came out on top. Christina Ricci looks great and on-theme.

Jessica Alba disappeared her eyebrows, which is reasonably punk rock.

Anne Hathaway sure picked the right time to debut her blonde pixie. It’s a little crazy and we thought she was Sigrid Agren but she looks pretty cool too, right?

Remember when we said this was a night full of surprises? Not only was Kim Kardashian allowed inside this time, we also… god save us… kind of like this look.

Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn have no time for your punk.

The first midriff-baring look on the red carpet, courtesy Olivia Wilde.

Three cheers for Sarah Jessica Parker, who will probably be on our best dressed list tomorrow because she had the backbone to wear a damn mohawk.

Cameron Diaz looks kind of how we’d imagine Roy Batty from Blade Runner to dress if he were a pretty blonde lady and also… maybe a monk? Maybe a monk instead of a killer?

Points to Jennifer Lopez‘s hair for making us laugh out loud. Seriously. We needed some humor.

We have no idea where Jessica Biel was going with this.

Although we hate how Katy Perry is posing here, we kind of like the overall thing.

Kristen Stewart wore an ill-fitting jumpsuit in a lovely color.

Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s hair looked great! Her dress matched the red carpet, as you were probably distracted by.

Allison Williams very earnestly claimed to be studying old Sex Pistols photography, but apparently she scrapped that.

Carey Mulligan wore a big gold safety pin on an otherwise unmemorable dress. Great t-straps, though.

We normally think Emma Watson looks fantastic, but this is so boring and one-note.

Jennifer Lawrence nailed it, predictably.

While Rita Ora looks pretty sensational herself.

Beyonce will, for sure, be on tomorrow’s worst dressed list.

We don’t get Ginnifer Goodwin‘s dress, but we do appreciate her strong Siouxsie-esque brow.

Kelly Osbourne wore a jumble of things.

Michelle Williams has always had a little punk in her; and although her dress is boring, she looks way cute. Also, why did everyone hear punk and immediately think, “T-straps!”

Renee Zellweger didn’t bother none.

Dree Hemingway, leather jacket, chunky shoes.

Jessica Pare‘s dress is crazy. By which we mean, it is also pants.

…And has a peplum. How is this still happening?

Kylie Minogue looked elegant and understated.

Everybody sit the fuck down. Madonna lived in the East Village in the ’80s. This is her show now.

Leave it to Madonna to be like, “Hold up. I got this.”

Michelle Dockery looked really nice!

Here’s another one of those instances where the famous person thought “being as naked as I can be” was akin to being stylish. Miranda Kerr.

Stacy Keibler‘s shoes are nuts.

Seemingly, both Brooklyn Decker and Stacy up there heard “punk” and thought… “space”?

…So, cyber punk?

Cara Delevingne wore a pretty on-point dress, but the greasy hair, unnecessary plunge and mismatched clutch are pulling everything down.

It’s probably pretty punk to wear a capelet, Chelsea Clinton. We hear that.

Julianne Hough did her usual big, frothy thing with some subtle “edgy” elements.

As did Kate Beckinsale.

Karen Elson stunned. Always.

Kate Upton‘s whole thing was GREEN.

Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak.

Sofia Coppola wore pajamas with kitten heels and Marc Jacobs looked cute/over-the-top in polka dots.

Tom Brady came as Tom Brady, Action Figure, while Gisele Bundchen did an Elizabeth Hurley thing with the snaking nudity.

The theme really translated to a lot of sheerness and visible underwear, here on Alexa Chung.

Can’t help but feel like Gwen Stefani‘s hair takes away from the rather wonderful dress.

We are into Leelee Sobieski‘s thing. In a big way. She looks like a ’90s supermodel in an Avedon photo.

Marion Cotillard has set the bar so high for herself that this felt boring.

No dice, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. No dice at all.

Another one with no regard for the theme, Ziyi Zhang.

To Elizabeth Banks, we say: wut?

Florence Welch did a “Gold Dust Woman” thing and we’re okay with it.

Who’d have thought January Jones would take the theme so seriously? Her makeup is crazy!

Themes aside, Lily Aldridge is impressively pulling off this dusty canary color, alongside husband Caleb Followill.

Whoa, Mary-Kate Olsen.

Important note to all attendees who didn’t bother: Tommy Hilfiger and Dee F’ing Hilfiger had the irreverence to actually go for it. Good on them both.

Ashley Greene‘s dress was really big!

Blake Lively is somewhat hard to recognize without her trademark thighs.

‘Preciate it, Donatella.

Lot of semi-nudity tonight. Jessica Hart.

The tie-front on Nicki Minaj‘s gown couldn’t be weirder but she looks pretty awesome otherwise.

Paloma Faith and her fascinator!

Uma Thurman wore a big gown in a tricky color and looked quite elegant.

Amber Heard. Red. Sheer. Lacey.

Leather seemed like the obvious choice here but not a lot of people figured that.

We can’t decide if the studs completely overpower Sienna Miller or that she looks kind of great?

Alicia Keys went for leather and some hair dye.

Doutzen Kroes‘ dress looks like it was made of old tires, which is pretty punk, we guess.

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt.

Lena Dunham and Erdem Moralioglu.

Karolina Kurkova wore Mary Katrantzou.

Kate Bosworth.

Nicole Richie.

Tom Ford and Joan Smalls, looking tremendous.

Chanel Iman.

Constance Jablonski.

Eve.

Hilary Rhoda.

Felicity Jones.

Jamie Campbell Bower and Lily Collins.

Joely Richardson.

Kim Gordan.

Marky Ramone, thinking to himself, “I’m not proud of this.”

Tabitha Simmons.

We saved Karlie Kloss for last, because the supermodel–wearing Louis Vuitton–unwittingly provided the evening its defining moment.

When a journalist on the red carpet asked her if she would have been punk (back in the day?), she responded with a spritely, “Heck yeah!”

And there was the 2013 Met Gala contained in a single phrase.

(Photos via Getty)