Met Gala 2018: Rihanna's Pope-Inspired Outfit Has Fans Queueing Up To Convert | HuffPost

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Not content with being the undeniable queen of the Met Gala, Rihanna is seemingly now the Pope of the whole thing.

This year’s star-studded bash had the unusual theme of ’Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’, and while plenty of the A-listers made the executive decision to completely ignore the dress code, Rihanna was not one of them.

The singer - who was also one of the evening’s co-chairs - stunned on the red carpet in a bejeweled Vatican-inspired look and, as she has done for the past few year Met Galas, ensured that her outfit was the talking point of the evening.

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We’re fully prepared to start referring to Rihanna solely as ‘her Holiness’ from this point on, and it seems we are not the only ones…

For the past few years, Rihanna has proved herself as one to watch at the Met Gala, such as in 2015, when her enormous yellow dress swamped the red carpet, or last year, when her elaborate Commes Des Garçons ensemble stole the show.

In fact, Rihanna even threw a bit of subtle shade at her fellow attendees, who she clearly felt could have stuck a little more closely to the theme.

She should probably have had a word with a couple of the stars at this year’s Met Gala, with Kendall Jenner, James Corden and Emily Ratajkowski appearing to have missed the memo about the Catholicism theme.

Some of the A-list guests really did give it their all, though, with Katy Perry hitting the red carpet in giant angel wings, Zendaya channelling Joan of Arc and Lana Del Rey sporting a golden sacred heart at the event.

Check out all the best pics in the gallery below...

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Met Gala Host Rihanna. (credit:Kevin Mazur/MG18 via Getty Images)

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Katy Perry. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Madonna. (credit:Frazer Harrison via Getty Images)

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SZA. (credit:Dia Dipasupil via Getty Images)

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Sarah Jessica Parker. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

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Amal Clooney and George Clooney. (credit:Raymond Hall via Getty Images)

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Vera Wang (L) and Ariana Grande. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Lana del Rey. (credit:Sean Zanni via Getty Images)

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Alessandro Michele, Lana Del Rey, and Jared Leto. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

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Frances McDormand. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Lena Waithe. (credit:ANGELA WEISS via Getty Images)

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Kerry Washington. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Priyanka Chopra. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Taylor Hill. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

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Princess Beatrice of York. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Donatella Versace. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Salma Hayek. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Evan Rachel Wood. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

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Kate Bosworth. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Wendy Deng. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Amber Heard. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Kim Kardashian. (credit:HECTOR RETAMAL via Getty Images)

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Alexander Wang and Kylie Jenner. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Selena Gomez. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

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Naomi Watts. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Ruth Negga. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Miley Cyrus. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Liza Koshy. (credit:Steven Ferdman via Getty Images)

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Helen Lasichanh and Pharrell Williams. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Met Gala Chairperson Anna Wintour. (credit:Taylor Hill via Getty Images)

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Jennifer Lopez. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Scarlett Johansson. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Rooney Mara (L) and Clare Waight Keller. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Jourdan Dunn. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Kesha Ward (L) and 2 Chainz. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Sarah Paulson. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Ruby Rose. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Alek Wek. (credit:MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images)

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Blake Lively. (credit:Gilbert Carrasquillo via Getty Images)

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Sean Mendes and Hailey Baldwin. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Joan Smalls. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Jennifer Connelly. (credit:Rabbani and Solimene Photography via Getty Images)

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Gisele Bundchen. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Cara Delevingne. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Evan Rachel Wood. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Claire Danes. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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Doutzen Kroes. (credit:MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images)

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Shailene Woodley. (credit:George Pimentel via Getty Images)

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