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With Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian and others slated to attend the 2018 Met Gala, and a suggested dress code of “Sunday best,” the annual benefit should create some holy interesting red carpet moments.

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00:00The 2018 Met Gala, a.k.a. the Fashion Super Bowl, is almost here, and stylist

00:04Elizabeth Saltzman jokes that there isn't a cross left in New York City. She is, of

00:08course, referring to the dress code of this year's event, which is Sunday Best, to

00:11tie in with the Heavenly Bodies Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Exhibition

00:15opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. Plenty of A-listers are

00:20slated to attend the annual extravaganza, with one luxury fashion house

00:23representative revealing that they have heard there may be some Pope looks and

00:27some Madonna looks, the Virgin Mother and the singer, although only the singer will

00:30actually be in attendance. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour will grace the red carpet,

00:35as will gala co-chairs Rihanna, Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace. They will be joined

00:39by celebrities such as Chadwick Boseman, Evan Rachel Wood, Priyanka Chopra, Gary Oldman,

00:44Selena Gomez, Jimmy Fallon, Jared Leto and Jaden Smith. Sources say there will also be a

00:49small red carpet moment for Sarah Paulson, Oka Fina, Mindy Kaling and Anne Hathaway,

00:53who star in the upcoming film Oceans 8, which centers around a female crew who pull

00:57off a diamond heist at the Met Gala. Over the past 70 years, the Met Gala, a fundraiser

01:02for the museum's Costume Institute, has had its fair share of controversy where dress codes

01:06are concerned. Last year's Comme des Garcons exhibition opened with a bash that called

01:10for avant-garde dress and had Jaden Smith carrying his freshly shorn dreadlocks in his hand.

01:14And in 2013, the punk Chaos to Couture exhibition had the most privileged stars on the

01:19planet trying to mimic an anti-establishment fashion movement of working-class heroes.

01:23Wiz Khalifa's stylist for the evening, Jason Bolden, who is also styling Yara Shahidi

01:27in Sasha Lane, says,

01:29I was actually kind of nervous that it was going to be controversial like last year.

01:33But I have to say, out of all my Met Galas, I'm the most confident about this one.

01:37You're going to have classic Versace vibes with crosses, and you will also have Rihanna

01:40taking it to the max. I hope people don't go so obvious.

01:43But there could be controversy, however, as the exhibition, which runs May 10 to October 8,

01:48explores the role dress plays in the Roman Catholic Church and includes medieval artifacts,

01:52purple robes and accessories from the Sistine Chapel, many of which have not been seen

01:56outside the Vatican. These will be displayed alongside divine garments by Karl Lagerfeld,

02:00Dolce & Gabbana and Versace, among other designers, many of whom were raised Catholic

02:05and were inspired in their work by the church's pomp and pageantry.

02:08The 2018 Met Gala Red Carpet Action begins at 4 p.m. Pacific time on Monday, May 7,

02:12and you can check out THR.com slash style for full coverage.

02:15For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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