Although the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala fundraiser has been happening since 1948, it wasn’t until Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour took over in the 1990s that the fashion reached new heights. Us Weekly takes a look back at the most over-the-top Met Gala beauty looks to have ever graced the famed steps.

Wintour, 75, will continue to work in a prominent role at Vogue, but she is giving up day-to-day control of the American magazine.