The difference between perfecting camp and falling into kitsch is daring to truly be over the top. And for the Met Gala, the fundraiser that kicks off the opening of each year’s new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the red carpet truly captured the theme “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”

Katy Perry came dressed as a glittering chandelier which, to the internet’s delight, actually lit up. Lady Gaga had not one but four outfits to model for the waiting cameras. Janelle Monáe’s dress featured an eye that actually moved and blinked. RuPaul donned a florescent pink sequined suit with a plume of feathers running up his sleeve ending in a zebra head on his shoulder. Billy Porter came riding in on a litter born by six shirtless men, only to parade up the steps in a golden cat suit with outstretched golden wings.