The 2017 Met Gala proved another fun night out for fashion as Hollywood's finest stepped out in celebration of Commes Des Garcons designer Rei Kawakubo.

As usual, stars went all-out for the biggest night on the style social calendar, with the likes of Bella Hadid, Rihanna and Kendall Jenner making their mark on the red carpet.

And lake Lively made sure she got her fair share of the limelight in a metallic Versace gown with an unexpected train of blue feathers.

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To celebrate the Gossip Girl actress' eighth appearance on the Met Gala red carpet, we're taking a look back at of her dresses from over the years.

Let's look back at how Lively's red carpet style has changed.

2008, Superheroes

For her first trip to the Costume Institute Gala, Lively played it fairly safe (basically ignored the theme) and wore a strapless black Ralph Lauren couture gown.

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2009, The Model as Muse

Enjoying a rather more loose theme, Blake nailed her second gala in a plunging blue gown with thigh-high split.

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2010, American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

After presumably falling in love with the colour of her 2009 Met Gala gown, Blake wore the same hue in an asymmetric Marchesa mini dress style the following year.

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2011, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

The actress accompanied Karl Lagerfeld to the 2011 Met Gala, wearing a silvery Chanel gown.

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2013, PUNK: Chaos to Couture

Blake wasn't quite punk in her strapless Gucci gown but looked incredible all the same.

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2014, Charles James: Beyond Fashion

This is Blake at her most glamorous best, doing the old-school Hollywood thing perfectly in Gucci.

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2016, Manus x Machina: Fashion in the age of Technology

While everyone else rocked up to the Met Gala in 2016 wearing robot-like metallic dresses, Blake just did her thing in a floral Burberry number.

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From: Cosmopolitan US