We had an artist live-paint all the best looks from the 2017 Met Gala

The Met Gala has long been home to some of fashion's most outrageous ensembles. It's where celebrities are allowed to take risks. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. 

Regardless, the gala is about appreciating fashion as we do art, and no year illustrated this better than this year, 2017, because it was all about Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons, a label whose clothes look like art already. 

To celebrate this red carpet in all its glory — fabulous and questionable — Mic asked fashion illustrator James Skarbek of @jimmyillustrated to live-paint some of our favorite celebrities as they arrived at the Met Gala, just like he did last year

The results? Stunning, really. 

Katy Perry in Maison Margiela by John Galliano

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Kylie Jenner in Atelier Versace 

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Tracee Ellis Ross in Comme des Garçons 

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Thandie Newton in Monse 

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Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren

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Zoë Kravitz in Oscar de la Renta 

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Cara Delevingne in Chanel 

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Jennifer Lopez in Valentino 

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Rami Malek in Dior 

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Solange in Thom Browne 

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Rihanna in Comme des Garçons 

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Below you can check out Skarbek live-painting each of the looks: