Black style will have its moment as the biggest night in fashion gets underway. Celebrities are gearing up for Monday’s Met Gala that will launch the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibit,

As we await the day, which is something like a cross between the Superbowl and Oscars for fashion, let’s take a look back at the 6 very best Met Gala themes over the years according to me, a fashion editor who is obsessed with this kind of thing.

The Met Gala theme shines a spotlight on Black style and Dandyism—celebrating the power, symbolism and global influence of Black fashion—in a time when diversity is under fire.