Yet far from being the first sartorial statement JLo’s made in recent weeks, the multi-hyphenate has instead been embracing the return of the red carpet with open arms.

There was her 2021 red carpet debut with Ben Affleck at the Venice Film Festival, last night’s leather two-piece at the VMAs and, of course, tonight’s rodeo-inspired look, which unsurprisingly was in keeping with the theme of the event: In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.

Elsewhere at the Met Gala, there was Tracee Ellis Ross and Amanda Gorman in cobalt blue ensembles (Balenciaga Couture and Vera Wang, respectively) and a championing of American fashion talent, including Sergio Hudson and Christopher John Rogers.

Of course JLo wore a cowboy hat to the Met Gala