Lively last attended the Met Gala in 2022 ... Girl is likely what scored her invite to the 2008 gala. (The theme was "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy.") She even wore the cropped black gloves ...

Ahead of this year's big event on May 6, take a look back on two decades of J.Lo's Met ... in 2008 with this blue Alberta Ferretti dress. The year's theme was “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy." ...

This was also the first public appearance they made with their two daughters, James and Ines.