Rihanna shut down the Met Gala carpet Monday encased in white camellias on a jacket with an extended prepare robe. Janelle Monáe dropped a cumbersome coat to disclose a see-through cage, and Jeremy Pope walked in a 32-foot cape emblazoned with the visage of Karl Lagerfeld.
In the spirit of Lagerfeld himself (he was not usually on time), Rihanna and her Valentino couture had the carpet to themselves save her companion, A$AP Rocky, who wore a pink tartan skirt over crystal-studded denims with a prepare of his personal. They confirmed up nicely previous everybody else.
Around her neck was a brief Bulgari necklace in Akoya cultured pearls and pearl-shaped diamonds.
Rihanna poses on the Met Gala
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Lagerfeld was the honoree on the A-list gala with many in the group of about 400 dressed in classic appears to be like from the style homes the place he labored throughout a profession of more than 60 years.
But elegant wasn’t fully the hallmark of the night. Jared Leto dressed as Choupette, Lagerfeld’s beloved fluffy cat. Lil Nas X went full cat lined in crystals by Pat McGrath and Dior Men.
Bad Bunny confirmed up late in vivid white from head to toe with an extended cape additionally adorned with camellias, a Coco Chanel motif embraced by Lagerfeld. Monáe’s look, with a black sparkly leotard beneath, was made by Thom Browne.
Cardi B first donned pink then switched to a full black ballgown with, you guessed it, camellias. Up high, she stated, “is giving Karl, the house of Chanel and Karl at the same time.” It was a males’s white collar shirt accent with a black males’s tie. The outfit in honor of Lagerfeld was carried out by an up-and-coming British design home, Chenpeng Studio.
“The Met Gala dress code was ‘in honor of Karl’ and guests definitely understood the assignment,” stated Alison Cohn, deputy vogue information editor for Harper’s Bazaar. “They referenced the many signatures Karl Lagerfeld developed over his six-decade plus career.”
Many used boucle cloth (Teyana Taylor’s Thom Browne swimsuit and Anne Hathaway’s Versace security pin quantity). Also adorned in camellias have been Emily Blunt in a Michael Kors shirt and Adut Akech in a Carolina Herrera robe.
Dua Lipa walked in a white Chanel ballgown from the style home’s archive and Nicole Kidman selected a glance Lagerfeld himself made for her 20 years in the past.
Dua Lipa poses on the Met Gala
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And there have been some bombshells: Serena Williams wore a flapper Gucci look when she introduced she’s pregnant together with her second youngster.
Lipa, a gala co-chair, wore a Tiffany & Co. diamond round her neck. She referred to as her cream-colored costume, by Chanel from 1992, “very, very special” as it has been on her temper boards.
Claudia Schiffer wore the robe on the runway for its debut, though hers had an identical hat. Lipa’s necklace in platinum included a middle diamond of more than 200 carats.
Nicole Kidman stated it was Lagerfeld who ignited her vogue spark. She wore a pale pink robe created by Lagerfeld for a Chanel No. 5 industrial she starred in. It’s adorned with 3,000 silver crystals for the advert directed by Baz Luhrmann.
“I’m very grateful to wear it,” she stated. “He was so much a part of my life, as were his whole team. He was the one really sort of shepherded me … in terms of my love of fashion.”
Kidman topped off her look with Harry Winston diamonds.
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman pose on the Met Gala
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“My favorite look was Nicole Kidman’s ethereal feathered sequin Chanel gown. Typically stars wear new couture straight off the runway or have a custom look commissioned. It was a lovely statement about sustainability, proving that beautifully hand-crafted pieces never go out of style,” Cohn stated.
Kim Kardashian, in the meantime, went with loops and loops of pearls throughout her Schiaparelli look. And Cardi B went huge in pink, full with a feathery head piece. Brittney Griner wore a heat stone shade in a swimsuit with an extended jacket by Calvin Klein, who additionally dressed her spouse, Cherelle Griner, in a modern strapless column costume in white onyx.
Kim Kardashian on the Met Gala
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Many in the group counted Lagerfeld as a buddy or labored with him at Chanel, Fendi, Chloe or one of many different vogue homes the place he created.
And many company wore black to stroll the bizarre carpet in a line design. It was a shade Lagerfeld wore virtually completely. Black-and-white combos have been additionally plentiful.
Kristen Stewart wore the colour duo in a swimsuit with a cropped white jacket. And Cara Delevingne honored her previous buddy Lagerfeld with a ruffled white shirt look quick in entrance with a prepare on the again. Ruffled shirts have been amongst Lagerfeld’s favorites.
Kristen Stewart attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute profit gala celebrating the opening of the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” exhibition
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The basic colours weren’t for Viola Davis. She walked in a surprising neon pink strapless robe with lengthy feathers on the bodice.
Frenchye M. Harris, CEO and founding father of the web vogue website The Black Fashion Movement had one phrase for Davis: “Gorgeous!”
She referred to as Anne Hathaway’s Chanel-inspired however Versace-created look with the pins and camellias on the breast “super cool and a great marriage between the brands.”
Gigi Hadid wore Givenchy in black with feathers, a drop waist and sheer prepare in tulle. It took more than 300 hours to make. Kendall Jenner was additionally in black, sans pants. She wore a shiny leotard with lengthy sleeves that has items doubling as a prepare. On her ft have been kinky, towering black boots, all courtesy of Marc Jacobs.
Gigi Hadid poses on the Met Gala
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Jenner’s excessive white collar was a nod to these worn by Lagerfeld. Her hair was in a excessive ponytail.
Rita Ora was additionally in black, a stunner of a peekaboo sheer look from Prabal Gurung. It was silk tulle with corset detailing and attractive draping in chiffon. One shoulder was dropped.
Margot Robbie, who stars in this summer season’s “Barbie” live-action movie, wore a 1993 Chanel robe in black that Cindy Crawford first wore on a runway. Robbie stated she was the final Chanel ambassador to be handpicked by Lagerfeld.
Margot Robbie poses on the Met Gala
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“I really feel actually nice in it. It’s an honor,” she said.
The invitation-only gala earned $17.4 million last year for the museum’s Costume Institute, a self-funding department with a budget dependent on the gala’s success. The price of attending went up this year to $300,000 for a table and $50,000 for a single ticket.
The guests from fashion, film, music, theater, sports, tech and social media were asked to dress “in honor of Karl” by gala mastermind Anna Wintour, a close Lagerfeld friend who first signed on to the event in 1995 and took over the helm in 1999.
The party coincides with the Costume Institute’s blockbuster spring exhibition: “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.”
American vogue was final 12 months’s vibe. It adopted gilded glamour and white tie. Camp was the theme in 2019, producing what is taken into account one of many wackiest shows of costume by the superstar crowd.
Lagerfeld labored for Chanel, Fendi, Chloé, Jean Patou, Balmain, his personal model and more.
This 12 months’s 5 hosts embrace Wintour, as traditional, and additionally Michaela Coel, longtime Chanel ambassador Penélope Cruz, and lately retired tennis celebrity Roger Federer.
Cruz appeared like a bride with a sheer hood on her white Chanel belted robe with silver particulars from spring/summer season couture assortment in 1988.
Penelope Cruz attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute profit gala
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Asked how he obtained to be a Met Gala co-chair, Federer stated it helps to know Wintour. He stated it is sensible for athletes to be on the gala as a result of they’ve grow to be an even bigger a part of the style world in current years.
“I think the sports people have gotten more and more fashionable,” Federer instructed the AP. “We’re fortunate to get onto covers much more frequently nowadays. Before it was always the models, the good-looking people, not the athletes.”
Fendi, the place Lagerfeld labored for more than 20 years, was additionally represented. Suki Waterhouse wore a 2019 Fendi design by Lagerfeld in silk tulle and delicate flowers and birds on sheer panels.
Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette, had been rumored to attend however her people posted on Instagram earlier in the day the 11-year-old feline was staying put in Paris. Doja Cat’s cat-eared hood on a glowing white and silver-beaded costume was an ode by Oscar de la Renta. She wore prosthetics that gave her a feline face and claws.
Doja Cat attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute profit gala
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Chloe Fineman carried a cat-shaped bag and Emma Chamberlain wore “Choupette blue,” a lightweight blue hue created by Lagerfeld. James Corden additionally confirmed up in the shade.
As for Leto, he swapped out his cat costume for a black caped look.