Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were last to enter the red carpet at the Met Gala Monday in New York City. The singer wore Maison Margiela by Glenn Martens.
Also, entering later in the evening were Beyoncé, Jay-Z and their 14-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Beyoncé wore an ensemble by Olivier Rousteing.
The Met Gala this year celebrated the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit “Costume Art,” exploring the relationship between clothing and the body. The exhibit opens Sunday and runs through January 10.
The co-chairs of this year’s event were Grammy-winning singer Beyoncé, Oscar-winning actor Nicole Kidman, tennis legend Venus Williams and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, were honorary chairs.
Emma Chamberlain, who was Vogue’s special correspondent on the red carpet Monday, arrived early to the event wearing a custom Mugler gown by Miguel Castro Freitas. She told Vogue ahead of the event she was inspired by her artist father and wanted her multi-colored gown to feel like a painting.
Williams, who attended the gala with her husband, Andrea Preti, wore a Swarovski crystal mesh gown inspired by a painting at the National Portrait Gallery, Venus Williams, Double Portrait by Robert Pruitt. The gallery in Washington, D.C., commissioned the portrait of her in 2002.
Kidman wore a bold red Chanel gown from the label’s 2027 Cruise collection. The sequined dress featured a drop waist, feathered peplum and a small train. She was accompanied by her daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, who wore a feathery pink, strapless top with hues of burgundy and purple with matching earrings and a flow skirt.
Heated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams made their first Met Gala appearances. Storrie wore a black suit from Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello paired with a black-and-white polka-dotted top with a train.
Williams donned a Balenciaga baby blue suit with crystal embroidery and tassels. He wore Black Swan-inspired makeup, as he told La La Anthony on Vogue’s livestream, “We love that movie and we wanted to reference cinema.”
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter also made a reference to cinema as her gown was made entirely of film showing scenes from the Audrey Hepburn film “Sabrina.”
Euphoria actor Hunter Schafer wore an off-white cut-out Prada dress inspired by a Gustav Klimt painting. Always a Met Gala favorite, actor-singer Janelle Monae wore Christian Siriano featuring animatronics by Cameron Hughes.
Singer Joshua Henry opened the red carpet event with a rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” on the steps of the Met. (UPI)
