With the theme “Garden of time” (“Garden of Time” in Portuguese) as inspiration, celebrities paraded this Monday on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum gala, the unmissable event in New York that this year has once again crossed over into fashion. with popular culture and generosity.
Actress Zendaya, is being considered one of the “best dressed at the gala”. The actress appeared in a bias-cut dress in shades of electric blue and emerald, with a veil and a delicate feather on her head. Then she appeared in another look, a dress with a long black train and a hat full of roses, both looks having provoked several reactions.
The prince of reggaeton, Bad Bunny, is also being considered one of the best dressed, having appeared on the steps of the prestigious museum, which overlooks Central Park, in dark tones with a bouquet of black flowers.
Zendaya, 27, and Bad Bunny, 30, co-hosted the night, along with Jennifer Lopezwhich this year was, once again, also one of the most praised with a shiny and transparent dress.
Flowers everywhere
With the dress code “garden of time”an allusion to a short story by science fiction writer JG Ballard about ephemeral beauty, creations focused on nature.
Flowers were everywhere. Embroidered, in the form of frills, on the train of dresses or as ornaments and were seen in actress Uma Thurman, rapper Nicki Minaj, singers Erykah Badu and Camila Cabello, and the most listened to French-speaking artist in the world, Aya Nakamura.
South African singer Tyla’s strapless dress, which evoked the sands of time – including the hourglass-shaped accessory – was one of the most praised throughout the night. The dress made a difference, as it it was a piece sculpted from the artist’s body.
Also for her extravagance, she marked Lana Del Rey, whose dark branches that rose from her dress supported a tulle over her head. Or rapper Cardi B, whose train of her dress required nine people to help her move. The artist compared it to a “black Rose”.
Great absence of the night
The big absence of the night was Rihanna. The artist who is one of the most anticipated every year this year did not appear.
So far, it is not known why the artist did not attend the big night.
This year’s dinner cost about $75,000
O goal of the Met gala is to fund The Costume Institutethe fashion department of the prestigious museum.
According to New York Timesa seat at this year’s dinner cost around 75 thousand dollars (approximately 70 thousand euros), and a complete table 350 thousand (around 325 thousand euros).
Last year’s edition earned around 22 million dollars.
The event, which always takes place on the first Monday in May, accompanies the opening of the Costume Institute’s major annual exhibitionrevealed to the press during the morning.
This year, the Met used technology to “awakening” Yours “sleeping beauties”that is, the most precious, original and sometimes fragile pieces from an extraordinary collection of 33,000 pieces of clothing and accessories that span several centuries of fashion history.
