In typical fashion, singer and fashion powerhouse Rihanna shut down the carpet as the final guest to arrive much earlier than in year’s past. Dressed in a metallic cocoon-like dress, Rihanna emerged onto the carpet with her partner A$AP Rocky.
“I feel like a pearl out of an oyster,” Rihanna said to reporters on the carpet.
Unlike last year’s blue carpet, this year’s carpet appeared intentionally forgotten by time with grass creeping up the steps. The carpet featured patches of overgrown grass peeking out from the stone steps with manicured shrubs lining the side railing and white wisteria dangling from the roof. Potted purple flowers stood at the entrance of the carpet in large terra-cotta planters.
Past Gala dress codes have honoured designers and pulled from literature. Last year, the art of tailoring was centre stage with the dress code “Tailored for you.” The high-profile event raises money for the Met’s Costume Institute, and each year the dress code for the gala takes cues from the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition.
On display this Spring, the “Costume Art” exhibit will “examine the centrality of the dressed body.”
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