Last Night’s Met Gala Was A Love Letter to American Fashion (And Then Some)

Rihanna wears Balenciaga, ASAP Rocky wears Erl

Billie Eilish wears Oscar De La Renta

Cara Delevingne wears Dior

Hunter Schafer wears Prada

Lily Rose Depp wears Chanel

Michaela Jaé wears Thom Browne

Michaela Coel Web wears Balenciaga

Normani wears Valentino Haute Couture

Rosalia wears Rick Owens

Naomi Osaka wears Louis Vuitton

Whoopi Goldberg and Carey Mulligan all wear Valentino Haute Couture, with Pierpaolo Piccioli

Lourdes Leon wears Moschino

Erykah Badu wears Thom Browne

Grimes wears Iris Van Herpen

Indya Moore wears Yves Saint Laurent

Iman wears Harris Reed

Simone Biles wears Area

Amanda Gorman wears Vera Wang

Maluma wears Versace

Tyler Mitchell wears Bode

Kendall Jenner wears Givenchy

Serena Williams wears Gucci

Kid Cudi wears Louis Vuitton

Pharrell and Helen Lasichanh both wear Chanel

Evan Mock wears Thom Browne

Troye Sivan wears Cartier and Rick Owens

Lil Nas X wears Versace

Dan Levy wears JW Anderson

Virgil Abloh wears Louis Vuitton and Off-White

Frank Ocean wears Prada x Homer

Fashion is firmly back in session.

Last night, stars came from far and wide to attend the Met Gala in New York. After the last two iterations of the annual event were forced to be cancelled in the face of Coronavirus, the star-studded red carpet at Monday evening’s glamorous shindig showcased a pent-up desire to get out and dress up again.

Celebrating the opening of the Costume Institute’s exhibition In America: A Lexicon of Fashion – an all-out love letter to American fashion of today, curated by Andrew Bolton – emerging design talent like Harris Reed, Christopher John Rogers, Conner Ives and Area all found their place on the red carpet – by way of Iman, Eva Chen, Natalia Bryant and Simone Biles.

As much as last night was a celebration of the new school, American greats – from Ralph Lauren and Oscar De La Renta through to Rick Owens and Thom Browne – each provided some of the evening’s standout looks, whether it be Owens’ crimson red ensemble for Spanish singer Rosalia or Browne’s kinky get-up for Gossip Girl star Evan Mock.

And who could count out the big hitters? Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga was a popular choice of the night, worn by Rihanna, Michaela Coel, and a face-less Kim Kardashian. As was Versace, who crafted a three-in-one look for global superstar Lil Nas X.

It was a joyous return to IRL fashion, one that was bold, beautiful and totally brilliant. 

@10magazine