Stars such as Madonna, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Doja Cat, Sabrina Carpenter, Zoë Kravitz, Lena Dunham, Bad Bunny and Cher celebrated the opening of a new fashion exhibition at the New York Met Gala.
The dress code for the spectacle at the Metropolitan Museum this year was “Fashion is Art.” This prompted model Heidi Klum, who is known for her elaborate disguises, to appear in a full-body costume as a stone statue. “I look tough, but I’m soft,” the 52-year-old commented on her outfit. The idea came to her during a visit to the Metropolitan Museum.
The singer Bad Bunny was dressed as an older man on the yellow-green carpet with floral decorations, the singer Janelle Monaé wore a dress made of moss and cables, and her colleague Katy Perry wore a kind of robot mask. Soap bubbles floated out of ski star Eileen Gu’s dress.
Stars turn Met Gala into a family celebration
Several stars turned the party into a family celebration: actress Nicole Kidman brought her daughter Sunday Rose, singer Beyoncé posed with husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy.
This year, the annual charity gala was once again hosted by Anna Wintour, who was the head of the US fashion magazine Vogue for many years. Hours before the spectacle, dozens of onlookers gathered on Fifth Avenue to catch a glimpse of the stars.
Often referred to as the “Party of the Year,” the Met Ball is an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. The income, estimated at several million US dollars, forms the annual budget of the institute, which is now named after Wintour. This time the fashion exhibition “Costume Art” opened with the spectacle.
This year the event was co-financed and co-hosted by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos, who appeared alone on the yellow and green carpet.
