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Timothee Chalamet
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
This whole photo has the kind of vibe that makes me think Timmy C would be well-suited to being cast in a movie about the well-meaning offspring of Bill and/or Ted. And he somehow ends up at the Met Gala! IT'S GNARLY!
Timothee Chalamet in Rick Owens and Haiden Ackerman
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Timothee Chalamet
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
Anyway, I know this will be controversial, but I like this and I'm also impressed by the ability to make what I am pretty sure are sweatpants look like you just stepped off the stage of Hamilton. It's unusual for someone to wear a mix of designers to one of these things (the turtleneck is Rick Owens, so it's not really mixing up the look THAT much), but I think the real star of this are the Converse. THAT says "American Whatever This Was Again" to me more than almost anything else.
Megan Thee Stallion in Coach
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Megan Thee Stallion
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
Whoops, Megan's dress is definitely light pink and not merely, as it says in my notes, "MAYBE light pink?????" It's also a very frothy delight on her.
Megan Thee Stallion in Coach
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Megan Thee Stallion
Celebrity MET Gala Departures at The Mark Hotel, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
Look how charming this is from the side. A legit party dress. Generally, I am not a fan of Coach's red carpet efforts -- they are great at bags but their formalwear often falls short -- but this is delightful. (And the bag is, of course, VERY cute.)
Cynthia Erivo in Moschino
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Cynthia Erivo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition, in New York
2021 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
I really thought we'd see more Jeremy Scott/Moschino at this, but the world is a veiled mystery to us all. This gown is truly a feat of engineering.
Cynthia Erivo in Moschino
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Cynthia Erivo
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
How does that bodice stay up?! Is this a salute to the famous Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album Whipped Cream & Other Delights? I have questions!
Cynthia Erivo
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Cynthia Erivo
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
"These took hours, please appreciate them!" I do!
Barbie Ferreira in Jonathan Simkhai
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Barbie Ferreira
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
She looks fantastic in this -- it's so Roaring 20s -- AND people rarely wear Simkhai to the Met Gala and he's SO good. This is good news all around!
Claire Danes
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Claire Danes
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
This ear piece is so cool! I wonder if it also gets WiFi. Also: this is a great haircut on her.
Claire Danes in Prabal Gurung
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Claire Danes attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition, in New York
2021 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
This dress needs a tiny hoik and I think a lot of you will disagree with me here, but I really like it. It feels like a crisp beach towel gone formal and I know that sounds rude but I mean it as a wholly complimentary transformation.
Claire Danes in Prabal Gurung
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Claire Danes
Celebrity MET Gala Departures at The Mark Hotel, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
And the back is amazing. She wears Prabal a lot, so this isn't a huge surprise to me, although I would have bet money on her wearing Zac Posen. Good thing there isn't a bookie for the Met Gala.
Alicia Keys in AZ Factory
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Alicia Keys
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
Okay, this is maybe a LEETLE bridal. The wedding of a woman who was obsessed with that time Sharon Stone wore a button-down to the Oscars -- and who amongst us is not, in our hearts, at least a little bit that woman?
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz arrive for The Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion in New York City on Monday, September 13, 2021.
2021 Met Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
The diamonds on these two are GOOD -- his pin is amazing. He, actually, looks basically fantastic from top to toe.
Allyson Felix in Fendi
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Allyson Felix
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
THIS IS A GOWN!
Allyson Felix in Fendi
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Allyson Felix poses on the red carpet for the 2021 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, in New York, New York, USA, 13 September 2021. The event coincides with the Met Costume Institute's first two-part exhibition, 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion' which opens 18 September 2021, to be followed by 'In America: An Anthology of Fashion' which opens 05 May 2022 and both conclude 05 September 2022.
2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
Truly, I think this is beautiful. She looks like an elegant dandelion.
Allyson Felix in Fendi
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Allyson Felix arrives on the red carpet for The Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion in New York City on Monday, September 13, 2021.
2021 Met Gala, New York, United States - 14 Sep 2021
This bag! Those rings! Please do carry on!
Chloe Bailey in Rodarte
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Chloe Bailey attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition, in New York
2021 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
This is custom Rodarte and it is lovely -- she looks like an incredibly chic Star Wars character. (And Rodarte once did a whole Star Wars-themed show, so I feel confident someone noted that over there at their house at least once.) And by "an incredibly chic Star Wars character" please know that I do mean, "if Princess Leia went to the Met Gala."
Joan Smalls in Ralph Lauren
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Joan Smalls attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition, in New York
2021 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
Well! This is obviously just...chef's kiss!
Lily Aldridge in Ralph Lauren
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Lily Aldridge arrives for The Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion in New York City on Monday, September 13, 2021.
2021 Met Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
Also basically great; Ralph Lauren feels like a real go-to for this one. (I forgot how much Ralph loves a belt.)
Nyjah Huston
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Nyjah Huston attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition, in New York
2021 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
He's a professional skateboarder and an Olympian and this suit is rad. (I haven't seen a credit on it yet, but I suspect it is LV.
Virgil Abloh
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Virgil Abloh attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion" exhibition, in New York
2021 MET Museum Costume Institute Benefit Gala, New York, United States - 13 Sep 2021
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Sarah Margaret Qualley
Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, Arrivals, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2021
This has a real Victorian Ghost Child vibe and honestly I'm mad that this event hasn't done a GHOSTS theme yet. Imagine the possibilities!
