Celine Dion in Oscar de la Renta

I MEAN COME ON. This is AMAZING.

Celine Dion in Oscar de la Renta

I hope Queen Celine got to keep this and will whip it out at various Vegas shows on her schedule. Or even just to wear around Paris during her summer break. She DOES love to dramatically emerge from hotels in Paris and this would be perfect! 

Oscar de la Renta's folks said they were going for a Ziegfield's Follies Girls feeling last night and this DOES seem to hit that right on the mark. (I might argue that Celine Dion is camp just...as a person.)

Regina King in Oscar de la Renta

I didn't love this when I saw it flash past me on the E! coverage, but now that I can actually see it, it's pretty great. OdlR actually sent us an entire explainer about it, which I love. PLEASE always send us the explainer! We love logistics. Ahem: "Regina’s gown is inspired by Nina Mae McKinney, an American actress from the 1930s who got her start on Broadway and was known for starring in the film Hallelujah....It’s built with double corsetry under lamé with Vermicelli sequinning, crystals and glass silver-lined caviar beads inside metallic cup sequins. The embroidery is dégradé from top to bottom and ombré from warm gold to rose gold – almost undetectably, it adds to the dimension and luster of the piece. Gold crinoline netting is framed, accordion-pleated, strip-sewn together and draped over one shoulder." Fascinating! McKinney was a trailblazer in many ways; the New York Times profiled her in their Overlooked feature and it's well worth a read.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Oscar de la Renta

There is a bit in the Susan Sontag essay where she notes that "wearing 3000 feathers" is camp, and A LOT OF PEOPLE took that and ran with it. (Although this is objectively gorgeous.)

Ruth Wilson in Oscar de la Renta

AND ANOTHER ONE. It's not campy JUST because it's floofy, y'all.

Kate Moss in Marc Jacobs

This is the best Kate Moss has looked in a long time, I think. (I enjoy Rita Ora lurking there behind here. HANG ON, RITA, you are next!)

Rita Ora in Marc Jacobs

Shiny!!

Lizzo in Marc Jacobs

This feels pretty perfect. I hope to God that she gets to keep that feathered coat because it is AMAZING. (Also, imagine it with jeans. Glam!)

Char Defrancesco, Marc Jacobs, Lizzo

Marc does seem to know what he's doing here. Also, I'd buy this album.

Halsey in Prabal Gurung

She looks GORGEOUS, but doesn't this feel like it would be better suited to the year the Met celebrated superheros? It's like High Fashion Wonder Woman.

Halsey in Prabal Gurung

Prabal really leaned into a dramatic train for her, though, which I appreciate.

Nicki Minaj in Prabal Gurung

Okay, so I worked 17 hours straight yesterday and am rolling on about five hours of sleep, but: While is is objectively good and right, does it also feel a little underwhelming? That might be ridiculous. But I think it's almost harder to dress someone for this when that someone once, say, dressed as an evil nun for the Grammys and brought a literal priest as her date, or once showed up at Fashion Week to sit next to Anna Wintour in an outfit covered in pom poms. Nicki already is so over-the-top that it feels challenging to build on that, perhaps.

Nicki Minaj in Prabal Gurung

This is quite a train, though!

Joan Smalls in Prabal Gurung

Joan Smalls was like, "nah, I just wanna look hot. Let's give me a sort of Cate Blanchett in Thor headpice and call it a day!"

Camila Mendes in Prabal Gurung

These are the colors of my beloved university and ergo I am fond of this. You would wear this to a formal UCLA event and be the belle of the ball. (Camila, however, graduated from NYU.)

Camila Mendes in Prabal Gurung

I'm still into it.

Jourdan Dunn in Zac Posen

Someone will need to explain to me how this is camp, but it IS neat? 

Deepika Padukone in Zac Posen

I tragically do not have a full shot of the front of this, but....

Deepika Padukone in Zac Posen

...the back is very major. (It feels VERY Posen and also very Cannes.)

Nina Dobrev in Zac Posen

I am beginning to have that feeling I get after I've been covering fancy Halloween parties for eight hours. I just muttered, "is this....like...Tinkerbell?" But IS it? Is Tinkerbell camp? That might be...true? 

Nina Dobrev in Zac Posen

She's had some TRULY amazing Met Gala moments; I'm not sure this one will prove quite as memorable as some previous years?

Katie Holmes in Zac Posen

It's interesting to me how many people sort of drifted into Low Key Cate Blanchett In Thor

Julia Garner in Zac Posen

Or even high-key! (This is pretty amazing, though.)

Met Gala 2019: Oscar and Marc and Prabal and Zac

De la Renta and Jacobs and Gurung and Posen.