Photo: Cartier
The Met Gala is the biggest, most highly-anticipated fundraising event on the fashion calendar. The star-studded ball is an opulent celebration of self-expression through style and this year’s benefit was of no exception. Each year there’s a theme to the ensembles, and each year stars outdo themselves on their own and others’ previous attires. It’s quite literally a case of ‘go big or go home’ — and nobody goes home.
This year’s theme “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” called for celebrities with the likes of Rihanna, Bella Hadid and Blake Lively to bring on their own interpretations of the Catholicism-centric theme with dramatic gowns and even more dramatic headwear.
From Rihanna’s show-stopping Margiela-designed papal crown and cape to the many popes, nuns-inspired dresses and renaissance artworks that donned the carpet, here are the most outstanding and breathtaking looks we saw at 2018 Met Gala.
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Best dressed at the Met Gala 2018
Rihanna
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Decked in a gorgeous array of jewellery from Cartier, the host of the evening managed to one-up the rest in an intricately embellished mini dress with train and matching shawl-collar coat by Maison Margiela Artisanal. Inspired by the look of a pope, Rihanna wore a papal mitre (a ceremonial head-dress of bishops) by Stephen Jones millinery.
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Gigi Hadid
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Gigi Hadid wore a Atelier Versace gown with a stained glass design reminiscent of those normally seen in church windows. She topped this off with Christian Louboutin heels and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.
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Ariana Grande
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The lovely Ariana Grande arrived in a Vera Wang gown that’s screenprinted with a captivating imprint of timages from Michelangelo’s iconic fresco, The Last Judgement, which adorns the sanctuary wall of the Sistine Chapel. She topped it off with a billowy gold veil bow.
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Blake Lively
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Met Gala regular Blake Lively wore a long beaded crimson dress by Versace that was spliced with sheer panels on the sides and encrusted with gold jewels. She finished the look with a pair of emerald earrings and a halo-esque headpiece.
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Zendaya
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Zendaya delves into the world of chainmail and channeled the patron saint Joan of Arc in an Atelier Versace gown which featured armor-like details redolent of that on knights. She also sported a scarlet bobbed wig, Jimmy Choo heels and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
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SZA
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Singer SZA donned an opulent powder pink Atelier Versace gown with an embellished bodice and frothy cutaway tulle skirt. She completed the look with a celestial halo crown and Djula rings.
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Lily Collins
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Lily Collins exuded gothic chic vibes with a black gossamer Givenchy gown with a mini skirt and a longer sheer overlayer. She also wore a halo of a metallic black crown from Clare Waight Keller and was dripping in jewellery from Cartier.
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Madonna
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Madonna wowed in a regal Jean Paul Gaultier full-skirted black gown with cross motif in the bodice. She then further upped the ante with a black net veil over her face that was encrusted with jeweled crosses and rosaries. As if her outfit weren’t dramatic enough, the Material Girl then finished her look with custom Lana Jewelry cross earrings and necklaces and Narcisa Pheres jewels, plus a handful of black roses.
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Cardi B
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The hip hop-star dresses her baby bump in the most grandeur manner possilbe – in custom Moschino with ornate jewels and pearls. The opulent gold number came with a billowing satin overskirt belted layered at the waist which fell to form a massive train. And that dramatic bedazzled headpiece she’s got on? One word. Show-stopping.
Bella Hadid
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The gorgeous Bella Hadid wears a vampy black gown consisting of a high-shine latex bodice and cross-embroidered skirt from Chrome Hearts. She completed the look with a structured black bolero and long sheer veil attached on her gold headpiece.
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