The Met Gala 2017

The Met Gala 2017! It’s safe to say that this year proved to be a challenge for most if not all the A-list celebs that made it to Anna Wintour’s tight-cut invitation list for the Metropolitan Museum’s annual fashion exhibition. The theme was  Rei Kawakubo/ Comme Des Garçons. Rei Kawakubo is a japanese avant gardist and now the first living designer since Yves Saint Laurent in 1983 to be the sole subject of the Met’s blockbuster fashion exhibit. 

Every Met Gala has a theme (last year’s was technology, 2015’s was China) and the red carpet is a big divide between honouring the leitmotif and making the next morning’s Best Dressed lists. For Kawakubo, the whole point of clothes is to challenge established notions of beauty. Moving away from what is considered the norm and embracing the crazy. The biggest challenge posed to the celebs was to honour this while keeping up the glam factor. 

The easiest option to wear Comme Des Garçons was off the table. Now be it for the reason  that the work of Rei Kawakubo, is simply too scary for most people-page regulars, or that CdG does not pay celebrities to wear its clothes, and has no official “face” or “ambassadors” is not clear. But there were some brave souls who did showed up decked in layers and layers of fabric and upholstery and in dresses with no arm-holes. *gulp*

But in my opinion, these babies were the clear winners of the show. They honoured the theme and took a chance. And in fashion, if you’re not taking a chance, then honey, what the hell are you doing? 

So here’s my list of my utmost favourite looks from the Met Gala 2017-

 

 

Rihanna in fresh off the runway Comme Des Garçons  – easily the winner look of the night. Riri never fails to impress.

Helen Lasichanh and Pharell Williams in Comme Des Garçons – Note: Helen’s dress has no arm holes. And do you notice the faint ‘Rei’ on Pharell’s ripped jeans? Winner, again.

Anna Cleveland in Comme des Garçons – she looks like a beautiful avant garde fairy princess.

There were many who pulled it off without wearing Comme Des Garcons. Kudos to you guys too.

Katy Perry in custom John Galliano for Maison Margiela – she looks like living art work. Big fan.

Lily Collins in Giambattista Valli – One of my favourites. Daring, on theme and flawless.

Lily Aldridge in Ralph Lauren and Balenciaga boots – absolutely adore the purple mesh scarf. Very sexy.

Claire Danes in Monse – Mixing classic with avant garde. It’s the revolution we all need for the classic tux.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – nobody knows who they’re wearing and nobody ever will because come on, they’d never be able to pull it off anyway.

Hailee Steinfeld in Vera Wang – looking like a badass. Can somebody please find me the tutorial of that bun?

Zoë Kravitz in Oscar de la Renta – that cape tho.

 

Zendaya in Dolce & Gabbana – oh my god that hair

Cara Delevingne in Chanel – Bonus points for the spray painted silver scalp.

Liu Wen in Off-White – very few people can pull off denim (that too, ripped) at the red carpet and she does it flawlessly.

 

And that’s about it. To wrap up, I would say this year’s Met showed surprisingly much better fashion than the previous year. Kudos to Anna. In case you were wondering, this is what she wore.

Anna Wintour in custom Chanel – trying to come to terms with the fashion choices of those not mentioned in this list.

~The Fashionalyst.