Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively and more hit red carpet for Gilded Glamour theme
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Your support makes all the difference.The 2022 Met Gala red carpet was full of gilded glamour as guests attended fashion’s most-anticipated event of the year.
From Blake Lively to Kim Kardashian, the best-dressed stars of the Met Gala stunned in vintage dresses and multiple outfit changes.
The theme of the evening’s Met Gala was “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” the second part of the Costume Institute’s exhibition, which opened on 18 September. The first part of the exhibition was reflected in last year’s Met Gala theme, “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” which was in celebration of all things American Fashion.
Last year, the Met Gala took place on 13 September and the year before, it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Usually, around 600 celebrities are invited to mark the glitzy event in their social calendars, but this year and last, the numbers are closer to 400.
As per tradition, the guest list for this year’s event was carefully presided over by Vogue’sAnna Wintour, who has run the gala since 1995. It was announced earlier this year that the 2022 hosts would include Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Lin-Manuel Miranda, who served as the night’s official co-chairs.
Emma Stone wears never-before-seen dress by Louis Vuitton that she wore to her wedding’s after party back in 2020.
The knee-length feathered white dress was designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, the creative director of the fashion label.
Emma Stone is married to writer and comedian Dave McCary.
Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala with his mother, Maye Musk.
The Tesla CEO, who recently purchased Twitter for $44 billion, told red carpet co-host La La Anthony that he plans to “make Twitter as inclusive as possible”.
The billionaire posed on the red carpet in a series of silly poses, including with an exaggerated kissy face.
Elon Musk shares his plans for Twitter as he attends Met Gala with his mother
Musk says goals include making Twitter ‘as inclusive as possible’
New York City mayor Eric Adams makes a statement with his Met Gala outfit.
Adams wore an illustrated tuxedo jacket with the words “End Gun Violence” written across the back. The design was accompanied with a drawing of a handgun encircled in a “no” symbol. The lapels of his jacket also featured imagery of the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The mayor walked the red carpet with his girlfriend Tracey Collins.
Eric Adams makes Met Gala statement with ‘End Gun Violence’ tuxedo
Brooklyn-born politician also pai tribute to city’s MTA
Kourtney Kardashian says she “didn’t really think about” the Met Gala 2022 theme as she walks the red carpet with fiancé Travis Barker.
The couple matched in Thom Browne, with Kardashian wearing a “deconstructed” version of Barker’s suit.
While speaking to red carpet co-host La La Anthony, the Poosh founder revealed that her sister Kim Kardashian has yet to appear at the event because she is getting dressed in a “secret dressing room”.
The “gilded glamour” dress code for this year’s Met Gala is in tribute to the Metropolitan Museum’s exhibit, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion”.
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker wear matching skirts to 2022 Met Gala
Couple wore Thom Browne to 2022 Met Gala
Kylie Jenner’s look sparks mixed reaction from fans as she wears a baseball cap to the Met Gala.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 24, arrived at the 2022 Met Gala red carpet wearing an Off-White wedding dress. The white ball gown was paired with a veiled baseball cap was topped with white flowers.
Jenner previously matched her sister Kendall Jenner when the two wore custom-made lavender and tangerine feathered Versace gowns to the 2019 Met Gala.
Kylie Jenner sparks mixed reactions after wearing wedding gown to Met Gala
‘Why is Kylie wearing a wedding dress with a baseball hat??’
Cara Delevigne stuns in painted gold and topless red suit to the Met Gala.
The model, 29, walked the red carpet in a double-breasted red suit jacket with matching silk trousers. The former Victoria’s Secret model channeled the Gilded Age with a cane.
As she walked the red carpet, Delevigne undressed her suit jacket to reveal her gold-painted body, dangling gold necklaces, and leafed chains wrapped around her torso.
Kim Kardashian wears Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr President” dress at 2022 Met Gala.
The billionaire business mogul, 41, walked the red carpet with boyfriend Pete Davidson, 28.
While speaking to red carpet co-host La La Anthony, Kardashian revealed she “had to lose 16 pounds to be able to fit” into the 60-year-old dress. The sleeveless Bob Mackie dress was made famous by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 when she serenaded President John F Kennedy on his 45th birthday.
According to Kardashian, the dress — which has been on display at the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum! in Orlando, Florida — came with “armed guards” and had to be touched with gloves. Kardashian lost 16 pounds in three weeks in order to wear it to the Met Gala.
Kim Kardashian wears Marilyn Monroe’s dress at Met Gala as she debuts blonde hair
Dress was worn by Monroe in 1962 to serenade President John F Kennedy
A surprise proposal at the Met Gala!
Laurie Cumbo, the Commissioner of New York City Cultural Affairs, was proposed to on the steps of the Met Museum with none other than a Tiffany engagement ring.
The proposal was met with cheers from fellow attendees, with reporters asking Cumbo “what just happened”.
Met Gala red carpet interrupted by marriage proposal
‘I guess my fiancé just asked me to marry him,’ Commissioner of New York City Cultural Affairs says
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend their first Met Gala as a married couple.
The actress and model, 27, wore a hot-pink Valentino gown. Meanwhile, Beckham, 23, was dressed in cream-coloured suit also made by the fashion label.
The Beckham-Peltz’s gushed about their recent nuptials to red carpet co-host La La Anthony, which took place in Palm Beach, Florida on 9 April.
Pete Davidson helps Kim Kardashian up Met Gala steps as she struggles in Marilyn Monroe’s dress.
The 60-year-old dress, which Kardashian revealed did not fit when she first tried it on, appeared to be difficult to walk in as she relied on Davidson to help her up the Met Gala steps.
Kardashian explained to Vogue that she had changed out of the dress once she finished walking the Met Gala red carpet.
Read more about the moment here:
Pete Davidson helps Kim Kardashian as she struggles in Marilyn Monroe’s dress
Davidson later amused viewers when he attempted to walk away from red carpet interview
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