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.
Fredrik Robertsson was mistakenly identified as Jared Leto on Met Gala red carpet.
Robertsson, the editor-in-chief of Boy magazine, arrived at the 2022 Met Gala wearing a silver, spiky outfit by Iris Van Herpen, which was paired with a bleach-blonde, slicked-back hairstyle.
According to Vanity Fair, Getty Images incorrectly identified Robertsson as Leto — a mistake that was then repeated by both viewers and reporters.
Find out more about the case of mistaken identity:
Jared Leto was mistakenly identified multiple times on Met Gala red carpet
Leto later arrived on red carpet in matching outfit with Gucci creative director
Nicki Minaj has a wardrobe malfunction at the 2022 Met Gala.
The rapper’s look, which was designed by Burberry’s Ricardo Tisci, featured a black ball gown with feathers, a large black belt, and leather pants. Minaj completed the look with a baseball cap.
During the red carpet livestream, Minaj told Anthony that the strapless gown kept falling down because the bra within didn’t fit properly.
Read her response to the wardrobe malfunction:
Nicki Minaj has hilarious response to wardrobe malfunction at Met Gala
‘They made my cup size a little small’
Lizzo wears Thom Browne as she plays from a $55,000 flute.
The singer walked the Met Gala red carpet wearing a golden hand-embroidered gown which took “took 22,000 hours to make.” Lizzo’s dress was paired with her favourite accessory: a flute.
Watch her improptu red carpet performance here:
Gwen Stefani says she did her own makeup for the 2022 Met Gala after her makeup artist had an emergency.
The “Don’t Speak” singer was dressed in a green neon gown by Vera Wang, who previously designed her wedding dress to country music singer Blake Shelton.
While walking the red carpet, Stefani told Vogue livestream co-host La La Anthony that she was supposed to work with a new makeup artist, but she had to leave due to an emergency.
“I had a lot of fun doing it today and it was stressful too but in a good way,” she said about her DIY makeup. “I was like, ‘Alright, I got this.’”
Kim Kardashian says she was “honoured” to wear Marilyn Monroe’s JFK gown to the Met Gala.
The reality star also revealed that she lost 16 pounds in less than a month to fit into the dress, which was loaned to her from the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum.
The iconic dress was worn by Monroe during her Happy Birthday performance to US president John F Kennedy in 1962.
In an Instagram post, Kardashian said: “I am so honoured to be wearing the iconic dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in 1962 to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to President John F. Kennedy. It is a stunning skintight gown adorned with more than 6,000 hand-sewn crystals by costumier Jean Louis.
“Thank you Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for giving me the opportunity to debut this evocative piece of fashion history for the first time since the late Marilyn Monroe wore it. I am forever grateful for this moment.”
In case you missed it, here are the best dressed stars on the Met Gala red carpet for 2022.
From Blake Lively’s Statue of Liberty-inspired gown, to Glenn Close’s all-pink look, and Billie Eilish’s Bridgerton-esque Gucci gown, celebrities brought their A-game to this year’s Met Gala.
See all the best looks of the night here:
The best dressed stars on the Met Gala red carpet
Celebrities attended the annual fashion event in their most iconic looks
Social media users are loving Sebastian Stan and Glenn Close’s highlighter pink looks from the Met Gala.
Both looks were designed by Pier Paolo Piccioli for Valentino and have since spawned multiple memes, including:
And:
We love to see it.
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz have made their first red carpet appearance since their lavish wedding in April at last night’s Met Gala.
Beckham and Peltz, who got married on 9 April at Peltz’s family estate in Florida, said the first few weeks of married life had been “so much fun” and that it felt like they were “on a play date forever.”
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz debut as married couple at Met Gala
The pair said the first few weeks of married life had been ‘so much fun’ and that it felt like they were ‘on a play date forever.’
The couple both wore Valentino, with Beckham in a cream suit and Peltz in a highlighter pink dress.
“Usually I go with a plain black suit. But this time I went (with) a sheer shirt and cream suit. Pier Paolo always kills it,” Beckham told Vogue.
Peltz said of her own outfit: “I’m so honoured. Every time I get to wear one of his dresses I’m so excited. You feel like a princess in them.”
Emma Stone has re-worn a dress from her 2020 wedding to the Met Gala.
According to US Vogue, the actor wore the Louis Vuitton dress to her wedding afterparty in September 2020.
In a tweet, the magazine said: “Emma Stone’s dress is in fact a special piece she wore to her wedding afterparty that has never been seen publicly before.”
Saman Javed has the full story here:
Emma Stone rewears dress from her wedding to Met Gala
The actor married comedian Dave McCary in September 2020
A Met Gala reporter has been praised by social media users for “outdoing” celebrities on the Met Gala red carpet.
Genesis Suero, a news anchor for the Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo, wore a dress designed by New York-based designer Lucia Rodriguez to the event.
People have gushed over the former Miss New York USA’s look, with one user writing: “Queen, you are stunning and better dressed than 99 per cent of the celebrities there.”
Another said: “Who is she?! She got it! Unsung hero of the Met Gala, a Disney princess.”
Kate Ng has the full story here:
Met Gala reporter wins praise for outdoing celebrities with her outfit
Fans gushed about former Miss New York USA Genesis Suero’s ‘Disney princess’ ball gown
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