Assy Style Bradley Cooper & Irina Shayk: First Met Carpet First any carpet, actually. Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk have both been at the Met Gala together. But they’ve never walked the carpet at the Met Gala together. It’s only taken them three years and a child. I’m curious about what this means. A Star Is Born By Lainey • May 08, 2018 07:58 am
Met Gala 2018 Cardi B: Met’s best new player This is Cardi B’s first Met Gala. Aren’t you sad now that we haven’t had years of Cardi x the Met? Cardi came out swinging. LOOK AT HER. There’s no coasting on a basic body-con dress because a) she’s pregnant or b) it’s her By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 07:29 am
Met Gala 2018 Janelle Monae: Best Met Synergy Here is gifted actress, musician, and fashion icon Janelle Monae at the Met Gala: Here is gifted actress, musician, and fashion icon Janelle Monae as pictured on her new album Dirty Computer: I believe this is what we call ‘synergy’. I guess it’s possible that it was unconscious that By Duana • May 08, 2018 06:56 am
Met Gala 2018 Ariana Grande & Gigi Hadid: The Met’s Newbie & Veteran Gigi Hadid is only 23 and she is a Met Gala pro – this year, she was dressed in Versace. The dress is meant to catch the light, much like a stained-glass window. It moves from light to dark, glowing and ornate with gold details and, according to the Versace Instagram By Maria • May 08, 2018 06:39 am
Met Gala 2018 Kerry Washington & Uma Thurman: Met Best Hair All night I kept trying to figure out why people seemed so much more comfortable this year at the Met Gala. Is it just me? Didn’t they all look and seem that much more comfortable? My theory is that because of the theme, they were, ironically perhaps, liberated from By Lainey • May 08, 2018 06:15 am
Met Gala 2018 Letitia Wright: Met’s little sister That feels unfair. Letitia Wright is 24 years old. She’s older than both Gigi and Bella Hadid and yet, she still feels like a little sister always. I was shipping Letitia Wright and Sebastian Stan for a hot second until Sarah yelled at me, as she does often, for By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 05:50 am
Met Gala 2018 Tracee Ellis Ross & Yara Shahidi: Met letdown As I said yesterday, Tracee Ellis Ross is one of the ones I wait for. She was worth waiting for last year. This year though… Duana called it “Diana Ross cosplay” which, like, if there’s ever going to be anyone to cosplay Diana Ross, it’s Tracee Ellis Ross. By Lainey • May 08, 2018 05:20 am
Met Gala 2018 Lena Waithe: Best Met statement Last September, Lena Waithe gave one of the all-time best Emmy speeches. I remember pausing the show right after Lena’s speech and transcribing every word she said to accept her Emmy as the first black woman to win for comedy writing on a note in my phone. That note By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 05:03 am
Met Gala 2018 Three Nuns Walk into the Met Gala OK none of these women are actually dressed like nuns, but let’s go with it. First, Alicia Vikander (who, to me, has very low energy on the red carpet) and Jennifer Connelly, who I was semi-excited about seeing. Both are in Louis Vuitton and both designs clearly had a By Maria • May 08, 2018 04:50 am
Met Gala 2018 Jaden, Jared, and Trevor: Two Eye-rolls and a Stud at the Met Gala When Duana and I were lining up our coverage last night, we had a column called the “f-ck off” list. You will soon read who made the “f-ck off” list. Spoiler: a few Oscar nominated and winning actresses. Also Jared Leto. It was a f-ck off for Jared Leto at By Lainey • May 08, 2018 04:30 am
Met Gala 2018 The Olsens & Wendi Deng: Met Billionaires Where do I start – Wendi Deng or the Olsens? For the Olsens, it will be quick and easy as my point from last year still stands – the Olsens have a specific aesthetic and an innate sense of style, and they don’t bend the knee to anyone (including Anna Wintour) By Maria • May 08, 2018 04:16 am
Met Gala 2018 Madonna: the Met Gala’s Best Obvious Icon I’m just going to say it. We would not be here if it weren’t for Madonna. The theme is being referred to as ‘Heavenly Bodies’, and the dress code was also tongue-in-cheek-ishly ‘Sunday Best’, but the official theme is “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”. Fashion wouldn’ By Duana • May 08, 2018 04:01 am
Met Gala 2018 Priyanka Chopra & Olivia Munn: Best Met headpieces My God this shot of Priyanka Chopra from the back: Now that is a statement. It’s SO f-cking good. And it’s exactly what a headpiece can do for an otherwise not-that-remarkable dress. Yes, it’s velvet in a colour that is deluxe as f-ck on her. But, really, By Lainey • May 08, 2018 03:45 am
Met Gala 2018 Ruth coasts, Greta commits: Met Gala black & white Like Lainey, I was very much looking forward to Ruth Negga’s look for the Met Gala. Her red Valentino at the 2017 Oscars is one of the best red carpet looks of the last 5 years. It’s not that Ruth didn’t adhere to the theme this year By Maria • May 08, 2018 03:14 am
Met Gala 2018 Frances McDormand: the best Met surprise Before tonight, did you know you needed this? Did you think that by the time the Met Gala 2018 red carpet was over you would be saying to yourself, well, sh-t, I’m so happy Frances McDormand was there? Nobody, OK? Nobody would have predicted it. And that’s why By Lainey • May 08, 2018 02:59 am
Style Amal Clooney: Best Met Theme Twist I had always assumed, up to now, that the co-chairs of the Met Gala were just chosen relative to what the theme might be, or, given that we’re talking about Anna Wintour here, even informed that they were being appointed co-chairs without being asked in so many words. But By Duana • May 08, 2018 02:26 am
