Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Lil Nas X dazzle at Met Gala

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NEW YORK – Billie Eilish went afloat glam successful a immense peach shot gown astatine the pandemic-delayed Met Gala connected Monday night, portion chap big of the evening Amanda Gorman was breathtaking successful bluish customized Vera Wang with a diamond laurel wreath successful her hair.

Co-host Timothée Chalamet raced onto Fifth Avenue to instrumentality selfies with fans earlier walking up the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for his entranceway aft a marching set and gymnast kicked disconnected the long-awaited evening. Last year's gala was canceled owed to the pandemic.

This year's authoritative taxable of the fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute was “American Independence,” leaving plentifulness of country for interpretation. Just inquire Lil Nas X, who did a Lady Gaga-esque portion tease connected the carpet successful golden Versace, from cape to armor to embellished jumpsuit.

Eilish, the belle of the ball, wore Oscar de la Renta. She told Vogue: “It was clip for this. I consciousness similar I've grown truthful overmuch implicit the past fewer years.”

Chalamet had sneakers connected his feet but diamonds connected his look. Chalamet called his look “a spot of everything,” conscionable similar America.

Gorman's dress, which included much than 3,000 hand-sewn crystals, was made to evoke a starry nighttime sky. She told Vogue she felt similar Lady Liberty, reimagined. Her crown, the prima writer said, was a motion to publishing. Another of the hosts, Naomi Osaka, wanted to observe each her cultures — Japan, Haitian and the U.S. — and picked a Louis Vuitton gown designed successful collaboration with her sister, Mari Osaka. It was a swirly blue, aqua and purple people with agelong achromatic ruffle sleeves and a wide reddish sash.

If this gala produced a trend, it’s immense connection sleeves, with immoderate stars and stripes thrown in. There was a smattering of red, arsenic successful the red, achromatic and bluish of the American flag. Karlie Kloss wore reddish Carolina Herrera with immense ruffles astatine the cervix and sleeves. Jennifer Hudson besides chose reddish sans sleeves.

Also successful red: Ella Emhoff, the girl of the country’s 2nd gentleman, Doug Emhoff, and Vice President Kamala Harris. She wore a trouser look with a sheer apical and a crystal plan successful each the close places.

Dan Levy took the party's taxable to the utmost successful a bluish confection from Loewe. It had, according to the brand, “printed limb of mutton sleeves" connected a polo garment with an applique of 2 men kissing.

Leon Bridges, meanwhile, honored his location authorities of Texas successful a achromatic cowboy chapeau and a bluish suede fringe jacket. “It's each astir embodying the aesthetic of Texas,” said Bridges, with jewels successful his hair.

Yara Shahidi wore metallic customized Dior implicit with a caput piece. She said she was inspired by Josephine Baker. Emma Chamberlain went for a golden mini with cutouts astatine the waist and chunky reflector and concatenation detail. Harris Reed enactment Iman successful a immense aureate hat.

Gala overseer Anna Wintour arrived aboriginal with a question to the assemblage accompanied by her large daughter, Bee, successful a floral plan with ruffles astatine the neck.

Along with oh-so-many jumpsuits, determination were plentifulness of classical reddish carpet looks and a question of gold, the second including a Peter Dundas look worn by Mary J. Blige. It plunged to the belly fastener and beyond astatine the beforehand and back. Megan Fox, caller from perceive quality astatine the MTV VMAs, besides wore embellished Dundas, a reddish assemblage hugger with criss-crossing astatine the beforehand and sides.

MJ Rodriguez, the “Pose” prima and archetypal transgender performer to prime up an Emmy information successful a large acting category, wore an aged glam, black-and-white corseted look from Thom Brown. The decorator called it a modern-day twist connected classical American sportswear. She attended the gala with purpose.

“Not a batch of trans girls similar myself get this opportunity," she said. "The quality information is what I'm present for.”

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez showed up successful an Aurora James gown of achromatic with a connection splashed successful reddish crossed the back: “Tax the Rich.”

The evening had its stock of what-the-heck moments, similar a mates of equine heads connected dresses and a green-haired Frank Ocean carrying a fake babe with a greenish look to match. Thom Browne gave the walking manner connection Erykah Badu an extra-tall apical chapeau with a bulky achromatic look, a clump of crystals and chunky bling astir her neck.

Her purse was a achromatic leather dachshund.

Dundas besides dressed Ciara, who honored Seahawks hubby Russell Wilson with his No. 3 emblazoned connected her lime greenish sequined gown. She added a small thing other — a Super Bowl ringing — and carried a bedazzled purse successful the signifier of a football.

She said the decorator was inspired by the sporty vibe of the precocious large Geoffrey Beene.

The gala, which raises wealth for the museum's Costume Institute, was pushed past twelvemonth from its accepted May berth and morphed this twelvemonth into a two-part matter marking the institute's 75th anniversary. It coincides with the opening of “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” the archetypal of a two-part accumulation astatine the Met's Anna Wintour Costume Center.

Organizers invited 400 guests, oregon astir a 3rd the fig that usually attend.

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