Rapper Cardi B swept by in a stunning red quilted dress accentuated with a matching sequin headpiece, feathers and a train that took up much of the pink carpet, actor and singer Jared Leto was accompanied by his own head and singer and songwriter Katy Perry came as a candled chandelier at the crazy, campy Met Gala on Monday.
Lady Gaga used the carpet as a runway and a changing station – earning giggles and claps from journalist Anna Wintour – and actress and singer Tiffany Haddish brought fried chicken in a plastic bag as many of the A-list guests worked the camp theme to the max. That included Zendaya, whose Cinderella Tommy Hilfiger dress went aglow with the wave of a magic wand. She dropped one of her see-through slippers on the way up the long staircase at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the cocktail hour.
Also princessy, of the saucy variety: rapper Nicki Minaj in a short pink Prabal Gurung dress with yards and yards to her train, the last star to walk the carpet.
Katy Perry, whose look was created by Jeremy Scott for Moschino, said she wanted to be “of the light,” though she appeared concerned her heavy looking headpiece would topple as she smiled and walked precariously up the stairs, designer Diane von Furstenberg briefly in her orbit as Lady Liberty.
Perry, model Bella Hadid dished, “had to be trucked here in a UPS truck”.
Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski channelled Cher in a barely there silver dress by Dundas and wing-like headpiece with feathers and hanging crystal strands by the House of Malakai. Tom Ford dressed model-turned actress Gemma Chan, who wore a custom headdress inspired by Elizabeth Taylor and Versace created a jaw-dropping sparkler for actress and singer Jennifer Lopez. She wore a 129.48-carat purple and diamond sapphire by Harry Winston around her neck.
Actress Lupita Nyong’o spent four hours getting ready in a rainbow, cool chick getup, her hair high and packed with golden Afro picks.