The Met Gala is synonymous to the biggest fashion night in Hollywood, and for the last couple of days, the world of pop culture, entertainment and celebrity news has been abuzz with great impatience waiting for the fashion of this year’s edition.
The Met Gala is organized to honour the creativity that fuels the entertainment industry, and every Met has its own theme. For 2021, the Met paid tribute to the ingenuity of American style, and the night was themed “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” The “event of the year” took place at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. and was hosted by co-chairs Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, and Naomi Osaka, and honorary chairs Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri, and Anna Wintour.
The idea was for guests to reflect America’s gusty, adventurous sartorial spirit, and this gave a kind of freedom of fashion expression to attendees. Safe to say we were wowed beyond our imagination, and we have gleefully put together a list of the best dressed celebrities at this year’s Met Gala.
Enjoy the exciting compilation of the best dressed men and women at the 2021 MET Gala event.
Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyong’o wore a custom #AtelierVersace gown. Inspired by Versace jeans couture’s love of American denim, the design features a sculptural haute couture silhouette and is enriched with a crystal-adorned gorgette underskirt that’s slit to the thigh.
Lili Reinhart
Lili Reinhart in Christian Siriano
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish who was a co-chair at the Gala, referenced old Hollywood glamour dressed in a custom Oscar de la Renta gown. The peach-colored gown was designed with a printed tulle ombré bustier top and with an oversize tulle skirt.
Venus Williams
Venus Williams in Prabal Gurung.
Alton Maison
Alton Mason in Theophilio
Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt wore a MiuMiu corseted see-through column dress in nude tulle with white silk sablé draping on chest and trained cape, embellished with an all-over embroidery with crystals, crystal fringes and stars.
Donatella Versace
Donatella Versace wears a gown inspired by Versace’s iconic bondage dress, a look she first wore in New York in 1992. The voluminous silhouette references the work of prominent American designer Charles James.
Kendall Jenner
Kendall Jenner in Givenchy
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian in Balenciaga
Normani
Normani was photographed on the red carpet of the #MetGala in New York wearing a gold organza and taffeta dress from Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino Des Ateliers collection, styled by Mimi Cuttrell.
Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid wore a Prada ivory silk radzimir gown with contrasting duchesse black bodice, characterized by a wide slit back and an exposed neckline paired with black beaded tights. She also wore crystal embellished sling backs pumps, black leather gloves and a black plex hair clip.
Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum wore a classic #AtelierVersace tuxedo to the #MetGala2021. The look references the Golden Age of Hollywood in keeping with the gala’s theme.
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union is in a custom look. The dress has thousands of spheres cut and layered in size gradients from a translucent white ‘liquid’ fabric and laser cut with a fine silver outline, that was then handstitched seamlessly in a multilevel optical illusion from which waves seem to float down weightlessly.
Barbie Ferreira
Barbie Ferreira in a custom Jonathan Simkhai dress, dripping with thousands of embroidered Swarovski crystals and pearls.
Ciara
Ciara wearing a custom backless gown by DUNDAS World embellished with her husband’s, Russell Wilson, jersey number
Megan Fox
Megan Fox in an embellished custom DUNDAS World dress.
Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer is in a crystal Sergio Hudson dress.
Natalia Bryant
Natalia Bryant in a Conner Ives dress
Rihanna
Rihanna in Balenciaga
Eiza Gonzales
Eiza Gonzalez attended the #MetGala2021 in a custom #AtelierVersace gown inspired by the golden age of Hollywood glamour. The scarlet design is enriched with shimmering crystals and the unique neckline drapes around the back to form an elegant glove.
Tom Ford
Tom Ford, Honorary Chair of the 2021 Met Gala, wore a velvet Tom Ford Atticus cocktail jacket with evening trousers, pique plastron tuxedo shirt, classic satin bow tie & cummerbund with diamond and black onyx stud and cufflink set.
Ava Duvernay
Ava Duvernay wore a Prada black silk cady column skirt, black technical jersey mock turtleneck with puff sleeves in black duchesse with sequin embroidery and matching crystal paired with black suede pumps, black leather gloves and a black satin clutch with crystal detailing.
Tessa Thompson
Tessa Thompson is in an Iris Van Herpen ‘Syntopia’ dress.
Yara Shahibi
Yara Shahidi, a Dior global ambassador glittered in a custom Dior Couture crystal-embroidered gown veiled with a gold tulle cloak and accessorized with long gloves, a belt and hair accessory, all by Maria Grazia Chiuri.
Iman
Iman wears a Harris Reed handmade crinoline and gold leaf gown, jacquard bustier and flares with the true ray of light to top it off, and a hat made in collaboration with London based Vivienne Lake.
