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NEW YORK (AP):
Rihanna shut down a rainy Met Gala on Monday in a pinstripe Marc Jacobs look and a huge hat, her newly announced baby bump on display after announcing her pregnancy with baby No. 3 earlier in the day.
Men’s suiting and tailoring was the evening’s theme. It came complete with a tuxedoed choir and lots of women rocking pinstripes and other men’s detailing. Emma Chamberlain, Zendaya, Teyana Taylor and many other women went with traditional men’s detailing.
Chamberlain and Zuri Hall were among those who wore sleek, sexy gowns that play on men’s suiting in pinstripes as they walked up the grand steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Zendaya, a co-host last year, wore a perfectly tailored white trouser suit with a matching wide-brim hat from Louis Vuitton.
Janelle Monáe epitomised the night’s theme, the black dandy, in exaggerated pinstripes by Thom Browne. Lauryn Hill honoured menswear in a butter-yellow suit with exaggerated tailoring that screamed black power.
The menswear vibe for women was frequent and expected, “women wanting to maintain a traditionally feminine dress silhouette, while still respecting the theme,” said William Dingle, director of style for blackmenswear.com, a cultural impact agency that focuses on uplifting black men.
Alicia Keys and her husband, Swizz Beatz, leaned way in on the pinstripes in red. She rocked a head of bejewelled braids. He rocked a do-rag.
Doja Cat, always fearless when it comes to fashion, donned a Marc Jacobs bodysuit look with orange-and-black wildcat detailing and broad-shouldered pinstripes. Taylor went for a stunning zoot suit look with a red, feather-adorned top hat and a huge matching cape dripping with flowers and bling. She collaborated with famed costumer designer Ruth E. Carter.
The zoot was popularised in Harlem in the 1940s.
Madonna, “no stranger to gender-bending fashion”, Dingle said, showed up in a monochrome taupe tuxedo clutching a cigar. It was Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann, the designer who took over when Ford stepped aside.
THE BOMBSHELLS
Megan Thee Stallion in Michael Kors and Dua Lipa in black Chanel included. Megan’s look had a high side slit and floral lace embellishment. Lipa was giving elevated flapper in feathers and an ‘S’ curl style for her hair. And Miley Cyrus oozed womanhood in a custom, cropped, black crocodile jacket and long, black taffeta skirt by Alaïa.
Diana Ross, meanwhile, swallowed the carpet in a huge white train, escorted by her son, Evan Ross.
Lizzo debuted blonde hair to go with her pink-and-black Christian Siriano gown with a plunge at the front. It was so tight at the legs she struggled to walk.
Cardi B, who always goes big at the Met Gala, stunned in a low-cut Burberry pantsuit. She showed off a new hairstyle and eye colour, appearing to wear green contacts to match her ivy-coloured look.
STANDOUTS AMONG THE MEN
As for the men, co-host A$AP Rocky told The Associated Press that Anna Wintour suggested he wear a black designer.
“So I wore myself,” the musician said of his custom suit designed by his creative agency, AWGE, complete with a black parka and diamond-crested umbrella. “Everything is designed by yours truly.”
Rocky, Rihanna’s partner and dad of their two kids, confirmed to reporters that baby No. 3 in on the way. He spoke about it after Rihanna was photographed walking in the rain with her baby bump out in a blue crop top and skirt.
“It feels amazing, you know,” Rocky said. “It’s time that we show the people what we was cooking up. And I’m glad everybody’s happy for us ’cause we definitely happy, you know.”
Colman Domingo, one of the evening’s hosts, wore Valentino - a pleated, gold-adorned cape over a grey-and-black suit, his jacket a pearled windowpane design with a huge, dotted, black flower.
Pharrell Williams, the Louis Vuitton menswear creative director, another co-host, was demure in a double-breasted, beaded evening jacket and dark trousers. Williams walked with his wife, Helen Lasichanh, in a black bodysuit and matching jacket.
What other women killed the menswear game? Coco Jones in an ivory tuxedo coat with a train over matching trousers, both covered in chunky embellishment. Her look was by Indian designer Manish Malhotra.
Bad Bunny, ever a fashion rebel, wore a custom black Prada suit. The best detail: his woven hat, which appeared to be a reference to the pava, a straw hat associated with the Puerto Rican jíbaro.
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