Around this time last week the annual Costume Institute Gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, more commonly known as the Met Gala, had social media booming with this year's theme, Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. With Anna Wintour's enhancement of the Met Gala over the past years, it has become the celebrity gathering of the year to showcase the best fashion, but that isn't exactly the reason for the gala. The Met Gala, held on the first Monday in May, is an event that fundraises for the benefit of the costume institute and is the big kick off to the annual fashion exhibit in the museum. Yes, it isn’t something you would hear about everyday, but with the rise of social media and the wave of celebrities at the gala, it can be easily seen as just another red carpet when it is intended to fundraise. If you get the chance to visit the museum, the exhibitions is free with museum admission.
This exhibition at the Met is now open and is running until August 14th.
The theme of this year's gala could have been easily misinterpreted for keyboard dresses and robot glam. Andrew Bolton, the Met Curator, talks about what the theme really was in this video here and the age of technology that fashion is going through right now.
It gave the red carpet so many different looks that were innovative and remarkable, on another level! Much of the fashion wasn't something you want to see your favorite celebrity wearing, like the different brow styles we saw on Kim Kardashian West and Lily Aldridge (photos below), because we aren't used to seeing such a drastic difference in a consistent style that someone wears. I think that the shift was what wasn't exactly appealing to your eyes, but I think that it all fit incredibly with theme. The unlike choices for this unique and distinct theme were perfect and made it even more enthralling!
This exhibition at the Met is now open and is running until August 14th.
The theme of this year's gala could have been easily misinterpreted for keyboard dresses and robot glam. Andrew Bolton, the Met Curator, talks about what the theme really was in this video here and the age of technology that fashion is going through right now.
It gave the red carpet so many different looks that were innovative and remarkable, on another level! Much of the fashion wasn't something you want to see your favorite celebrity wearing, like the different brow styles we saw on Kim Kardashian West and Lily Aldridge (photos below), because we aren't used to seeing such a drastic difference in a consistent style that someone wears. I think that the shift was what wasn't exactly appealing to your eyes, but I think that it all fit incredibly with theme. The unlike choices for this unique and distinct theme were perfect and made it even more enthralling!
A star-studded event calls for a plethora of incredible fashion...
Some were fit perfectly with theme, others not so much.
Regardless of the theme, the fashion was incredible! Here are some my favorites:
Anna Wintour in Chanel with her daughter, Bee Schaffer in Alexander McQueen
Like the flick of a switch, just by taking off the overlaying jacket,
Karlie Kloss went from conservative to sexy in this cut-out white dress by Brandon Maxwell
Karlie Kloss went from conservative to sexy in this cut-out white dress by Brandon Maxwell
Wiz Khalifa in custom Rag and Bone
Lily-Rose Depp in Chanel
Elle Fanning in Thakoon
Alexa Chung, also in Thakoon
Nicole Kidman in Alexander McQueen
Kristen Stewart in Chanel
The coolest siblings out there, Jaden and Willow Smith. Jaden wore Louis Vuitton and Willow wore Chanel
Naomi Campbell in Roberto Cavalli (by Peter Dunas)
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Taylor Swift and Brie Larson in some-what similar silver ruffled dress. I love them both, they're similar
but have their own unique qualities!
Taylor is in custom Louis Vuitton and Brie is in Proenza Schouler
but have their own unique qualities!
Taylor is in custom Louis Vuitton and Brie is in Proenza Schouler
Poppy Delevingne in Marchesa
Ciara in H&M
Kanye West in Balmain. This jacket is on another level!!!!
Emma Watson in Calvin Klein and Eco Age.
She posted all about this incredible eco-friendly gown on her facebook, read about it here.
She posted all about this incredible eco-friendly gown on her facebook, read about it here.
Claire Danes lighting up the red carpet in Zac Posen
Karolína Kurková always wows me at the Met Gala. She seems to take the theme seriously and always is one of the best dressed, in my opinion. I mean, all her looks are always so incredible!!!! Karolína is wearing Marchesa, but this isn't an off the rack piece. She took it to a different level this year. This "Cognitive Dress" was designed with IBM's Watson team's help. The lights of the dress were able to interpret the emotions in tweets that used the hashtags #MetGala and #CognitiveDress.
IBM wrote all about the dress, read it here.
**I do not own any of these photos**
IBM wrote all about the dress, read it here.
**I do not own any of these photos**