The first Monday of May, saw some of New York’s fashion elites put on their most outrageous outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit exhibit “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” which explores the intersection of fashion and parody, inspired by Susan Sontag’s essay “Notes on Camp.'”
Actor Billy Porter looked like a winged gold Egyptian god carried in on a platform by shirtless men. Singer Janelle Monet went surrealist with a giant eye for a bra and a stack of hats tumbling off her head at the Pink carpet.
Co-Chair and Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele was accompanied on the red carpet by Co-Chair Harry Styles who wore custom Gucci black organza shirt with black lace and organza jabot with high waisted black wool mohair trousers, black patent leather boots, and a single bee earring with cream drop pearl and interlocking G in metal with aged gold finish. He completed his look with a single bee earring with cream drop pearl and interlocking G in metal with aged gold finish, 14kt yellow gold H and S letter rings, a Le Marché des Merveilles Ring with feline head in 18kt yellow gold, aged sterling silver, rubies, blue topaz and pearl and a Le Marché des Merveilles Lionhead ring in 18kt yellow gold, amethyst and diamonds.
While Deepika Padukone wore a custom Zac Posen dress for the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme. The medium pink gown trailed behind Padukone as she strutted on the event’s matching pink carpet. Posen enlisted the help of engineers to craft more than 400 3D-printed embroidery pieces for the gown.
Priyanka Chopra with husband Nick Jonas attended the first Met Gala as a married couple dressed in Dior.The actress was style by Mimi Cutrell wore a sheer silver gown with coloured ruffled feathers and a crown. While her singer husband chose to wear white tuxedo.
As for the red carpet Kangana Ranaut, will travel for the alcohol brand Grey Goose and will be there from 16-18 May. “Following an exhilarating debut last year at the Cannes Film Festival, I am looking forward to representing Indian cinema at such a prestigious platform with the global icon of luxury yet again. I made many lifelong memories, inclusive of both big and small moments,” she said in the statement.
L’oreal representative Deepika Padukone will be walking the red carpet on 16 May while Sonam Kapoor will appear on 20-21 May. However, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is rumoured to scorch the French Riviera on 19 May.
