Riccardo Tisci very sweetly defended Kardashian’s dress and its critics, calling her “the future wife of a really good friend of mine” (uh, so she and West are engaged?) and “the most beautiful pregnant woman I dressed in my career.”
From Carey Mulligan’s elegant Balenciaga to the Fannings’ edgy Rodarte to Ashley Olsen’s vintage Dior that appeared to levitate, click through for what we thought were the 20 best looks of the night, regardless of its theme.
New totally adorable fashion couple alert? We have no idea but Instagram makes it look that way.
The theme of last night’s event was punk–though you wouldn’t necessarily know it from the red carpet. Though some of the guests did step up the ‘tude a notch–some with spikes, others with hair dye–the majority kept it pretty, well, pretty. Let’s take a look at who was brave enough to go punk, and who Read more →
Were Kanye West and Kim Kardashian the prom king and queen of this year’s Met Ball? Was the event just an opportunity for them to publicly declare their love (of each other and of man skirts) to all the haters? Kinda sounds like it. #punk
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It’s here! It’s here! The Met Ball red carpet is finally underway. So the fashion is great–though not exactly punk. According to Anna Wintour, though, her florals are punk, in a way: Andrew Bolton, the currator of the exhibit told her that pink was the real color of punk. Hence the color scheme. So there. Read more →
Galliano’s not going. See who is.
The Met Ball is like the Oscars for the fashion industry: all the best people in all the best dresses.
This year’s theme, punk, presents an interesting conundrum: will people go all out, liberty spikes and Givenchy nose rings and all, or just throw some studs on a Chanel suit and call it pseudo-punk?
We’re hoping for the former, and so in the spirit of going the distance, we’ve picked out our favorite punk fashions and paired them with Met Ball regulars like Anna Wintour and Julianne Moore and some fantasy guests (Bjork, anyone?).
Click through to see the looks we want to see on the red carpet, and let us know what you’re hoping for in the comments.
The philosophy Vogue and the Met seem to be going with in setting the stage for the upcoming Punk: Chaos to Couture gala and exhibit is that punk is an attitude–one that Givenchy designer and perceived rebel Riccardo Tisci has been chosen to represent as a co-chair.
So, Style.com sat down with him for an interview to more or less assess how punk he really is.
So, how punk is Riccardo Tisci, really? Let him count the ways:
Here’s a first look at Amanda Seyfried’s Very Irrésistible Givenchy campaign. {Grazia Daily}
Topping Glamour UK’s annual “50 Best Dressed Women” list (and beating Kate Middleton!) is… Kristen Stewart? Umm… {Glamour UK}
Carla Bruni talks about the difficulty of being pregnant at 43, which made her feel ugly and want to throw away all her clothes. {Daily Mail}
Kate Moss is looking very Brigitte Bardot on the cover of Vogue UK’s June issue. {Vogue UK}
And it’s back! Victoria Beckham has resurrected her favorite ‘do (and probably ours, too), the “pob.” {HuffPo}
Lindsay Lohan is packing 270 different outfits for her 90-day stint in rehab because a girl’s gotta have choices, right? {US Weekly}
Online men’s style destination Mr. Porter is teaming up with Alexander Wang for a second season, to be followed by another collaboration with Raf Simons. {WWD}
