When we hear ‘Gilded Glamor’ we want it all: puffy sleeves, billowing skirts and padded bustles.
Finally, a bustle has been served. Underneath a tuxedo.
Gemma Chan’s look screams Versailles over Upper East Side.
It has everything you want from a Met Gala look: big, eccentric and dazzling with beads and crystals.
That dress deserves another look – Lively really has gone all-in:
Gala co-chairs Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have made their entrance.
Lively strikes again, owning Gilded Glamor in gloves, a tiara, and a billowing train.
Fashion’s royal couple have arrived arm in arm.
Anna Wintour’s daughter Bee Carrozzini is dressed in black lace beside partner Francesco Carrazzini, son of late Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani.
Anna arrives
Queen Anna Wintour has arrived (tiara and all).
Global chief content officer of Condé Nast, and global editor director of Vogue, Wintour has been hosting the Met Gala for almost 30 years.
We keenly await the arrival of the best-dressed men of the Met.
But in the meantime, let us take a moment to remember US rapper Lil Nas X pulling a Gaga on last year’s red carpet, in a three-piece gold Versace strip-down.
Lady in red
Actor and TV personality La La Anthony – who’s hosting Vogue’s livestream along with its editor at large Hamish Bowles and actor and singer Vanessa Hudgens – has arrived in a deep burgundy silk situation that is truly something to behold.
Extra points for the jaunty hat.
Sheer black and lace may be turning Gilded Glamour gothic as this year’s first red carpet trend.
Actress Vanessa Hudgens arrives draped in Moschino, and Bridgerton diamond Phoebe Dynevor in Louis Vuitton.
For updates straight from the source, give Vogue Magazine’s Met Gala red carpet Twitter thread a gander.
You can check it out here:
The #MetGala red carpet is about to start. We will be live tweeting arrivals all night long, so follow this Twitter thread for instant updates! https://t.co/fg47NNX8jQ
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) May 2, 2022
Getting ready
It’s the first Monday in May (or Tuesday morning, if you’re reading this from Australia), and the 2022 Met Gala – aka fashion’s Oscars – is about to begin.
Marking the opening of the In America: An Anthology of Fashion exhibition, 2022 guests are dressing to the theme of ‘Gilded Glamor’ (which hasn’t been uncontroversial, some calling it ‘out of touch’ amid worsening inflation in the US).
Hosting this year’s event are Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda – with Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as honorary co-chairs.
Things officially kick off at 6pm ET (8am AEST, or 11pm EST), and it’s being streamed live on Vogue. But you can follow all the best moments – sartorial and otherwise – here.
Let’s go.
