Rihanna, however, made the bold choice of actually working with a Chinese designer for the event. There were Chinese dragons embroidered on Balmain blazers and Versace gowns there were China doll purses and kimono-inspired gowns (kimonos are Japanese). In 2015, the Met Gala’s theme was “China: Through the Looking Glass.” The central exhibit that year was about the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion, and the theme manifested itself on the red carpet as a lot of mildly Orientalist outfits.
This year’s look includes a bedazzled miter. The sculptural absurdity of 2017’s look bears no resemblance to a human body, and Rihanna knew it. The long, elegant sweep of her 2015 cape suggested a mystery of what was underneath it, and its exaggerated length walked right up to the point of winking parody. She’ll wear an almost completely sheer gown covered in Swarovski crystals to receive a major fashion award, and its classic Josephine Baker shape juxtaposed with the transparency will make it everyone’s favorite look of the year.Īnd at the Met Ball, she works with exaggerated shapes. Instead, she’ll wear pajamas in public and she’ll make it work, work, work, work, work. You almost never see her in one of the pretty-but-dull gowns that are so ubiquitous on most red carpets. She’s not worried about what will be flattering and what will be tasteful and what will be too avant-garde: she just puts together textures and colors and ideas and lets them play off one another. Part of what makes Rihanna so consistently great with clothes is that she plays with them. She’s not afraid to have fun with clothes “Do my tits bother you? They’re covered in Swarovski crystals, girl.” ( Actual quote.) Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images Rihanna’s personal style - playful, intellectual, and deeply committed - means that she consistently slays at events like the Met Gala. Instead, she rocked the Met in Maison Margiela’s best “ the Young Pope, but make it fashion” chic, complete with pope hat (actual name: miter). Rihanna co-chaired the Met Gala this year, but she didn’t let her newfound responsibilities keep her away from her duties as the MVP of the red carpet. (Does anyone have any idea what those things dangling off her hips are? Nope. Last year, Rihanna stole the show in a sculptural petal-covered confection from Comme des Garçons’ 2017 couture line. The look instantly became iconic Vanity Fair declared it the year’s “red carpet-winning dress.” There was 2015, when she arrived in a flowing yellow fur cape from Chinese couturist Guo Pei. (She didn’t attend in 2016, when she was on tour.) Actually, she’s been the winner. The few that do are winners.įor the past three years that she’s attended the Met Gala, Rihanna has been a winner. The Met Gala is about celebrating fashion as an art form, so the attendees’ clothes should double as art.īut not everyone can pull off fashion as art, and not many people try. Forget utilitarian questions about whether the clothes are flattering. Your dress needs to light up, or require its own train carriers. No little black dresses no nude strapless sheaths. At the Met Gala - a benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute at which every attendee has to be personally approved by Vogue editor Anna Wintour - you go big or you go home. The Met Gala is the one red-carpet event of the year where everyone is encouraged to forget about the pretty, tasteful gowns and bland, well-tailored tuxes that dominate awards show red carpets. He reposted her costume post to his Instagram Story saying “NaAnd, just like at the Super Bowl, there are winners and there are losers. Even Gunna himself was impressed by Rihanna’s creativity. Talk about an unexpected, but welcomed surprise! The post received more than 32,000 comments and over 3.1 million likes by late Sunday evening. What Gunna wore during the September 8, Rihanna gave us pictures in on Halloween night! She also copied his caption writing “ D. She wore layered, diamond chains and her hair in loc’ed singles. She paired the same Dior mesh top with Louis Vuitton sunglasses. It starts with a photo of her followed up by the matching Gunna flicks. Other than that, she nailed his photos from the facial expressions and poses to the hairstyle!Īnd because Rihanna is an entertainer, she laid out her post with the Gunna reminders. Gunna posed outside, while RiRi served looks inside. Rihanna copied Gunna’s photos almost to the T. But, before we get there, let’s discuss this ‘fit. She previewed her costume with a photo of tall Rick Owens boots and the caption “the Gunna’z.” Not too long after, Rihanna dropped another post featuring six photos and the comment section went wild with laughter.