For this year’s Met Fashion Exhibit “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” (the actual impetus for the Met Gala), the dress code was officially announced as ‘The Garden of Time‘ – both of which sounded extremely promising and almost too easy, which usually means people let me down. At the time of this initial writing, that has already happened, but before the disappointment, let’s point out what was spectacularly right, starting with Co-Chair Zendaya, who absolutely ate in this on-theme ensemble that wows in all the best ways.
Jennifer Lopez was also a Co-Chair, and she sizzled per usual.
Bad Bunny was there early, and seemed to think that holding a few black flowers would forgive the general lack of color from his ensemble.
Personifying beige and tan, and all the bloody-boredom-inducing blandness of this ensemble, Chris Hemsworth would have done better to show up naked as he did here.
Far better was the over-the-top magnificence of what Gustav Magnar Witzoe chose to wear in an effort to make the boldest statement – which looked stunningly riveting against the garden-themed backdrop.
An indication of how an easy theme can fall quickly apart, Anna Wintour wore this. I’ll leave review and judgment to the viewer.
One more of Zendaya to cleanse the palate.
Honorable mention goes to Sarah Jessica Parker, who knows how to Met Gala better than just about anybody.
PS – Was Nicki Minaj my favorite outfit of the evening? Possible… very, very possible…
