As Kanye tweeted this morning; the Met Ball is the Grammys of style. Or The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala, to give it its full title. OR the event you associate with Beyonce / Solange / Jay Z's infamous lift fight in 2014. More on that later.
Vera Wang and Rita Ora
It's the biggest night in the fashion calendar, meaning you can expect about half the celebs to try and outdo each other with proper wacky outfits. This year's theme was 'fashion in the age of technology'.
Kim Kardashian in Balmain and Kanye West in Fear of God
Many of the stars chose to interpret that as a trouty / mirrored disco-ball-type dress (like Cindy Crawford and Kim K) while others appeared to ignore the memo completely (a la Rosie Huntington Whiteley and Blake Lively.) Then there was just the plain daft *ahem* Madonna.
Madonna in Givenchy
Kim and Kanye were named 'Best Dressed' by Vogue, and Yeezy tweeted to thank everyone who worked on their outfits.
thank you Olivier for making 4 dresses for Kim to choose from which we chopped 2 in half
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 3, 2016
and thank you for turning my personal jean jacket into a couture piece
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 3, 2016
Kendall Jenner in Versace and Cindy Crawford wears Balmain
Saoirse Ronan in Christopher Kane
Blake Lively in Burberry
Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington Whiteley in Ralph Lauren
Allegra Versace, Lady Gaga and Donatella Versace
Beyonce in Givenchy
Queen Bey walked the red carpet solo this year. Obviously the singer can't look sideways without setting tongues wagging, but this really stoked the rumour mill. It's only a week since Beyonce released her visual album Lemonade, which charts the emotional journey of a woman who has been cheated on. It's hard to imagine even more lens being pointed at Bey and Z than in 2015 - which was one year on from lift-gate. It's reported Jay Z stayed at home so the evening could be all about Mrs Carter. Nothing to do with the media's quest to figure out who Becky With Good Hair is. Nope, nothing at all.
Amy Schumer in Alexander Wang
Zoe Saldana in Dolce and Gabbana
Katy Perry in Prada
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban both in Alexander McQueen
Vogue editor Anna Wintour
Jennifer Hudson in H&M
Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes and designer Zac Posen
Claire's dress may look standard Barbie-goes-to-prom circa 1990. But flip the lights and THIS is what happens!
