Met Gala
Lewis Hamilton Used His Table at the Met Gala to Support Emerging Black Fashion Designers
After being cancelled due to coronavirus last year, the Met Gala, fashion’s biggest event of the year, was back with a bang last night in New York City. Cohosted by singer Billie Eilish, poet Amanda Gorman, actor Timothée Chalamet, and tennis player Naomi Osaka, the event undoubtedly makes top billing in the celebrity calendar, drawing the hottest names in the business showcase their ensembles for the evening and fundraising for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year, the selected theme was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion”, and Vogue reported that Met Gala regular and fashion icon Lewis Hamilton chose to use his influence at the event to showcase Black designers. A frequent Met Gala attendee, the seven-time Formula One champion is known for wearing the work of high p...
Rihanna Is Hosting Another Met Ball After Party
If that piques your interest, the words “private event” just might dampen your mood. If music made her a star, Fenty made Rihanna rich and turned her into a queen of the beautify and fashion world. According to Forbes, the Barbados born singer and entrepreneur is now a billionaire, with the cosmetics company she launched in 2017 lifting her bank balance into the top tier. Currently, Rihanna is worth $1.7 billion, Forbes estimates, making her the wealthiest female musician in the world and second only to Oprah Winfrey as the richest female entertainer. The Met gala is the fashion world’s equivalent of the Oscars, a place where celebrities from fashion, music and movies collide on the red carpet. RiRi’s VIP after party is always a red-hot ticket, a space stacked with glitz, glamor and ridicu...
Jessica Simpson Calls ‘Body Shaming’ Met Gala Oral History ‘Nauseating’
Jessica Simpson is not having it. On Tuesday (May 5), the star issued a stern clapback after a former Vogue staffer recounted an experience from the 2007 Met Gala for the magazine’s new oral history of the event. The drama started when Sally Singer, Vogue‘s former creative digital director, told a story about Simpson’s appearance at the 2007 Met Gala, which was themed “Poiret: King of Fashion,” with then-boyfriend John Mayer. “She was wearing Michael Kors and her breasts maybe fell out of her dress on the red carpet,” Singer recalled to the magazine. “And then at dinner it was suddenly like, whoa, Jessica Simpson’s breasts are across from me at the dinner table and they are on a platter and I’m looking at them. And John Mayer was putting his ...
Robyn Released a New Playlist Inspired by This Year’s Met Gala Theme
After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Met Gala to be indefinitely postponed, a digital event will be filling the void left in the fashion community’s collective heart. In honor of the event, iconic singer Robyn has released a playlist called “About Time: Fashion and Duration,” which is inspired by its theme. The carefully curated collection crosses genres while finding a perfect mix of downtempo classics and infectiously danceable heaters. Included in her medley of timeless hits is music from Prince, Marvin Gaye, Kraftwerk, Missy Elliott, and many more. Last month, like many of her fellow dance music artists, Robyn asked fans to “make a dance floor” with a special livestreamed performance from her virtual streaming destination dubbed &...
