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1. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky
Rihanna shut down the Met Gala carpet Monday encased in white camellias on a jacket with a long train gown.
In the spirit of Lagerfeld himself (he was not often on time), Rihanna and her Valentino couture had the carpet to themselves save her partner, A$AP Rocky, who wore a red tartan skirt over crystal-studded jeans with a train of his own. They showed up well past everyone else.Around her neck was a short Bulgari necklace in Akoya cultured pearls and pearl-shaped diamonds.
2. Jared Leto
Jared Leto dressed as Choupette, Lagerfeld’s beloved fluffy cat.
Choupette herself had been rumoured to attend, but her humans posted on Instagram earlier in the day the 11-year-old feline was staying put in Paris.
3. Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X went full cat covered in crystals by Pat McGrath and Dior Men.
4. Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny showed up late in bright white from head to toe with a long cape also adorned with camellias, a Coco Chanel motif embraced by Lagerfeld.5. Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe dropped a bulky coat to reveal a see-through cage. Her look, with a black sparkly leotard underneath, was made by Thom Browne.
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6. Cardi B
Cardi B first donned pink then switched to a full black ball gown with, you guessed it, camellias.The top of the second ensemble, she said, “is giving Karl, the house of Chanel and Karl at the same time”. It was a men’s white collar shirt accent with a black men’s tie. The outfit in honour of Lagerfeld was done by an up-and-coming British design house, Chenpeng Studio.
“The Met Gala dress code was ‘in honour of Karl’ and guests definitely understood the assignment,” said Alison Cohn, deputy fashion news editor for Harper’s Bazaar. “They referenced the many signatures Karl Lagerfeld developed over his six-decade plus career.”
7. Emily Blunt
Also adorned in camellias was Emily Blunt in a Michael Kors blouse.
8. Adut Akech
Adut Akech wore a Carolina Herrera gown.
9. Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa walked in a white Chanel ball gown from the fashion house’s archive.
10. Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman chose a look Lagerfeld himself made for her 20 years ago. She wore a pale pink gown created by Lagerfeld for a Chanel No. 5 commercial she starred in. It’s adorned with 3,000 silver crystals for the ad directed by Baz Luhrmann.
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“I’m very grateful to wear it,” she said. “He was so much a part of my life, as were his whole team. He was the one really sort of shepherded me in terms of my love of fashion.”
Kidman topped off her look with Harry Winston diamonds.
11. Serena Williams
Serena Williams wore a flapper Gucci look when she announced she’s pregnant with her second child.
12. Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian, meanwhile, went with loops and loops of pearls all over her Schiaparelli look.
13. Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner
Brittney Griner wore a warm stone shade in a suit with a long jacket by Calvin Klein, who also dressed her wife, Cherelle Griner, in a sleek strapless column dress in white onyx.
14. Kristen Stewart
Many guests wore black to walk the unusual carpet in a line design. It was a colour Lagerfeld wore almost exclusively. Black-and-white combos were also plentiful.
Kristen Stewart wore the colour duo in a suit with a cropped white jacket.
15. Cara Delevingne
Cara Delevingne honoured her old friend Lagerfeld with a ruffled white shirt look short in front with a train at the back.
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16. Viola Davis
The classic colours weren’t for Viola Davis. She walked in a stunning neon pink strapless gown with long feathers at the bodice.
Frenchye M. Harris, CEO and founder of the online fashion site The Black Fashion Movement had one word for Davis: “Gorgeous!”
17. Anne Hathaway
Harris also called Anne Hathaway’s Chanel-inspired but Versace-created look with the pins and camellias at the breast “super cool and a great marriage between the brands”.
18. Gigi Hadid
Gigi Hadid wore Givenchy in black with feathers, a drop waist and sheer train in tulle. It took more than 300 hours to make.
19. Kendall Jenner
Kendall Jenner was also in black, sans pants. She wore a sparkly leotard with long sleeves that has pieces doubling as a train. On her feet were kinky, towering black boots, all courtesy of Marc Jacobs.
Jenner’s high white collar was a nod to those worn by Lagerfeld. Her hair was in a high ponytail.
20. Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie, who stars in this summer’s Barbie live-action film, wore a 1993 Chanel gown in black that Cindy Crawford first wore on a runway.
Robbie said she was the last Chanel ambassador to be hand-picked by Lagerfeld. “I feel really great in it. It’s an honour,” she said.
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21. Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz looked like a bride with a sheer hood on her white Chanel belted gown with silver details from spring/summer couture collection in 1988.22. Suki Waterhouse
Suki Waterhouse wore a 2019 Fendi design by Lagerfeld in silk tulle and delicate flowers and birds on sheer panels.
23. Doja Cat
Doja Cat’s cat-eared hood on a sparkling white and silver-beaded dress was an ode by Oscar de la Renta. She also wore prosthetics that gave her a feline face and claws.
24. Chloe Fineman
25. Emma Chamberlain
Emma Chamberlain wore “Choupette blue”, a light blue hue created by Lagerfeld.
26. James Corden
James Corden also showed up in the shade.
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