Met Gala 2021 - live: Red carpet sees Cara Delevingne, Billie Eilish, Kim Kardashian and more stun viewers
Met Gala returns for theme: ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’
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Your support makes all the difference.Fashion’s biggest night has come and gone, with some of the most famous names making an appearance on the red carpet tonight at the 2021 Met Gala.
After a year hiatus due to the pandemic, the fashionable event returned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the theme: “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” on 13 September.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Emily Ratajkowski, Kim Kardashian, Anna Wintour, Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish and a slew of other famous faces arrived and posed on the red carpet in glamorous and elaborate designs inspired by the theme.
However, a handful of celebrities announced they would not attend this year’s Met Gala, including Nicki Minaj, who said her absence was due to the event’s vaccine requirements. Other notable absences included Lady Gaga, Blake Lively, Zendaya, Billy Porter, and Harry Styles.
Meanwhile, police arrested multiple people after a large group of Black Lives Matter protestors demonstrated outside of the Met Gala.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wears ‘Tax The Rich’ gown
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has sent a message loud and clear at tonight’s Met Gala, with a “Tax The Rich” slogan splashed across the back of her dress:
Pete Davidson: ‘I’m a slutty nun tonight'
SNL’s Pete Davidson described his Met Gala look as a “slutty nun”, and we think that’s fairly apt:
Nicki Minaj not attending Met Gala this year due to vaccine requirements
Nicki Minaj has revealed that she won’t be attending this year’s high profile Met Gala event - because she isn’t vaccinated.
Minaj tweeted: “If I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research. I’m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe.”
My colleague Elizabeth Aubrey has more on this story:
Nicki Minaj won’t attend this year’s Met Gala because of vaccination requirements
Minaj shared the news on social media earlier this evening
Iman glows in grass halo and dress by Harris Reed
Iman is strutting down the red carpet in a huge grass halo and matching hoop skirts by Harris Reed, stunning fans along the way:
Maisie Williams brings goth girl chic to the red carpet
Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams is wearing a Thom Browne creation that brings out her inner goth girl with aplomb:
Self-confessed ‘horse girl’ Kim Petras wears horse-themed dress
Kim Petras has revealed she is the ultimate “horse girl” and is wearing her love for horses on her chest in a Collina Strada ensemble, with fans loving her costume tonight:
Jennifer Hudson sizzles in dramatic flame-red gown and cape
Jennifer Hudson made a dramatic entrance in a red-hot gown and cape with a train.
She also revealed to Keke Palmer that today is her 40th birthday!
All that glitters is gold with Lil Nas X
Lil Nas X’s sparkly golden jumpsuit by Atelier Versace is dazzling in more ways than one – in fact, he served up three golden looks tonight:
Grimes accessorises with silver face mask and a sword
In true Grimes fashion, the musician has arrived looking like an intergalactic supermodel, and Met Gala viewers are obsessed with her accessory choices - which include a silver face mask and a sword (because of course):
Billie Eilish stuns in classic Hollywood siren look by Oscar de la Renta
We can’t get enough of Billie Eilish’s sweeping peach-hued Oscar de la Renta ballgown at the Met Gala tonight:
Watch her working the red carpet:
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