It's been more than 2 weeks since the Costume Institute Gala took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. However, I realized today that I skipped the one of 2017 and I cannot remember why! Well, no worries, I am not skipping this year's, so sit comfortably and scroll down to see my favorites.
This year's theme is
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination and "features some 40 Vatican vestments and accessories spanning 15 papacies, which curator Andrew Bolton is said to have visited at least 10 times to secure pieces which have never left the Vatican's possession before. Items such as Pope Benedict XV's white silk cape embroidered with gold thread and the pointed bishop's hat of Pope Leo XIII, will go on display alongside pieces by Coco Chanel, who was educated by nuns, John Galliano, Cristóbal Balenciaga and Donatella Versace, who is a sponsor of the exhibition." [quoted text from Vogue]
Feel free to comment, agree or disagree and let me know who was your favorite and why.
xoxo
|barefoot duchess|
Photos c/o PopSugar, British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
Although Blake Lively was the girl who stole the show at the 2018 Met Ball with her gigantic
Versace gown, she is not one of my favorites, but I will explain that later. My top favorite was
Jasmine Sanders (aka Golden Barbie on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram) in her
H&M liquid gold gown and her heavenly braided hair. I had no idea she existed until the day I saw her at the MET's red carpet. Loved everything (except the nails, but that's irrelevant) and I would totally wear this look from head to toe (not the finger nails though, haha).
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| Jasmine Sanders in H&M |
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| Jasmine Sanders in H&M |
Next one would be the extremely beautiful and always elegant
Diane Kruger in a showstopping and very regal satin blue
Prabal Gurung mini dress with long train. LOVED her headpiece! It was perfect for her.
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| Diane Kruger in Prabal Gurung |
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| Diane Kruger in Prabal Gurung |
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in her golden caped fully embellished
Ralph Lauren gown and her golden halo was 100% the Heavenly Body of Fashion and the Catholic Imagination! She is the epitome of this year's theme.
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| Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Ralph Lauren |
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| Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Ralph Lauren |
Next is
Amber Heard with her revealing
Carolina Herrera red gown and her spiked golden halo. Loved the buttons on the back of her dress and on her sleeves and the dramatic makeup. She looks perfect!
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| Amber Heard in Carolina Herrera |
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| Amber Heard in Carolina Herrera |
Last but not least was my eternal bohemian rock princess,
Sienna Miller, in
Louis Vuitton. Stunning beauty, distinctive elegance.
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| Sienna Miller in Louis Vuitton |
And then some more:
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| Naomi Watts in Michael Kors |
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| Bee Shaffer in Valentino Haute Couture |
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| Dakota Fanning in MiuMiu |
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| Kristin Scott Thomas in Erdem |
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| Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren |
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| Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren |
Now, about Blake Lively's look that evening. To me, Blake is one of the most beautiful women alive, and she looked very pretty at the Gala, BUT that gown was too much, even for me. Love you, Blake, but that dress was very "heavy"!
