Rihanna Won The Met Gala With The Most Epic Look Of The Night
Rihanna’s reign as queen of the Met Gala continued Monday night.
The singer, actress, fashion designer and beauty mogul wowed in a pope-themed look at fashion’s most important night, taking this year’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” theme to new, divine heights.
She was an honorary co-chair for the event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, alongside Donatella Versace and Amal Clooney. Rihanna wore an astoundingly intricate, embellished mini dress outfit custom-made by creative director John Galliano from Maison Margiela.
“The outfit is a three coordinated piece, comprising of a sculptural jacket and a skirt worn over a bustier dress and a custom made hat,” the brand said in a statement on Instagram. “In total, the outfit took 250 hours to sew and 500 hours to hand embroider by Maison Margiela’s Paris Atelier.”
She completed her look with a bishop’s hat from Stephen Jones, silver Christian Louboutin heels and a crucifix pendant from Cartier Collection worn as a necklace.
Dripping in jewels and excess, the singer even bleached her eyebrows to complete the positively dramatic ― and papal ― look:
“It feels expensive. It’s heavy,” Rihanna told Vogue of her look. “It was designed by John Galliano. We’ve had a few fittings, we’ve had a few colors. They beaded this by hand and I just ― it would be a sin not to wear it.”
People clearly loved Rihanna’s outfit on social media and couldn’t get enough of her look ― or their Met Gala pope:
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WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF RIHANNA. COME. SHE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU IN BODY LAVA AND SIN. pic.twitter.com/xIvBunLnhO
— justine (@biticonjustine) May 7, 2018
Rihanna was made for Met Gala ❤❤ #MetGala pic.twitter.com/0ffhuSxWbq
— baddie gang 🍒 (@Onlycarmen_) May 8, 2018
*falls on knees and recites the lord’s prayer pic.twitter.com/ZXt3BpCM13
— E. Alex Jung (@e_alexjung) May 7, 2018
I love that people at the Met Gala bother even when they know Rihanna is coming. The resilience of the human spirit is incredible.
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) May 7, 2018
White smoke seen pouring out of Vatican chimney as Rihanna hits the Met Gala runway, meaning she has replaced Francis as pontiff. pic.twitter.com/gxnlErEIeg
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) May 7, 2018
Trying to come up with a better Rihanna/Pope pun than “We Found Love in a Popeless Place” but I don’t think vatican
— Greg James (@gregjames) May 8, 2018
Now it’s time to count down the days till next year’s look.
Check out more exclusive photos from the Met Gala below:
This post has been updated with more details on Rihanna’s outfit.
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