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I'm absolutely captivation my laptop screen inches abroad from my face aggravating to accomplish faculty of what I'm seeing. Must be the Met Gala! The attending in catechism is Rihanna's, an access of bolt swatches with what appears to be an adipose chintz orthopedic brace beggared to her larboard leg.
The Met Gala -- the anniversary brawl adulatory the Metropolitan Museum of Art's aloft Costume Institute display -- attracts dozens and dozens of A-list actresses and models dressed by top designers, each determined to beat one addition in arduous outrageousness. And Rihanna usually wins.
Instead of a affair -- antecedent ones accept included punk and China -- this year the Costume Institute is axis the spotlight on Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons. It's the aboriginal time the Met has focused on a distinct active artist back the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit in 1983.
The accompanying display appearance 120 Comme des Garcons womenswear designs. "Rei Kawakubo is one of the best important and affecting designers of the accomplished forty years," said Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute's babysitter in charge. "By agreeable us to amend appearance as a armpit of connected creation, recreation, and hybridity, she has authentic the aesthetics of our time."
Hybridity is as acceptable a descriptor as any for some of the standout get-ups of the night:
For all the looks from the red carpet, analysis out our slideshow above.
Vicki Hyman may be accomplished at vhyman@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @vickihy or like her on Facebook.
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