The Latest: The Met Gala opens as rain fails to dim the stars for fashion's biggest night

NEW YORK – Fashion's biggest nighttime got underway Monday astatine the Met Gala successful a rainy Manhattan.

This is the archetypal Met Gala to absorption exclusively connected Black designers, and the archetypal successful much than 20 years to person a menswear theme. This year's taxable is based connected the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s outpouring exhibit, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

Among the hosts are Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and A$AP Rocky. LeBron James was made honorary seat but volition not be due to the fact that of a genu injury.

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Vogue’s Anna Wintour is the gala’s mastermind. The gala raises the bulk of the fund for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

Rain fell successful the metropolis arsenic guests began walking the reddish carpet.

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Choir sings Motown classical connected the carpet

A choir of tuxedo-dressed men added immoderate liveliness to the carpet erupting successful the classical “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

Vogue big LaLa Anthony and others cheered connected the choir.

At the bottommost of the carpet, Anna Wintour beamed astatine the choir arsenic Colman Domingo danced successful place.

Teyana Taylor was among the aboriginal arrivals.

Host Pharrell Williams wears overgarment with thousands of pearls

Pharrell Williams’ overgarment consists of 15,000 pearls and took 400 hours to construct, a typical with him confirmed.

Williams is Louis Vuitton’s men’s originative manager and a gala co-chair.

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