Gold jacquard, pink fur trim, and a sea of silk kimonos—no this was not an extravagant fancy-dress Halloween party, but none other than the Gucci-clad crowd at the LACMA Art + Film Gala. "Now in its sixth year, LACMA’s Art + Film Gala has established its reputation as the touchstone annual event celebrating the intersection of art, film, and fashion,” said LACMA CEO Michael Govan, and this year, cochairs Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio brought together the perfect mix of art and film—honoring artist Robert Irwin and filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow in front of some of Hollywood’s finest and fashion’s chicest. Gala host committee chair, Gucci’s Alessandro Michele, brought a touch of Italy to Los Angeles with Demi Moore in a white silk cocktail dress and Brie Larson in a blue chiffon dream—just a few of the many Gucci pieces to be spotted in front of Chris Burden’s famous Urban Light sculpture that lead guests into the evening’s festivities.
Inside, guests gathered in the main foyer of the museum for cocktails served with passed hors d oeuvres while enjoying virtual reality installations (in case one forgot the art aspect of the evening), while Gia Coppola (who took over Gucci’s Instagram Story in her unforgettable white and red ruffled sequin ensemble) and Petra Collins posed for selfies with friends Hari Nef and A$AP Rocky. After guests headed toward the temporary structure adjacent to Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass to be seated for dinner, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Alessandra Ambrosio—both visions in blush and lilac shades of Gucci chiffon—sat among artists Catherine Opie, Jeff Koons, and Doug Aitken. After dinner, Gwyneth Paltrow took to the stage in a sequin-embellished silk crêpe Gucci cocktail dress to introduce Los Angeles–based indie musician Børns, who sent the crowd off dancing into the October night. As guests headed to their cars on Wilshire Boulevard, the street construction proved to be a reminder of the imminent construction of the future of LACMA’s campus, made possible by the evening’s intersection and influence of art, fashion, and film—a unique narrative that could only find a home in Los Angeles.
