Inside the 2016 Met Gala With Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and More
Photographed by Taylor Jewell1/17In Formation
Gala cochair Idris Elba (in Tom Ford) poses with Beyoncé (wearing Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci) in the Great Hall. “I had to shake 900 hands. That was good, I enjoyed that because I got to meet a lot of people,” Elba said of his cohost duties on the receiving line.
Photo: Joe Schildhorn / BFA.com2/17High Risers
Danai Gurira (left, in Giambattista Valli) and Lupita Nyong’o (in Calvin Klein Collection), both with statement hair, make their way to dinner. “It’s full of life!” Nyong’o replied when asked what was keeping her tresses aloft.
Photo: Joe Schildhorn / BFA.com3/17Spin Doctor
The event’s decor designer, Raúl Àvila, covered the Great Hall’s information desk in 80,000 red roses. The double helix–inspired structure, which wound toward the ceiling, was a combination of silk roses and laser-cut lace, and took nine hours to construct on-site.
Photographed by Eric Boman4/17Gold Standard
This Chanel Haute Couture wedding dress, with a train that took 450 hours to complete, is the centerpiece of the exhibition designed by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA New York.
Director: Gordon von Steiner5/17Pale Fire
Vogue.com’s inventive video-portrait studio delivered short vignettes, directed by Gordon von Steiner, to the public via Instagram. Here, Blake Lively shows off the regal train of her Burberry gown, which featured hand-dyed and -sewn laser-cut petals.
_Producer: Kelly McGee for GVS Studio; Set Design: Daniel Graff for Mary Howard Studio; Lighting Design: Fletcher Wolfe
Video Editors: Alvaro Colom, Andrew Rothschild, Billy Nawrocki; Special Thanks: Steven Dam_
