Kim Kardashian Dons Splashy, Daring Dress for the Met Gala
by EG
The Met Gala is an annual chance for a certain kind of celebrity to shine, and Kim Kardashian is just that kind of celebrity. She and many of her colleagues donned expensive, strange outfits and flaunted them before the cameras on Monday night. Read on for details.
Via People.
Kim Kardashian West made a splash on the Met Gala red carpet Monday night — literally.
Kardashian West, 38, wore a beaded latex Thierry Mugler dress to celebrate the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s new theatrical exhibition, “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”
“This is the first time in 20 years Mr. Mugler has designed for the House of Mugler. So to come and design this gown for me is such an honor,” Kardashian West told Vogue on the red carpet. “This is about eight months in the making … He envisioned me this California girl stepping out of the ocean, wet, dripping.”
Kardashian West completed her look with “wet” hair (something she’s done before), glistening KKW Beauty and TATCHA makeup and droplets on her nails, and ahead of her red carpet moment, posted photos to her Instagram story of Sophia Loren in Boy on a Dolphin, donning her iconic sexy wet dress — possible inspiration.
Mugler has been Kardashian West’s go-to designer of late; she wore a skin-baring vintage design to the Hollywood Beauty Awards in April, and days later, donned two structured dresses by the French designer for a Mugler exhibition opening in Montreal.
“He always, it’s a full vision from, you know, hair to nails to everything,” Kardashian West told PEOPLE of Mugler earlier this year. “His runway shows were the most legendary and iconic runway shows ever.”
Asked by Vogue what her favorite part of the Met Gala experience is, the Keeping Up with The Kardashians star said, “Once we’re all at the top of the carpet we can all take a deep breath.” But, she added, “I don’t know if I can in this corset. I honestly had to do practice. It’s a proper corset by Mr Pearl. I never had one like this, it is insane.”
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