Watch the Full 2022 Met Gala Red Carpet Livestream (2024)

[upbeat music]

Hello and welcome to the 2022 Met Gala live.

I'm Vanessa Hudgens

and I'll be your co-host for tonight's red carpet here

on the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

in New York city.

I am joined tonight by Hamish Bowles,

global editor-at-large of Vogue magazine

and editor-in-chief of The World of Interiors.

Hello Hamish.

Hello, Vanessa.

You look wonderful this evening.

Oh, thank you so much.

I'm wearing Moschino designed by my dear friend,

Jeremy Scott.

I am giving my most gilded, gothic, witchy fantasy.

It is honestly a dream being here right now.

[Vanessa chuckles]

I love he's given you a total belle pop silhouette

with Lego Martin sleeves and everything.

Lego Martins. And then the transparency,

taken us right into the 2020s.

And you look amazing, this tiara.

Oh, well, thank you.

This was designed by Fulco di Verdura for Betsy Whitney.

Her husband, Jock, was the ambassador

to the court of St. James

and it was made for a ball in Buckingham Palace in 1957.

Here she is wearing it,

and this is only its second outing

so I'm thrilled to be wearing it.

It looks so good.

Now, is it me or did the Met Gala just happen

a few months ago?

It's not you. Okay.

Traditionally, the Met Gala is held

on the first Monday of May,

which of course this is,

but last year's Gala was postponed due to COVID 19

and The Costume Institute's exhibition,

exploring the history of American fashion,

was broken up into two parts.

The first part opened in September,

following last year's gala,

and the second part will open just five days from now.

So exciting.

So safe to say we're back on track.

We're right back on track.

Okay, my voice is not on track by the way

but joining us tonight for our co-hosting duties

is actor, producer and author La La Anthony.

Hey La La.

Hey Vanessa, hey Hamish.

So I have to admit, I'm a little jealous

you two get to spend the evening together

while I'm up here all by myself.

I will be too.

No, I'm just kidding.

You look so credible by the way.

Thank you so much.

LaQuan Smith really delivered for me tonight.

So Hamish, and what do you think?

Well, I think he's given you total new age Gibson Girl.

It's fabulous, you've certainly got the silhouette.

Oh, thank you so much.

Nothing like that Vogue seal of approval.

Amen.

Now, I love tonight's theme so much

but for everyone who doesn't know

what exactly does Gilded Glamour, White Tie mean, Hamish?

Well, white tie similar to black tie

but it's more formal of course,

traditionally that means black suits with tails for men.

Think of me from the chin down or Fred Astaire perhaps

with floor length dresses and gloves for women.

And gilded in this instance

refers to the Gilded Age of New York city.

That time between 1870 and 1890

when changes in culture, manufacturing and technology

were transforming the city at a fantastic pace.

[Vanessa] It's so magical.

So we should expect to see

a lot of corsets and bustles, right?

Because I do love a good bustle.

So do I, believe me,

and I've worn several in my time.

If we're lucky,

we might even get to see some genuine Gilded Age garments

brought out of storage for the tonight's red carpet.

I hope curator Andrew Bolton isn't noticing,

but exactly how contemporary designers

will choose to interpret those references

is really any anyone's guess

and that's what makes tonight's so fun

and what makes fashion, particularly American fashion,

so interesting and worthy of celebration.

Yeah and that is exactly what we are here to do tonight.

Celebrate American fashion.

Absolutely, and this year's Met Gala

is co-chaired by Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds,

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Regina King

with honorary co-chairs Tom Ford, Anna Wintour

and Instagram's Adam Mosseri.

We've also got the biggest stars in film,

television, sports, politics, music,

social media and of course fashion

joining us on tonight's red carpet.

So stay here for first looks and exclusive interviews

all evening long.

Also, make sure to join the conversation on social media

by using the #metgala.

Tweet us your questions and comments

and we'll feature our favorites right here on the show.

And we're gonna also be conducting viewer polls

throughout the evening.

So be sure to follow

Vogue magazine on Twitter to participate.

Now kicking off tonight's red carpet,

we have honorary Met Gala chair

and the woman who makes all of this possible, Anna Wintour.

I'm glad I got the tiara memo.

First off,

what are you most looking forward to this evening?

Well, I'm really looking forward to

obviously seeing what everybody's wearing

but most importantly I'm looking forward to

everybody seeing Andrew's extraordinary exhibition

that we opened this morning at the press conference

with the First Lady in place.

And it's just so wonderful to see

months and months of Andrew's amazing hard work

come to life

and I think it's really one of the most

exquisite exhibitions that he has worked on over the years.

Wonderful.

Can you tell us what your wearing?

Yes, I'm wearing an American tiara and a Chanel dress.

Wonderful.

Gorgeous.

Thank you. Absolutely stunning.

Thank you so much.

Well, you look incredible both of you.

Thank you so much. Have fun tonight.

[Both] Thank you, you too.

See you in there.

All right, so I am here with the cast and musicians

from the Elvis movie that everyone is so excited about.

You both look amazing and wonderful.

Tell me what 'Gilded Glamour' means to you.

Honestly it can mean 7,000 things, right?

Yeah it could.

But gilded, I think of studded obviously

so Prada line really hooked us up with that.

Absolutely.

So tell us a little bit about this Elvis movie.

What can we expect?

I wanna know all the tea.

Tell me what's going on.

There's definitely gonna be a lot of glamour,

a lot of soul, a lot of expression and evidence.

Yes. Yes, I am so excited.

So tell me how do you prepare for something like this?

You have to surrender.

You have to surrender to the story,

surrender to the intention and the purpose

because it's bigger than you.

Yes, absolutely.

We have Priscilla Presley here, we have,

hey guys, how's everything?

Hello, hi, welcome.

Hi, it's such an honor to meet you.

How are you doing? I'm good.

We were talking about the movie and how incredible it is.

What can you tell us about it?

Everyone is just so excited.

Hi, introduce yourself.

Everyone jump in, we're taking over now.

My name's Olivia I'm playing, I played Priscilla.

So iconic, so amazing. Thank you.

So tell us how do you prepare for such an iconic role.

A lot of reading.

A lot of reading and a lot of listening

and yeah, a lot of that.

Absolutely.

And Priscilla, how do you feel about everything?

I feel great.

I love a movie.

I think that a young generation is going to be able to see

and know what Elvis is all about,

learn a bit of more about him.

And I think it's a movie for everyone,

even the people who have heard stories about it before,

they're going to learn something.

Well, we are definitely super excited about it.

Tell us in your words, what can we expect?

We are so hyped for this movie.

Well, I literally finished it yesterday.

I was going to an event before this

and I looked at the end credits and went, It is done.

And I'm surrounded here by a portion of the cast

and also those that have lived the life

and those that have toiled so passionately and deeply

to just tell, not just the life,

but I think about America in the 50s, in the 60s in the 70s

and there's no better person I think,

to explore that than the life of,

well, someone who was very close to this person here

and this gentleman here, his best friend.

Yes, hi, how are you?

Welcome.

Everybody is so gorgeous looking and on theme,

we are so excited for this movie.

For so long, I got to see the film together.

I worked with Elvis and we kind of grew up at Graceland

and we're blown away.

I mean, it's history, it's the real story

and as, and the cast--

In a Baz Luhrmann way.

Yes, in a Baz Luhrmann way.

And I was thinking of that--

Hey Austin, I was looking for you.

How are you, how's everything?

So excited to see you here.

This is just such an iconic movie and role.

Just tell us how you poured your heart and soul into this.

I mean the thing is,

and I've said this to Priscilla and Jerry here,

making them proud was really at the core of it all for me,

making all the people who loved Elvis so much proud

and doing justice.

And so, I just set out to find his humanity

[La La] as much as I could,... I love that.

And bring that out with as much life as I could.

Well, we are super excited about it.

Thank you all, can't wait for the movie.

Everyone looks great.

[Baz] He is playing B.B.K.

Yeah, oh, hi.

How are you?

Come on up, come on.

Yes, of course, I love Alton.

Hey, how are you?

I'm good. Welcome.

You look amazing. Thank you so much.

Yes, so what can we expect from you in the film?

Well, I get to play the legendary B.B. King

and then-- That is amazing.

Such a beautiful thing to be able to tap in with this guy

and show the brotherhood between Elvis and B.B.

So, you know, the rhythm and blues, baby.

Rhythm and Blues, baby.

We are so excited about it.

Wouldn't be no rock 'n' roll without you.

Casey, who's behind it--

Yes, we talked, come on.

She has a song.

Yes, tell us about your song.

It's in the movie. It is.

It's one of the most iconic songs of all time.

It will stand the test of time.

I Can't Help Falling In Love With You.

It's a song that I deeply cherish, it'll never get old

and it was such an honor

to do a rendition of my own for the movie.

Well, again, we are so excited.

I thank you all so much for coming to say hi,

enjoy the night.

Everyone looks amazing and wonderful

and everybody check out Elvis, it's coming soon

and I'm sure we're all gonna be blown away.

We got Joseph Altuzarra down there with Vanessa and Hamish,

what's going on?

Hi, we're reeling from that Elvis tableau.

That was quite something.

[both chuckle]

Lovely to see you Joseph.

[Joseph] So nice to see you both.

Well, thank you

and we're both bedazzled a bit.

I know.

You got to.

Although I think you might win.

So, you of course went to the first iteration

of the American fashion anthology,

tell me what your takeaways were from that.

I think what was so interesting about the first one

was really that it talked about the sort of broad strokes

and the philosophy of what American fashion really is about.

And there are so many things that it stands for,

comfort, ease, there's so many sort of facets

of American fashion

and what I'm really excited to see tonight

is really the historical context behind all of it.

Well, you are gonna be blown away.

I'm very excited.

Would you say that's the thing

you're looking forward to most about tonight?

I think so.

I mean, tonight is always such a fun celebration of fashion

and getting dressed

and I think that I was very lucky

to dress a few women tonight

who I'm very excited for you guys to see.

We're very, very excited. I cannot wait.

Very excited.

Yeah, well we cannot wait, so good to see you.

Thank you, so nice to see you guys.

Have so much fun. Thank you.

Lovely to see you.

See you in there.

[violin music]

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was your favorite?

Head to Vogue magazine on Twitter to cash your vote now

and we will reveal the results later in the show.

[violin music]

All right, I'm here with Riverdale star Camila Mendes

and Alex from Emmy.

You guys are here representing gilded glamour all the way.

How are we feeling tonight?

I'm feeling like I'm arriving at my debutant

into New York society, thank you.

You look gorgeous and gorgeous,

how was it coming up those stairs?

It was actually, I don't know.

This is my second Met

and I feel like the first one

I was definitely way more nervous

and this year feels a little bit more at ease.

And how are you feeling Alex?

It's my first one

so I feel like very intimidating.

I'm very well surrounded,

I have the best partner in town tonight

and I feel we are in a date.

Like it's like--

Yeah, we are on a little date tonight.

Like a little date?

My fashion husband.

Yeah, I love that, I love that.

Well, you both look beautiful.

What do you have coming up?

Well, I'm currently shooting

the sixth season of Riverdale.

Amazing.

And then I will be producing my first project in June

for Amazon called Música,... All right.

Which I'm really excited about.

Well, thank you guys so much.

Have the best night tonight. Thank you very much.

You look stunning and thank you for stopping by.

Have a good night. Absolutely.

[violin music]

I am trying to not be a fan girl right now

because I'm standing with Anderson .Paak

who is such a talent

and you look absolutely phenomenal.

Talk to me about this look.

Thank you love, it's Gucci from head to toe.

Yes, it is.

It's giving very East London actually.

I feel great.

I used to shop at Burlington Coat Factory,

I don't know if you've heard of that

but now I'm Gucci from head to toe

and this is great to be here.

It's amazing, it's so iconic.

I have been dying to get out

to see you and Bruno Mars perform together.

How has that been for you?

It's the greatest show, you gotta come.

Residency at my age, it's unheard of.

I thought it I'd be at reason, you know, 50, 60.

Bruno, he's an old guy so I understand.

Me, it's what dreams are made of, I love it.

It's so iconic.

Well, you genuinely do it all.

What are you looking forward to most about tonight?

Well, hopefully there's food here

and yeah, just mingling.

Just try to live in the moment.

I don't know if we're ever look as good again.

So, you know, it's gonna be a good time.

I have a feeling you definitely will.

That's sweet, thank you.

I'll see you in there, thank you so much.

Thank you guys. Thank you.

Lovely to see you.

Fabulous jacket.

[violin music]

So I'm here with one of my favorite actors on the planet

and one of my favorite,

I tell you that the time,

people of the planet, Ashton Sanders is here.

So let's talk.

Yeah, wassup.

Who are you wearing 'cause your outfit is perfection.

Thank you so much.

So I am wearing, La La, Casablanca with custom fangs.

Yes, that looks so good.

We have the custom contacts.

We have the custom boots

and yeah man, we're wearing Casablanca.

And you're such a fashion person.

Like you've walked runways before,

you really embody it.

So how do you prepare for something

like 'Gilded Glamour' tonight?

Yeah, well I actually only had a week to--

Pull it together. Pull this together.

So yeah man, I think this is my interpretation of that.

Recently, I've been on a blade tip, a vampire tip

so I wanted to embrace that with the eyes, with the fangs

and of course staying true

to the 'Gilded Glamour' aesthetic.

You know what I'm saying?

Well, you look amazing. Thank you so much.

And I know you're filming Wu-Tang

so everybody be sure to tune into that.

Also look out for the Whitney Houston biopic

coming out too, I'm playing Bobby Brown.

You are. I am.

Okay, that's amazing. Thank you so much.

Well, thank you so much.

You know how much I love you, have a great time

and I will see you soon.

All right, Vanessa and Hamish,

who do you guys have down there?

We are here with Daisy looking spectacular.

It's absolutely stunning.

Talk to us about this look.

Yes, so this is Oscar de la Renta

and yeah, I just feel like a disco ball from the 70s.

Wait, it's disco ball

gives me a little bit of Daisy Buchanan.

Yes, yes, that's kind of what we were going for

so thank you. Gilded age.

It's so beautiful.

What inspired you about this theme?

I feel like you definitely hit the nail on the head with it.

So was that something that you thought out beforehand

or it just worked out that way?

It just kind of worked out that way

and like, I wanted to kind of like have some fun with it

and I feel like it's quite easy to move

and it's not too scary to go up those stairs in

so I was playing it safe but having fun too so yes.

Well, it's great not to have to deal with a train.

Yeah, I'm a mess over here,

I'm getting stuck on everything.

What are you most looking forward to about tonight?

I think the people watching,

I think the Olympics of people watching this I think.

So yeah, I'm just so excited to sort of,

such a dream to be invited and to come

and it's definitely a bucket list thing

that I've had on for a long time.

So it's really the people watching

and yeah, just amazing.

We should have gotten you some binoculars.

It would've been appropriate

and you could do really good people watching.

Maybe offer glasses.

Yeah that's what I need.

Amazing, well, thank you so much,

have the most incredible time.

Enjoy. Thank you, nice meeting you.

[audience chattering]

[violin music]

We are here with Riz Ahmed.

You look so amazing,

just super classic pulled together,

what inspired you tonight?

What are you wearing?

Well, I guess this is an homage to the immigrant workers

who kept the Gilded Age golden.

This is, we've got some kind of workwear,

over here done in silk by Forest Designs.

Got my uncle vest on.

Right.

And little homage to some street wear the shoe lace

and this over here, this is a Cartier piece,

this actually very much inspired by India

and some of the jewelry

that comes from Hyderabad in South India.

Actually kind of reminds me some of the jewelry my mom has.

So yeah, just trying to elevate

and celebrate those working class immigrants.

I love that, it's so amazing

and your show was nominated for an Oscar

and it was so incredible.

Talk to me about what that meant for you

to receive that honor.

Yeah, we won the Oscar,

which was fantastic. Yes, I'm so sorry.

No, no, don't say sorry.

It was so beautiful and I watched it.

I can hardly believe it myself.

No, it meant a lot.

It meant the world to us

and particularly when you make something so personal

for people to connect with it that way,

it really meant the world.

And it had a tough message at it's heart

but I think what's really interesting is

to see that people are ready for that,

they want to have those conversations.

They don't want to kind of shut their eyes

to what's going on in the world right now.

And if you can present that,

then there's an audience for it.

Yeah, it's so amazing.

Well, congratulations, have the best time ever.

And La La, you have Amy Schumer over there, what's going on?

Yes, I absolutely do have one of my favorite people

in the entire planet,

Amy Schumer's in the building.

What's going on?

Nothing just at the Met ball, not a big deal

and this is our friend Xiye Bastida.

Bastida, sorry.

Hi, I'm Xiye Bastida.

She is a climate activist and I'm just in the climate.

I love everything about you.

I love you so much.

'Gilded Glamour', tell me what that means to you.

A vibrator.

What do you think?

What does it mean to you?

I mean, you know what I'm gonna say, it's ridiculous.

You look amazing. I know.

I wanna hear like the inspiration behind his look.

This is Otomi which is indigenous community in Mexico.

Amy's wearing an ankle bracelet

and I'm wearing the necklace.

It's a ceremonial piece, it's jade

and yeah, we're here.

I'm a climate justice activist

and I'm here because I think that

climate justice should be presented in every space.

We don't see enough of that

and we are in a planetary crisis.

That is amazing, thank you so much.

I support that and I'm also here for the drinks.

And tell me, each year when you attend Met,

your style evolves, you do something different,

how do you keep coming with the heat every single year?

Everybody's always at home just

what is Amy gonna wear this year?

They're on the edge of their seats

and when Gabriela Hearst says, she'll gonna dress you,

you put your spanks on right over your C-section scar

and you get on that carpet, am I right?

You are right.

Am I right?

You are right and I love you so much

and I will see you inside. Okay, I'll see you inside.

And have the best, bye see you later.

Thank you so much.

Never a dull moment with that one right there,

love Amy Schumer so much.

[violin music]

All right, so joining me now,

I've got one of tonight's co-chairs with me,

Blake Lively, welcome.

You look incredible as always. Thank you very much,

so do you, look at you my goodness.

Thank you so much.

So I saw like a color change, the dress change,

explain to me what we just witnessed

on the carpet right now.

I'm patinate, I arrived copper

and then like New York city classic architecture,

I patinate.

This dress is an homage to New York city

and so many of the classic iconic buildings.

This is detailing from the Empire State Building,

some of the draping from the Statue of Liberty.

Wow.

This is the constellations

from Grand Central Station painted there

and then my crown is,

has seven spikes because the Statue of Liberty,

she has seven spikes

representing the seven seas and the seven continents

which represents inclusivity, welcomeness and freedom.

So I thought that was sweet

and then she has 25 windows.

So I was like, Lorraine, can you put 25 stones?

She's like, Who's gonna be counting the stones?

I was like, Me, I'm a Virgo, please lose my number.

But she actually like made this out of copper

and patinated it and I mean, spectacular.

Oh my God, we love Lorraine Schwartz.

Now Blake, you've been to the Met Gala six times.

Did I say it was Versace?

No you didn't but we knew, we knew.

Versace, it's beautiful.

So you've been six times,

tell me what is the process like

when you first receive the dress code,

what goes on in your mind?

Well, this year was especially nerve wracking

because being one of the hosts,

you feel like you really need to bring your A game.

And when I work with Versace,

all the designers that work with, but Versace especially,

every time they bring in their A game

and I'm like, How can you guys get any better?

This is a problem.

You've been too good every time.

So yeah, always trying to honor the theme

but I thought a neat perspective on the theme

would actually be looking at

the city that I love so much and the architecture

rather than just the fashion.

Amazing, you did an amazing job.

So thank you, have a great, great night.

See you inside have fun. Thank you.

You look absolutely stunning.

Absolutely.

All right, so Blake recently sat down with Vogue

to share some stories

behind some of her most memorable fashion moments,

this is Blake Lively's Life in Looks.

I was looking at, it's the Gilded Age

but rather than looking at fashion from that the Gilded Age

I wanted to look at architecture.

New York has been such a critical part of who I am.

It's the place I choose to live.

It's the love of my life other than my family.

So I really wanted to celebrate the city

that's given me so much.

So I thought, well, I would love to arrive in a copper dress

and have that dress patina as I ascend the carpet

and turns their degree which is oxidized copper.

So like the Statue of Liberty is truly copper

and now it's the green that we have

and there's so many buildings in New York which have that.

Yeah, I wanna ascend the carpet and have the outfit change

because like I said, I am quite shy,

but I like my fashion to be bold,

to sort of counteract that.

So instead of me performing,

I wanted sort of the dress to perform.

I think Versace thought I was crazy

when I called them and pitched this.

To watch the full video visit vogue.com

or the Vogue YouTube channel.

[audience chattering]

[violin music]

Another one of my faves has come through to say hi.

Venus Williams is here.

V stunning from head to toe. Thank you.

Tell me about this entire look.

Well, Nikki did my hair, we talked about

and Los styled me and Laroche

and I'm wearing Chloe today.

So Gabriela really hooked it up me.

I dunno if you saw Amy, we're all,

and Amy put us in the glasses.

It's like, yeah, we're ready for whatever.

Yes, you look so, so amazing.

So V you're coming off just the King Richard movie

just was, just so spectacular and amazing

and I still get chills talking about it.

What did that whole thing just feel like,

watching a movie about your life?

Like that has to be just incredible.

Yeah and you know, it's about, it's a family film

and it's about family with a little tennis, you know?

So it's like you expect tennis

but it's not really about that.

And I think, it's a part of my life

that is so cool to share

'cause it's from 10 to 14

and I think it's inspirational for all families

to stick together and do your thing together.

A family that I love so, so very much.

I miss Serena, she's not here.

I was like, where Serena at?

I know.

But we gonna hold it down for her for sure.

Well, thank you so much.

I hope you have the best time, you look amazing.

I will see you inside.

You look amazing.

Thank you so much, see you inside.

All right.

[violin music]

We're here with rapper Jack Harlow,

Jack, you're looking very sharp.

I love this color.

Thank you.

Tell me about that.

It's dark chocolate, Givenchy.

[all chuckle]

It looks amazing.

You look fantastic.

Now, your new album drops May 6th.

Yeah.

What is different about creating this album

compared to your first?

I think I just put a lot more

care and effort into this album.

I think people will build a feel of my dedication.

Yeah.

I've been in the public eye for a little bit now

and I just want people to know

how much I've really care about music.

I feel like everyone who knows you knows that as a fact.

Maybe so, maybe I'm just in my own head who knows.

And you're also set to star

in White Men Can't Jump, the remake,

which is so iconic.

Were you familiar with the original movie

or what did you, did you watch it before you signed on?

Can I be honest?

Yes.

I was obviously familiar with it.

It's an iconic title.

I'd seen the movie poster

but I didn't watch it until I got offered the role

and it's I see why it's classic.

That's so amazing.

Well, good luck, congratulations,

have the best time today Thank you.

And we'll see you in there.

Thank you so much.

Of course, thank you. Thank you.

La La, talk to us.

You got Janelle Monáe, my girl.

I love it, you been looking good.

[La La laughs]

Oh my gosh, I'm here,

just having a little girl talk

with another one of my favorite, Janelle Monáe is here.

Hi, my love.

Stunning.

Okay, please, I wanna hear all about this right here.

So this is a collaboration with Ralph Lauren.

I love them and such a special team and family

and you know, 'Gilded Glamour' was the theme

and we did gilded glamour from the future.

You look stunning, amazing every piece of it.

Thank you.

So how do you prepare for a night like tonight?

Man, this is so fun.

Like as an artist, I love the creative process

so I love being able to work with my team

and you know, the little details like,

oh, but what if we did this, this, this,

I'm like still an art school kid, student.

So this is always great to go through the experience.

I listen to a lot of movie themes.

I'm listening Henry Mancini.

I'm listening-- I love that.

To Les Baxter.

I feel like I'm in a movie right now.

That's what I'm on.

That's the trip that I'm on.

And you looking like the movie star that you are.

Thank you.

So tell me between music and acting

and all the incredible things that you're doing,

what can we expect next?

Well, I just released my first book.

It's a book a of sci-fi, short story collections,

and it actually just made

the New York Times bestseller list.

Just that little list.

So, please, we're the only black

and brown writers. I love that.

I work with five other writers on each short story

and we're the only brown and black ones on there

and is supporting the LGBTQI+ communities

and communities that I love through Afrofuturism.

Absolutely and you know how much I love you.

You look-- I freaking adore you.

I'm so proud of you.

I hope you have a wonderful night

and you get time to like, hang out.

Yes, we're gonna hang out.

We gotta dance.

Yeah, we're gonna dance tonight for sure.

I will see you inside,

we're gonna have a great time.

You're beautiful, you look great.

Love you, love you, love you.

[violin music]

Hi, we're here with Emma Corrin,

giving me a little bit of the Artful Dodger.

[all chuckle]

It's fabulous.

Thank you.

Tell me about it all.

So this was sort of a collaboration between Harry Lambert,

myself, and Miu Miu and Cartier.

And Harry found a record of this guy

called Evander Berry Wall from the 19th century.

[Hamish] Right.

He was known as The King Of Dudes.

[Vanessa] Oh wow.

Yeah.

And he was a sort of fashion leader of that time

and he once was known to change 40 times

between breakfast and dinner.

[Hamish] 40 times. 40 times, 40 times.

[Vanessa] Okay. Icon.

Icon.

And yeah, he had like, if you Google him

there's like an iconic picture of him in this massive coat

and that's what we went for, yeah.

King of dudes. Fantastic, I love it.

That's so iconic.

But like that needs to be the thing.

You are the new king of dudes.

And they have it inscribed on the inside.

Oh, the king of dudes inside, I love it.

Yeah, little secret.

That is so amazing.

Have you been having fun working with Harry?

He's so much fun.

He's put together some amazing looks.

Just like unstoppably creative

which is amazing and yeah, it's really fun basically, yeah.

So iconic.

Was the theme kind of like, just sent you over the edge?

Were you like really excited for it, were you?

I think it was kind of like,

we sort of went really sort of head first into the research.

I was Googling Gilded Age

and fashion leaders of the Gilded Age

and who like, what was this?

So yeah.

Well, it's so nice to see

that you have like a whole story behind it.

I love the amount of thought that goes into it.

The research is wonderful, yeah.

That's fantastic.

Have an incredible time.

Thank you so much for speaking to us.

We'll see you in there.

Lovely to see you. Thank you.

Thank you.

[violin music]

I'm here with the legendary, the iconic Jon Batiste

who said he wanted to sing to me?

Jon, let me hear a little,

the little you was just mumbling some stuff under there.

[Jon vocalizes]

Love it.

[Jon vocalizes]

Love it.

You are coming off such an amazing year.

Just tell me how you're feeling tonight.

I feel blessed.

I feel like anything is possible.

I feel like we have so much just being born

into a royal inheritance.

Our people sacrifice so much so we can shine right now.

And we are shining for sure. We shining, yeah let's go.

Thank you so much.

So tell me, what are you most excited about tonight?

I'm excited about the comradery,

everybody coming together,

being in these public settings again

after the last couple years,

it's exciting to see friends and to meet new friends.

So really it's just the comradery

and I know our industry has all kinds of ups and downs

but it's really just a bunch of people

who really want to share their love for creativity

and I'm excited to come together with everybody.

Same and thank you so much for coming and say hi,

I wish you nothing but the best.

I can't wait to see you inside for a little party party.

Yeah, we gonna be in there.

See you inside.

All right, see you later.

[violin music]

So here we are with Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee,

wonderful to see you.

Great to see you too.

The music man himself.

Yeah, on my night up.

And here you are,

what a pleasure is to have you here.

How excited are you for tonight?

You guys look so incredible, what are you wearing?

I want all the deets.

Tom Ford, Tom Ford, Tom Ford.

Tom Ford, Tom Ford, Tom Ford.

I'm on stage six nights a week.

This is my date night.

It's a pretty awesome date night.

I have to say and look at my beautiful date.

We get to dress up like this every Monday night.

Are you having fun on stage?

I'm having the time of my life.

It is so much fun and the cast is amazing,

We just haven't, it's such a joyous show.

The audience seemed to really sort of love that

so it's really lovely.

Yeah, it's such a feel-good thing,

I came out so euphoric.

And Broadway's back in New York.

Broadway is back. It completely is.

It really is.

And your are absolutely magical

in that show. Thank you.

For everyone who hasn't seen it, you gotta check it out

'cause it's fantastic.

Vanessa, I have to say,

we did know you were in

because there's a lot of kids?

We have 21 Broadway debuts in our show.

there's 49 people backstage are like,

oh my God, Vanessa's in.

I'm like, oh Vanessa, you know her?

I said, yeah, I know her,

we did some stuff together so anyway.

That's the sweetest.

You get a lot of excitement.

Well, it's so exciting to have you here tonight.

It's so nice to see you.

You guys have such a fantastic time.

Yeah.

Thank you, it's gonna be a blast.

Yes it is.

La La, who do you have up there?

Okay, another one of my faves, my friends,

Normani is here looking absolut--

First of all, you have the best body in the game.

Everyone knows that.

Think it's that pilates.

Shout out to McKenna, I love you girl.

I mean, you look so good.

So tell me about this look from head to toe.

Well, I'm so honored to have come with Christian Siriano,

an artist and designer that I really look up to so much

and I just love this look.

Like he was very patient with me,

I know sometimes I could be a little bit of a challenge

but we really collaborated on this look

and I just feel so beautiful

and I love the fact that,

he was willing to go and break the rules,

I have my stomach out.

[La La] Looking so good.

[Normani] Thank you, yes.

[La La] But you definitely brought all the gilded glamour

to the carpet tonight.

So on a night like tonight,

what is something that you are most looking forward to

or someone that you're looking forward to seeing the most?

I wanna see Cardi.

I'm Cardi, Cardi, Cardi.

I wanna see my sister, Megan.

They say she hasn't come yet so.

She's not here yet.

Yes. She hasn't come yet.

We got some great surprises still to come

but thank you so much,

and wait on the music front,

I mean always crushing it, always killing it,

tell us what else we can expect.

You can expect that up tempo that you all are waiting for.

With a lot of dance?

You already know.

I know what the people want.

The last record, that was for me, I know.

I loved that record.

It was so vulnerable and so passionate, I loved that record.

We love to see you dance

but we love to see you vulnerable as well.

And I'm so excited for you.

I'll see you inside. You look really beautiful.

Thank you.

Thank you, I'll see you inside,

we're gonna have a great time.

Love you.

All right, love you too.

[violin music]

So we're here with Max and Nina Hollein.

So we've met Anna Wintour,

the woman who makes this night tick.

This is the man who makes it all tick,

the director of the Met.

Tell us why this evening is so, so special for the museum

and for you.

Well, first of all, it's a special location, the Met.

I think we have to be proud of that

but it's a fantastic gathering.

It's a fantastic gathering of all people from culture

celebrating New York, celebrating the Met,

celebrating fashion

and that's, I think something really what we need,

what we want to have right now

and what gets, makes this a really special moment, yeah.

It really is truly such an incredible experience

being inside and having dinner

and rubbing shoulders with all these beautifully dressed

and wonderful people.

Talk to me about your guys' looks tonight.

[Nina] About?

[Max] Your look. This dress.

Well, this dress, I designed myself.

[Hamish] Oh did you?

That's great, that's great.

And yeah, I also made it myself.

[Vanessa] Wow. Yeah.

[Vanessa] Very impressive.

Well, thank you so much.

[Hamish] Very sustainable and very impressive.

It is sustainable.

[Hamish] Have you seen the exhibition already?

[Nina] I just heard about fragments of it.

[Hamish] Okay.

[Nina] I haven't seen it but Max has.

[Hamish] Tell us a little bit about

how the exhibition's impacted you.

I think the show is fantastic.

It's a real stunner.

Obviously the Met period rooms

in the American wing by itself

are already so charged,

but what has transformed them where really the work

with the film directors and Andrew Bolton's vision

about how to bring American fashion in that context,

it's a really stunning exhibition that will be exciting

for the next couple of months.

It's a major, major achievement.

Wonderful.

Well, congratulations.

Thank you. Yeah.

It's gonna be a blockbuster and it's so exciting.

Yeah, we're very happy with that.

Seeing those rooms come to life like that,

it's just a magical thing.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, so lovely to see you.

Thank you.

Nice to meet you guys, have so much fun.

Thank you.

[violin music]

We are here with Kodi Smit-McPhee.

A dear friend, we go back so many years,

but this is actually your very first Met,

how are you feeling?

It is, this is my initiation.

I mean, ultimately I'm feeling cold.

Let's just say that it first,

but I'm feeling so excited

and I always say this,

I mean, you feel nervous,

but I do my best to kind of transmute that into excitement

and joy and all that good stuff so yeah.

Totally, and your fit is incredible.

I feel like you really took in the theme

and interpreted it as your own,

talk to me about your look.

Absolutely, this is Bottega and Cartier coming together

to celebrate casual Fridays,

I guess we call it in America,

and ultimately the diversity of cultures

and people that contribute to make America

and then kind of tying it in with the gilded,

more sophisticated extravagant look.

And I have some vintage Cartier dating back to like 1905.

So I'm walking very carefully around with that,

making sure it's always there, but yeah, it's amazing.

[Vanessa] Totally, it's so iconic.

[Hamish] I love that you went with the glove theme.

Absolutely.

[Hamish] Has a special resonance for you, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, wow, I got you there, I like that.

Okay, I see you, yeah.

I'ma steal that from you now.

[Hamish] Okay, good.

I thought it was very intentional.

[Hamish] Yes, yes. Amazing.

I feel like you've been able to have,

you've had such an incredible year with Power of the Dog

and now you're here at your first Met.

Like for you as an actor,

I always love talking to actors

about how fashion really informs their character.

What are the first things that you look for

when addressing a new character?

I guess ultimately I start with the core,

the subconscious thoughts,

everything that's not in the script,

I like to fill in those spaces.

But as you get closer and closer through pre-production,

into working with the team

and then the beautiful things

like stepping into the costume and the makeup,

it really solidifies all of those things

that were once within the psyche

and within the unmanifest into the manifest.

So yeah, I mean fashion, I guess,

and clothing is a really big part of that.

It really is.

Yeah.

Well you have the most incredible time tonight.

I'd say like let your hair down

but you know, it is down.

It staying pretty stiff actually, yeah.

[Vanessa and Hamish laugh]

It's amazing, so good to see you.

Thank you.

Wonderful to see you.

Thank you.

La La, what's going on over there?

So I'm hanging out with Michelle Yeoh, we are here

and this outfit, I mean this necklace,

I'm just mesmerized right now.

Tell me your inspiration for tonight's look.

Well, it's Prabal.

He's the one that made this whole look.

I love them.

I know, they're wonderful, aren't they?

He is so iconic and amazing.

How do you feel tonight,

'Gilded glamour' is the theme,

how do you prepare for a theme like 'Gilded Glamour'?

Well, when you come with Prabal and Philip Levy,

they just prepare you, you don't have to do--

How are you? Come on.

So let's hear.

I am so excited to have you guys here.

This is such an amazing night.

Gilded glamour all the way.

Thank you.

What do you think about

when you hear the words 'gilded glamour'?

Well, I think I would think of the word quintessence,

the best of, you know, best in quality.

And I think that it's also,

it represented an age where you could try new things

and a very expensive horizon.

Right and it's so nice to see

everyone's take on the theme.

Well, you both look amazing.

Michelle, this is stunning.

Thank you so much for coming by,

have the best night tonight.

[Philip] Thank you, you look beautiful.

Thank you, party and have so much fun.

I'll see you guys later.

[violin music]

We're here with the inimitable Tom Ford,

designer, director and chairman of the board

of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Tom, welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

As a designer and honorary co-chair of tonight's event,

what's the significance of the Met Gala for you?

The Met Gala is so important you know.

I think people don't realize how much the museum

relies on fundraising in order to keep the exhibits open

and I think during COVID,

we lost so much money, so much traffic,

so it's an important event.

It's also a fun event.

You can hear all the screaming going on.

Exactly.

You dress multiple people for the Met Gala every year,

what's the process like preparing for that,

for this event?

It depends on who it is.

Sometimes it can be a nightmare

because usually people have an idea of what they want

and I make pretty simple, classic, chic evening clothes

and hopefully things go well when we dress people.

Tonight, I think they did, because I dressed my own table.

So they're all quite good friends.

I can't wait to see that. Okay, wonderful.

Now, I'm always so curious,

how important is it for you to stay on theme?

You know, I don't really do themes.

[Vanessa] Oh no.

Although this is the Gilded Age,

so I wore proper evening clothes for that time period.

Yes, exactly.

But yeah, no, I prefer quite simple and chic,

I almost wore a tiara but you know.

Well, I'm glad I got there first.

Also very importantly, you designed a room

in this year's exhibition

celebrating The Battle of Versailles,

could you give us a little background

on The Battle of Versailles?

Oh yes, that was so much fun.

It's in the Vanderlyn room,

which is a room that was painted in 1815, 1816.

So if you stand in the middle,

you feel as though you're in the gardens of Versailles

and there was an event

that happened at Versailles in the theater.

It was actually a fundraiser

between the Americans and the French,

a fashion show in 1973.

And it was a bit the battle of French couture

and American ready-to-wear.

And the general consensus after the battle

was that the Americans won.

It was really the first time

that I think America established itself as a fashion force

and so it was very important.

I've been watching a lot of things

like Mulan and Shang Chi with my son

where people are flying around in the air

and so I thought it's a battle,

why not have a real battle?

And so I had mannequins specially made

that look as though they're being kicked,

stabbed, flying around and they all have fencing foils.

That is so incredible.

Well, we have got an exclusive look at Tom's room

inside the exhibition.

This is Tom Ford's Life in Looks.

[violin music]

The last picture's a shot of me taken by Annie Leibovitz,

just this year in a room that I was doing for the Met.

The Met had asked film directors to do a room

for the reopening of the American wing

and I am doing the battle of Versailles,

which was not really a real battle, it was called that.

It was in 1973, and it actually took place in Versailles,

and it was a battle between the French designers

and the American designers of that time.

The general consensus is that the American designers won.

At least that's the consensus in America.

The French designers, the French couture was very stayed,

very classical and American design, Halston for example,

was minimal, streamlined and really ushered in

that kind of more relaxed, casual American style

and proved to the world

that America had its own sense of style

and it wasn't just copying Europe.

So it was an important moment in fashion.

For more from Tom and to watch the full video

visit vogue.com and while you're there,

make sure to check out behind the scenes video

with Jack Harlow, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker,

and Camila Cabello, who is with me right now,

we was just chit chatting.

We're both a little hungry but we're happy to be here.

And we're having a great time.

Yep, we're ready for a little champagne.

I'm like, oh, I look cute.

You look fire.

So tell me all about this look.

You gotta show everyone the nails too.

Where do I, right here.

[La La] So good.

[Camila] Okay, right here.

[La La] Tell me about the look.

He gave me one instruction.

He said, if you show your nails, do this camera

and I missed that.

Prabal Gurung was the designer.

I love him.

Me too.

I love that he incorporates his values

and what's important to him, his social activism,

through his work and his fashion

and I feel like that's something

that really resonates with me.

For this year, it was really important for me

to wear something that was sustainable

and this dress is completely sustainable, upcycled.

I love, when I heard about the theme of the Gilded Age

and that it represented a time of industrialization

and economic growth and these values of materialism,

I just thought of like how ironic it is,

all of those things have gotten us to this point

where we are now,

where we're it's the climate crisis

and using that innovation and ingenuity

that was present during that time to move forward.

And to me like fashion is a big part of that

and it can be a big part of that

so I love that this dress represents that.

All sustainable, baby.

I love that.

The theme was really important to you

and you followed it and you gave your interpretation of it,

that's so important.

So tell me, who are you excited to see here tonight?

I mean, I don't really know who's coming tonight

but I know I got some friends here.

I'm also turning to this side

'cause this is my good side just so you know.

I'm like, what's happening is, I got some friends.

[both laugh]

Who are your friends?

Anitta's here, Chloe Bailey's here,

we were like on a little group chat.

I love, Prabal's my new BFF.

We're getting married today.

I love him, I love him.

Yeah, we're getting married today

along with the rest of our table.

Hello, hello. I love him.

Look how stunning you look.

Now, I heard all about this.

Yes, I heard all about the inspiration.

This is our wedding, everyone.

It's your wedding.

Behind this amazing dress now,

just tell me what 'Gilded Glamour' means to you.

To me, 'Gilded Glamour' is this era

where innovation, new ideas were there,

somehow defiant age of innocence,

but also showing up in the much I would say,

the world that was curated by the old gods

showing up as yourself unapologetically

and trying to shift the way people think

and look at people.

Well, you both look amazing

and I love your interpretation of the theme.

You look incredible.

Thank you both so much, I'll see you inside.

See you inside.

All right, we got somebody very exciting in fashion,

down there with Vanessa and Hamish.

What's going on guys?

Hello, well, very excitingly,

we have Secretary Clinton here.

It's so wonderful to see you.

It's it's been a while since you've been at the Met Gala.

It's been 20 years.

I told Anna that I would come every 20 years

and I'm thrilled to be here this year.

So tell me what, why this evening

is so significant for you.

Well, I think we're all happy to be back together,

supporting the museum and The Costume Institute

and also celebrating America,

not just fashion of America

but really the spirit of America.

And so when I was thinking about my dress,

I talked with Joseph Altuzarra,

who is a wonderful young designer as you know,

and he suggested some embroidery of meaningful words.

And I said, well, what about American women in the past

who have inspired me?

So I would've filled the entire dress.

[all chuckle]

We decided to stick with women who were no longer with us

because that would've really made it impossible

to have even one dress

if I had everyone on it that I admire.

So this, we have everyone from Abigail Adams and Sacagawea

to Harriet Tubman to Eleanor Roosevelt to Shirley Chisholm

to Madelin Albright who we just lost

and I thought it would be historic to wear a dress like that

and really in keeping with the evening.

It's so beautiful.

And they're embroidered around your fissure

and around the helm, I see.

Yes they are, I know.

And it also reflected Joseph's interest

in what were called friendship quilts

that women used to embroider sayings or phrases

or their names of family and friends.

There's a beautiful one in the exhibition in fact.

I can't wait to see it.

It's fantastic.

And your crown is amazing.

Thank you. It's stupendous.

And you two, I just, I'm happy to be here, thank you.

Well, we're very, very happy to have you here.

Hillary also gave Vogue

a very special behind the scenes look

at the making of her Met Gala dress.

Let's have a peek.

[piano music]

Oh my gosh, wow.

This is so fabulous, look at it.

So this is my handwriting

which they then transferred onto the fabric

and hand embroidered.

You have beautiful handwriting, I must say.

Thank you and then it's all along the bottom as well.

Oh, look at that.

Oh wow.

It really tells the story of all American women

and it also pays homage to homemakers

and quilters and seamstresses,

which I think is very much part of American fashion.

I, with my daughter,

had written The Book of Gutsy Women,

women, primarily from American history,

who had inspired both of us.

Sor Juana Cruz and Sacagawea,

and Harriet Tubman and Eleanor Roosevelt

and Margaret Chase Smith,

I mean women that really made an impression.

You immediately got that

and connected it to these friendship quilts,

and you just transformed this dress

into this historic living thing.

All right, to watch the full video visit vogue.com

and I am here right now with two of my faves.

Laura Harrier is here and Victor Glemaud.

Oh my God, this makes me so happy.

This makes me so happy.

Hi guys, how are you feeling tonight?

So excited to be here.

You look amazing.

I love what you're wearing, you look incredible.

Yeah, we're just here together.

It's really exciting back at the Met.

All right so tell me the inspiration

behind this look and 'Gilded Glamour',

what's the inspiration behind this look?

I really wanted to focus on the silhouettes of that time.

I was really excited to do the whole bodice

and a big full skirt.

It's a silhouette that I've never worn to the Met before

so Victor and I just kind of collaborated along with H&M

and kind of brought together some ideas to make it happen.

I just love that.

Victor, how are you feeling tonight?

I get so happy when I see you.

I'm so happy to see you La La.

I'm so happy to be here with Laura.

It's amazing to be at the Met

to pay tribute to André Leon Talley

who used to be right here, this area.

I'm thrilled, I can't wait.

Absolutely, well I'm wishing you guys a fun night.

You look stunning, gorgeous, I will see you inside

and thank you for coming to say hi.

Thank you. Of course, see you guys.

[violin music]

And we're here, we are here just like that

with the icon herself, Sarah Jessica Parker.

My best friend Kim Kardashian just is obsessed with you

and loves you so much.

You look gorgeous tonight,

please tell me about this outfit.

Well, this is Christopher John Rogers.

Wow. Who I'm very fond of

and I actually found a dress by a seamstress,

an extraordinary woman who had been close friend

and confidant of Mary Todd Lincoln,

her name was Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley.

And she designed all of Mrs Lincoln's clothes.

She'd been born into slavery

and bought her way out of slavery

and had an enormously accomplished and inspiring

and extraordinary life.

And so this dress, I thought was really exquisite

and pretty much fit the period of time

at which Andrew Bolton had focused this exhibit.

And so I asked Christopher John to be part of it

and he is amazing and he did it

and this is Philip Tracy as always.

I just love you, I love you so much.

All right, so we have a question

from somebody in our audience.

Okay, so they said Vogue magazine and Sarah Jessica Parker,

what role has the evolution of American fashion

played in your perception of style over the years?

That's a good question.

Okay, let's bring it back one more time.

Can we bring it back guys?

Okay.

So what role has the evolution of American fashion

played in your perception of style over the years?

My perception?

Not a hard question, no, it's pretty.

Gosh, I think it's probably played a role

in all of our lives.

I mean, I think what's interesting

about fashion is interpretation.

And so you might see an image

and feel strongly inspired by or object to it, right?

And I might feel a hundred different things

that didn't occur to you.

Right.

And I think what's happened in fashion

is that rules have been broken a little bit

and that we don't have to necessarily look like our neighbor

or like our classmate or like the other mothers

or like our colleagues.

So I think what's happened is

over time we've seen maybe a little bit of deconstruction

but maybe more appreciation for the construction.

That is absolutely true.

No, that is so, so right.

So before I let you go,

I am dying to know about Hocus Pocus 2.

[Sarah speaking indistinctly]

Who's not dying to know about it?

Yes, this is what I wanna know.

So can you gimme like little bit of info.

We're back.

Yes, that is amazing.

I can't give you more than that.

I'm trying to think of something cagey and sly.

Well, they think they've won this time,

let's put it that way.

All right, okay.

Yeah and they enjoy,

they still enjoy a musical number.

I love that, I love that.

Thank you so much for coming to say hi.

You too always and you look stunning.

Thank you so much. Enjoy your night.

All right, Vanessa and Hamish, who do you have down there?

Oh my gosh, this is a full party.

We are here with the entire Moschino crew.

What's good, everybody?

I feel like I wanna like give you the microphone

and let you introduce.

Yes, yes, why don't you introduce your bosses?

Well, we have to start our squad

with Ms Vanessa Hudgens,

who is wearing Moschino and is with us tonight.

Ms Ariana DeBose, you got MJ,

you got Madelaine Petsch, Simone Ashley,

Brazil zone Anitta.

[Megan exclaims]

I love the one loud fan from Brazil,

who's not really from Brazil. It's me.

We have Iris Law, Manu Rios

and Houston's hottie, Met Gala Meg, Meg Thee Stallion.

Fantastic, so tell me about your inspirations.

What were you thinking of?

I was thinking of 'Gilded Glamour'.

I was thinking of all the ways

to take it in different directions.

Thinking about the moldings of all these old money mansions

and all the different kind of ucultural

you'd find inside there

and taking those elements

and making them into dresses.

Everyone looks absolutely incredible.

What are you guys excited about tonight?

[Ariana] I'm excited about us.

[Vanessa] Yes.

[Jeremy] You should be.

[Ariana] We look beautiful. You should be.

You should be, you look incredible.

But also we're so hype, we are so hype.

We had the most fun coming over on the Moschino bus, honey.

We had a bus, like it's so great.

Such a beautiful celebration of all of us.

We've all had such beautiful moments this last,

not even a year, but like a matter of months,

every single person in this lineup

has had a beautiful, beautiful moment

that's been unforgettable

and tonight's gonna be just as unforgettable

as any of those.

I'm like, I wish I could unpack all of those moments

because there are genuinely, this is just a group of icons.

I'm dead, I love it so much,

but I will see you guys in there

because I think we're sitting together.

I wanna get on your bus for the after parties.

[all laugh]

Come on, Hamish. I know.

Well, we're gonna have a good time

but I will see you guys inside.

La La, what's going on? Congratulations everyone.

I am up here hanging out with Chloe Fineman.

So let's talk.

I love the toad, I love the look,

tell me all about it.

I am in Miss Sohee

and this beautiful gentleman is Judith Leiber

and we're just having a golden day.

Just having a gilded, golden day.

Golden gilded day.

A golden gilded day.

So tell me what's your inspiration

when you hear 'Gilded Glamour'.

Well, first I think about the Gilded Age on HBO

and then I when kind of wanna modernize it

and so then we went with this.

You look so great.

Thank you so much for coming to say hi.

I hope you have an amazing night.

So many surprises tonight, so get ready.

I know, that's why I'm like, this is so,

yeah, no, I was just like.

[violin music]

We are here with Questlove, the man, the myth, the legend.

Oh you know, how you doing?

I'm doing great.

It's so good to see you.

Tell us about this look tonight.

I'm kind of taking a different angle on the Gilded Age,

I'm kind of representing African American people

who were living in the construction period

so I had Gee's Bend, these women from Alabama,

do me a special quilt to represent Africans

and African Americans post-slavery

and also they collaborated with Greg Lauren.

Zegna made my coat and owe tribute to André Leon Talley.

and that's basically it.

[Vanessa] I really enjoy myself. It's amazing.

Good, as you should.

[Hamish] It's beautiful that you've led

so many references, that's fantastic.

[Questlove] Yeah, well,

the 1900s is a little bit different

for the African American experience

so I felt that I should represent

black women who gave much to this country.

[Vanessa] And talking about representation,

your documentary Summer of Soul was so fantastic.

Congratulations on your win by the way.

[Questlove] Thank you so much.

[Vanessa] What inspired you to start that journey

and of that road?

[Questlove] I think I'm a natural storyteller.

And for me, the world did not know

that there was another festival

that was sort of equal to Woodstock

that happened in Harlem.

And I wanted to tell that story,

and now I'm pretty much lined up.

I'm doing this line, The Family Stone story right now

and about five other films

so I found my new call.

[Vanessa] Yes and I'm so excited to watch it all.

[Questlove] Thank you so much.

You have the most incredible time tonight.

I appreciate it, thank you.

[Hamish] Thank you so much, wonderful to see you.

[Vanessa] Thank you. Take care.

This year's exhibition features rooms

designed by great American film directors.

From Martin Scorsese to Sofia Coppola.

Each room explores the director's unique visions

of the changing face of American fashion.

[Vanessa] The exhibition does not open to public

until Saturday, but we have an exclusive sneak peek inside.

And it's really extraordinary.

This is Autumn De Wilde's homage to Mrs. Bonaparte

who scandalized early 19th century America

with her low cut dresses, nothing's new.

Martin Scorsese took over the Frank Lloyd Wright room

with a staged wake, a mid-century wake

with the lady protagonist dressed

in amazing Charles James bogans.

So powerful.

It looks so incredible.

Yeah, it's room after room

and the American period rooms really come to life

with these different directors' visions

in this exciting way.

For more behind the scenes footage, visit vogue.com

where you can also catch exclusive video

with Bad Bunny, Lizzo, Ariana DeBose and many more.

[violin music]

I am here with the stunning, always fabulous,

Precious Lee is here.

Talk about making an entrance.

You know how much I love you. I love you.

Tell me everything about this look.

I mean, this is iconic.

I mean, we're giving galactic ascending mermaid.

I was really excited to work with a designer

that was super collaborative

on bringing this gilded idea together

and not just going for an obvious gilded

and just really embracing the theme, I love that.

We're in The Metropolitan Museum Of Art.

You know what I mean?

It's something that brings out like the fantasy in me

that I really feel like this look really embodied

so I love it.

And you said you love gold,

you put all these amazing gold accessories with this,

it's in your eyebrows, is everybody seeing that?

That's stunning.

We're a giving a gilded brow.

Yes.

Gilded hand.

You're the first one with a gilded bleached brow.

Listen, it's just, I really, really embraced the theme,

I love it.

And I just feel like, I don't wanna be so like, it's so fun.

Yes.

I'm having fun.

Yeah, I'm having fun too.

And we're gonna have more fun tonight.

Listen, I refuse to not have fun in this process.

We're celebrating art, we're celebrating fashion,

we're celebrating New York being back.

Of course.

This is my second Met

and I just feel super excited and grateful

to be in such a look that feels good and feels like me.

You look amazing, love you.

See you inside, have the best time.

You look gorg.

I can't wait to party

and have some fun. Are you partying after?

Yes, we're partying after.

No, we have to.

We're gonna party.

Okay. Okay, see you later.

Bye.

[violin music]

We have the absolutely breathtaking Hailey Bieber

with us now,

now, just straight off the bat,

I have to say you have been so powerful and brave

sharing your recent struggles of health.

And we're just so happy to see you tonight.

And it's so beautiful to see you so open and so vulnerable,

I think that that's such an inspiring and important thing.

Yeah, thank you.

I mean, obviously it was a little bit hard to talk about

just 'cause it was a really scary experience

but I felt like if it could help anybody

bring light to the situation,

it's not really a well known thing to happen,

especially in very young people,

so I just wanted to share my story

and it actually felt freeing for me to be able to share it.

And I'm just happy that I'm okay

and I'm healthy and I'm here

and I'm ready to have an amazing night, yeah.

Now, you've walked the Met Gala red carpet

a few times now,

how has your approach to the evening evolved?

I feel like now my preparation's a little bit different,

just try to like stay relaxed.

Obviously there's always a little bit of jitters

that come with it

because it's such a massive event and a massive carpet,

but I feel like I just try to relax,

do some breathing, really just try to enjoy it

and be present and enjoy the lead up to it

and enjoy the night.

And I think that when I first came to the Met,

I was so nervous, I just couldn't soak in anything.

Yeah.

And so now I really, yeah, it's really overwhelming

and I feel like it's always overwhelming,

but each year that I can try to be a little bit more present

is helpful.

And well, you gotta talk to me about this fit.

It's just, I mean, stunning.

This is Saint Laurent

and we just wanted to do this feather ode

to an old Jerry Hall YSL reference.

[Hamish] I remember the moment.

I was at the show when she wore it.

Okay so I just felt like that really jumped out to me

and I loved that reference

and I'm super happy with how it came out.

We have a picture, I think from last year,

that we wanted to pull up just to see how it,

look at this, what a vibe.

Every time I leave the Met,

I go straight back to the hotel

and I dive into a piece or two or three of pizza.

I mean, I'm kind of like a full pizza kind of girl.

Yeah, same.

I'm like from New York,

so every time I'm back here,

I'm like, the first thing I need after is pizza,

please and thank you.

Okay, well maybe we can grab a pizza together after this.

Let's do it. Okay.

Hozzah, we'll have an incredible time tonight.

Okay, see you there. Wonderful to see you,

working as just as beautifully as Jerry did.

La La, what's going on over there?

So lot happening up here, it is heating up

and I have Pierpaolo and Ms. Glenn Close

coming up right now to the carpet.

They're making their way,

they're just doing a little fixing right now.

As you can see, the carpet is so good right now.

Hello, you two.

Hi, so nice to see you, so nice to see you.

You look amazing.

Please tell me how this came about.

Well, I was told that I was invited to come

and then I didn't know

who was going to design something for me

and I think about two weeks went by

and then I was told that Pierpaolo was gonna design

something for me.

I feel so lucky and honored to be tonight with her.

And then, I found out

he was gonna be with me on the steps.

This is like, this right here is everything,

you look amazing.

Now, everyone knows you're on the new season of Tehran,

could you tell me a little bit about it

'cause we're just so excited for that.

I'm very proud of being in Tehran.

I wanted to be an American speaking Persian

and so I learned some Persian in order to do it.

I worked with a, it was originally a show in Israel.

It was the first Israeli show to get an international Emmy.

And it was the first foreign show like it

to be picked up by Apple TV+

so it's a great honor and I had a fantastic time,

very challenging and a very different character

from what I've played before.

We're so excited about it,

Pierpaolo, you know how much I love you,

how did you prepare for a night like tonight?

Me? Yes.

Smoke some cigarettes. I don't prepare.

Yeah, many cigarettes, just a tuxedo,

but well worn like a t-shirt.

I prefer to have.

Yes, a beautiful date.

Yes, well you both are--

Sunglasses, the best.

It's the best.

You both are stunning, gorgeous,

I'll see you guys inside have the best time.

Yes, have the best, best time.

Vanessa and Hamish, what's going on down there?

We are freezing but apart from that, we're great

'cause we've got Awkwafina here with us.

It's great to be here.

Well, it's wonderful to see you.

Tell us a little bit about this Bella Park situation.

Yeah, so this is Gucci

and very honored to be here tonight with them.

And yeah, I feel like this has just kind of screamed at me

and yeah, and I was magnetically attracted to it,

it's great.

It's great, it's very, very turn of the century,

I love it, it's fantastic.

Thank you, I appreciate that.

Very on-theme.

Thank you.

So you've done the Met Gala before.

Yeah.

Do you feel like that has prepared you for tonight?

Do you have any tips that you've learned over the past?

You know, the last one was a blur.

I feel like it was

and it really feels like it's like back and swing.

I feel like tonight,

I think it just appropriate bathroom breaks,

and maybe not too much, like yeah.

Yeah, but I gotta ask,

who are you most excited to rub shoulders with

as you're like washing your hands in the bathroom?

Oh man, I mean, I just saw Hailey Bieber leave,

that was pretty cool.

I have some of my crazier Asian castmates

here with me tonight,

so I'm just happy to see some people

meet some new people.

Yeah, I love it.

Well, you look so phenomenal.

You are going to thrive tonight,

have the most incredible time.

Of course.

Bye bye, see you later.

La La, how you doing over there?

Yes, so I am here with my family Swizz and AK Alicia Keys.

So AK, let me ask you a question.

So did you just say,

I'm just gonna shut down the whole carpet tonight,

like that was your inspiration,

I'm just shutting down the whole carpet.

When I looked, I said oh.

My inspiration is our city, New York city forever

and just being able to have the Empire State.

We're both from New York, all of us

and Ralph Lauren is also from New York.

So we really wanted to just bring New York to the Gala.

It feels a bit air-tight too

so it has this kind of artistic vibe.

We love all of the cape, I love it.

I'm so excited about tonight.

This is definitely one of my favorite looks of the night.

Bro, you not doing too bad yourself.

You come through and shut it down every single time.

Tell me what you both are looking forward to tonight.

Just having fun and seeing a lot of people

we haven't seen in a long time,

this is a night of art.

Yes.

Supporting the Met as artists and collectors ourself

and we just want to have fun

and just have that New York state of mind.

Of course you have so many big New York records

and just embodying this city

and like you said, to put that on your clothes tonight

is just so amazing and just so iconic.

I love it, that's exactly right.

My newest song, City of Gods is another New York anthem,

Empire State of Mind is just, it's such a blessing

for that to be something that people just,

they were singing it right out there

when I was standing there.

So I have to say, it's an honor to represent our city.

I love New York city,

I'm so proud of our resilience,

and tonight we're looking forward to being together

like all together.

[La La] And having some fun.

[Alicia] And having some fun.

[La La] And partying.

Okay, so somebody wrote us from Twitter,

they wanted to talk to you.

So let's see exactly, okay.

So they, oh, that was you, you wrote that.

Lights out, we ready?

One time for NYC!

[Alicia] Let's go.

Complete shutdown.

Her inspiration was,

I'm just gonna shut the whole carpet down today.

You know how much I love you both,

thank you for stopping by, I'ma see y'all inside

and we partying tonight.

We reppin' New York tonight.

Always, always for sure.

All right, see you guys.

[violin music]

Hello, I'm here with Conan Gray.

Tell me what you're wearing.

I'm wearing Valentino by Pierpaolo.

It's a cape above all is what I really wanted.

And yeah, it's a beautiful chiffon.

I have giant platform boots on.

Okay, great.

That I hopefully won't fall in.

How are you managing so far?

So far, so good.

I just put Coachella in these exact platforms.

Oh you did?

And I was jumping, so I feel like I'll survive today.

That sounds like great practice.

Yeah.

So this is very, very gilded glamour.

Yes, tell me what you were drawn to in the theme.

I think mostly I really wanted to,

one, I really wanted to be on theme

and I think the Gilded Age is very decadent

and a lot of crystals is what we wanted.

We put some crystals in my hair.

I love the crystals in the hair.

Those are so magical.

Thank you very much.

The whole thing is very kind of mid-summer night dreams.

Yes, that's a very good--

Ethereal.

Something a little ethereal, a little theatrical in a way.

I feel like that's the whole point of the Met.

Well, it's magical.

Thank you.

Have fun.

Thank you so much.

Good luck on the stairs.

Thank you very much, I'll try my best.

Thank you.

So lovely to see you.

Thank you, nice to meet you.

[violin music]

[La La] Who is the best dressed couple

to walk tonight's red carpet so far?

Follow @voguemagazine on Twitter to cash your vote now

and we'll reveal the results later in the show.

[violin music]

On January 28th, 2022,

the fashion world lost one of its greatest champions

and most beloved storytellers.

Author, journalist, creative director

and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine, André Leon Talley.

This past Friday, the fashion world gathered

to celebrate André's legacy

at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem.

It was an extraordinarily moving ceremony

led by the Reverend Calvin O. Butts III

and it featured tributes from Anna Wintour,

Bethann Hardison, Marc Jacobs, Diane von Furstenberg,

Naomi Campbell, among others.

Was really a powerful and stirring day

with the most celestial music from the church's choir.

André of course worked at The Costume Institute

for years alongside Diana Vreeland

and was always a great lover and supporter of the Institute.

In acknowledgement of his profound contributions

to American fashion,

one of his iconic robes has been added

to this year's exhibition.

The ivory and black silk satin duchess robe

was designed by Ralph Rucci

for his spring-summer 2010 collection

and worn by André to the Met Gala in 2010

and the SCAD Savannah film festival in 2018.

Thank you for everything André,

you are very much missed.

[violin music]

We are here with another of tonight's co-chairs

and one of my dear friends,

the one and only Lin-Manuel Miranda

and his incredible and gorgeous wife, Vanessa Nadal.

Thank you guys so much for being here

and talking to us.

What is the inspiration behind the look for tonight?

Oh, first I have to say, this is my first Met Gala.

We love it.

I called in a favor and I called my friend,

the Oscar nominated Paul Tazewell,

who did the amazing wardrobe for Hamilton

and In The Heights

and was nominated for West Side Story.

And so he gave me a little Gilded Age pizzazz

and the shoes are by Polster.

I'm wearing Oscar de la Renta, which is so exciting

'cause I got to wear it for my wedding.

Just, we got the--

I know, we're matching.

Yeah.

[all chuckle]

Yeah.

And I just wanted to do some pops of color

and very excited about.

Are we sufficiently gilded?

The little green shoe, I love that.

[Vanessa Nadal speaking indistinctly]

I love it, it's so beautiful.

And Paul Tazewell did you well,

I love that, the collar detail, it's very subtle.

[Vanessa] Now Lin, you're really jumping

in the deep end here tonight,

first timer and also co-chair of this event,

what are you feeling right now?

How are you feeling?

[Lin-Manuel] I'm really excited.

I agreed to co-chair,

one, because I think it's so important to support the Met

and support important New York institutions

coming out of two years

when no one was going to museums.

So I'm just happy to support a really good cause.

And also, when you get to co-chair,

you get to welcome everyone.

So I get to see all of the L E W K S looks

[Vanessa and Hamish chuckle]

and so I feel like

I'm starting from the best seat in the house.

[Vanessa] Oh, huzzah!

And how are you feeling Vanessa?

[Nadal] I never in a million years thought I'd be here

so I'm pinching myself, I'm very excited.

[Vanessa] I love it, I love it.

[Hamish] Well.

I also recently, I understand that you have collaborated

with a Broadway legend

for project Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee.

Can you tell us about that?

I can tell you that,

I mean, what a sentence I'm about to say,

I can tell you that Andrew Lloyd Webber called me and said,

it's the Queen's Jubilee, we should do something together

and we haven't written it yet

so call me in a month when we figure out what we've done.

But yeah, we're cooking on something

to make it really special.

[Vanessa] Oh my God, that's so exciting.

[Hamish] That's gonna be so exciting.

[Vanessa] Now, also in 2016,

Sarah Jessica Parker paid homage to your role in Hamilton

right here on the Met Gala red carpet.

Have you seen this look by the way?

Can we pull up the image?

Nobody.

I know what you're talking about.

You know.

I don't need to see it on the monitor.

I remember that was one of the surreal,

oh we are beyond the arts and leisure page,

the musical theater section of the newspaper

when people are wearing looks inspired by a thing I wrote.

It's Zeitgest suddenly.

Yeah, that was like a real like,

oh this is bigger than I ever imagined moment.

Well, you are the Zeitgest and I adore you so much.

Have the most incredible time tonight.

Thank you, love you Vanessa.

Love you.

[Hamish] Enjoy your debut.

[Lin-Manuel] Thank you guys.

[Vanessa] Bye. Bye.

[violin music]

I am here with my friend, the ever so stunning,

Winnie is here.

Winnie Harlow, what is going,

stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning.

Thank you.

You too, oh my gosh, you look gorgeous

in your LaQuan.

You know how much I love you.

We said Iris is like, as a designer, is like a work of art

so tell me about this.

She creates masterpieces

when it comes to all of her looks.

Down to the head piece, everything, the detail.

Yeah, this is my second year coming with her

and it's just an honor every time.

So what does 'Gilded Glamour' mean to you?

I mean, dipped in glamour,

making sure that everything is up to the T

and I feel like that's what Met is in general.

[La La] Absolutely, absolutely.

So what are you looking forward to tonight?

I'm looking forward to the performance.

I think every year I'm looking forward to the performance.

I'm looking forward to the performance

but also seeing everyone.

I wanna see what everyone's wearing,

like your headpiece is giving me life.

[La La] I love you.

I'm looking forward to getting more life all night.

All night and partying all night.

I can't wait to see you inside.

You know how much I love you,

have so much fun and I will see you inside.

All right, for sure, for sure.

All right, I think we have,

I think my sister's about to come up.

We need a second.

We need a second.

[violin music]

Thank you.

Hey, oh my goodness gracious, tell me everything.

Well, this is Gucci and it is all existing materials.

So we didn't have to waste a bunch of stuff.

This is all already existed

and just wanted to like be kind of as,

I don't know, eco-friendly as possible, I guess, with the--

Billie, you look hot, you look amazing.

I mean, you've got it down.

You look amazing.

Down for sure. [Billie laughs]

It is down.

For sure, for sure.

Tell me what you're looking forward to tonight.

Oh, I don't know, I'm in a good place.

I feel very excited to see some friends

and feel less kind of nervous than I was last time

and just feel, I just wanna have fun

and just talk and socialize and just, yeah.

Kind of just have a good time and just let go.

Yeah, are you kidding me?

Absolutely.

So for all your fans and for me and everyone that loves you,

tell me what you got coming up.

[Billie] Tour, lots of tour.

[La La] Tour, okay.

[Billie] And I'm just starting to feel

really creative again and that is a good sign.

[La La] That makes me happy.

So eventually something will come of that.

[La La] It absolutely will.

You are one of my favorites.

You look gorgeous and I'm so glad you came over to say hi,

I hope you have the best night.

Oh my God.

All right, I'll see you inside.

Okay, thank you so much.

Stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning, stunning.

All right, Vanessa and Hamish, what's going on down there?

Well, we have Maisie Williams and Christine Baranski.

Welcome and happy birthday Christine.

Happy birthday.

Thank you very much.

How are you guys feeling?

I'm sorry?

How are you guys feeling tonight?

Well, I'm feeling festive.

It's my 70th birthday.

[Vanessa] Oh my gosh.

What a serendipitous party to attend, don't you think?

[Vanessa] I inspire to be you when I am your age.

Yeah, my gosh, 70s the new 45 clearly.

Amen.

And if anyone knows about giving it Gilded Age glamour,

it's gonna be you.

Oh, thank you.

Know, I'm so pleased to be wearing Thom Browne tonight.

He's a great American designer

and he just gets style of like nobody else.

And what are you excited about this evening?

Well, it's my first Met Gala, and you?

Wow, my second Met Gala

so excited to show Christine the ropes.

[all chuckle]

You look so, these shoes are the wildest shoes I've seen.

They're like little blocks and--

They are.

Kind of like little toy blocks.

They came from his most recent,

Thom's most recent collection, which--

[Hamish] Was shown on Friday, right?

[Maisie] It was.

Fresh from the runway literally.

Fresh from the runway onto my feet.

Are they easy to navigate stairs in, have you tried?

Not particularly.

But we haven't had a good go at it yet so.

Okay, well Thom gave me spike heels the last Met Gala

and that was a challenge.

Hurting for days.

That was a challenge.

It gave me a whole new level of empathy, I can tell you..

What are you guys looking forward to about tonight?

Wow, I know that a couple of my friends are going

so looking forward to seeing them

and also looking forward to having fun, I dunno.

[Vanessa] Yes.

It is the night of fun and glamour

and you guys look absolutely fantastic.

Have the most wonderful time.

Happy birthday.

[Christine] Oh, thank you, thank you.

Cheers to the Gilded Age, thank you.

[Vanessa] La La, how's it going over there?

So I'm here with my sister who just shut down the carpet

in like a crazy, crazy way.

Teyana Taylor is here.

Yo, I just saw you, I just saw,

Corey, what's going on, Corey?

Hey, Corey. Hey, Corey.

Hey, Corey.

So we are here, tell me about this.

I just watched you shut down the whole carpet.

Tell me about it.

What was I doing?

All that, all that, all that.

This is everything.

Talk to me about the look.

So I'm wearing Iris van Herpen.

I love her.

Yeah, she's a beast, she's the beast

and I'm really excited about it.

And you know, I love themes

but I wanted to go a little bit different.

I wanted to give a real gilded meets the future,

gilded in the galaxy.

[La La] And you're giving that.

Or a little bit of Ursula, gilded under the sea,

you feel me?

So either the Galaxy or under the sea,

but either way the shoulders is here.

Thank you.

[La La] What are you looking forward to most tonight?

Everything, this is my second year

so I'm super excited to see what's gonna happen.

I'm excited to see the exhibit.

[La La] Right, me too.

To learn more of the history.

I've been hearing a lot about it,

with the black women and everything that's going on.

[La La] Right.

With them making the fabrics.

[La La] Exactly.

I'm like, I'm trying to get in and--

[La La] There's so many amazing rooms to see,

it's gonna be like iconic in there

and of course partying and just having a good time.

But most importantly, learning your history.

You know what I'm saying?

[La La] That's true.

I bought my sandals, they purple, they match,

I'm about to go in there, throw them shits on,

excuse my language,

throw 'em on and get the learning, get the study in.

Yes, yes.

You know I'ma find you,

I'm gonna see you inside.

I got the papas with me too.

Okay, perfect, we ready, we ready.

I love you.

Love you.

I love you.

I'll see you inside.

Okay, all right, thank you.

Yes.

Oh, hi Michael.

Hi, Ms. Sigourney, it's so nice to see you.

Two of my favorites.

So tell me how this awesome pairing came about.

I've known Michael for a long time.

I think I was at the opening of his first store.

Wow.

Many, a few years ago.

A few years ago, we won't say how many La La, but--

I have been a huge fan ever since.

Love his clothes, love the American chic

he brings to every season.

And I just, he's one in a million.

And we all absolutely love you.

Tell me about what 'Gilded Glamour' means to you.

It's interesting because when I think of the Gilded Age,

I think of women as being so contained

in these kind of encased

and what's wonderful is to think about that,

I mean, everyone looks so beautiful

with so much amazing detail and workmanship,

which I think is from that period

but these wonderful gowns have freedom for a modern woman.

And I look at these women and these tight dresses

and I know what they want is to throw off those corsets

and get the vote.

I love that, I love that.

Michael, you know how much I love you and adore you,

tell me what you're excited about tonight.

I mean really to see,

first off, to see everyone gathered together,

celebrating American fashion.

I'm New York born and bred.

[La La] Same.

Started my business over 40 years ago here in New York

and then to be here with really a true American icon,

a friend, a muse, an inspiration, it's a perfect night.

It is an absolute perfect night.

Thank you both for coming to say hi,

I hope you have the most amazing night.

Oh, La La, thank you.

I love everything about you.

Thank you so much for coming to say hi.

All right, I'll see you guys.

You look gorgeous. Thank you so much.

All right, Vanessa and Hamish,

wait, I think you got my best friend down there,

what's going on?

Yes, we are here with your girl, my girl,

everyone's girl, our favorite, Ciara.

You look so stunning, how are you feeling?

Thank you so much.

I'm so excited to be here.

This is the Gilded Age.

I know. What?

I know.

And you definitely brought it.

Talk to me about your look.

Thank you, I'm wearing Michael Kors

and I'm representing the modern woman of Gilded Age.

It was all about luxury and opulence back in those times

and that modern woman was all about fashion.

She was pushing fashion forward.

And so I have metallic zebra print going on here,

nice silver foil in my hair as well,

metallic nails, we're pushing it forward.

And then my hair, which was so fun.

It's, it's absolutely stunning.

I had to give inches today.

Of course, if there's a day to do drama, it is today.

You have to.

At the Met, you must do drama.

Yes.

That's the only option.

It's a prerequisite.

If you're not doing drama, why are you at the Met?

Exactly.

What are you looking forward to about tonight?

Well, I'm excited, one, to see you guys

and my best friend, La La, hosting as well is really cool.

I saw Lizzo walking down the hallway.

I know Cardi's gonna probably bring it too.

Just everyone, it's always fun to be in these rooms

with my friends

and so I'm looking forward to the night.

Yeah, I am too.

And I'm like, I'm gonna come find you later

because I'm like, I would love

to break down a few dance moves with you.

I'm looking forward to dancing, yeah.

Yeah, you gotta dance at the Met.

I know and it's just like so iconic

to be able to sit here in the Met.

Yes.

Having a dinner with all these incredible people.

Yes, you get to see friends

you don't get to see often here,

which is really cool.

Yeah.

It's always fun. Yeah.

A lot of amazing energy.

Yes.

Dancing, maybe shoes come up

about the end of the night too, you never know.

You never know, you never know.

Just having fun.

Yeah.

Well, you have the most incredible night.

Go crush it on the carpet

and I'll find you in there.

Thank you so much, so good to see you guys.

Wonderful to see you, deco fabulous.

Hey, La La, how's it going over there?

What you got?

You know, just hanging out with my mom right now.

The amazing stunning Kris Jenner is here, hey mom.

Hi baby, how are you?

I'm so good.

I have my six daughters here on the carpet

with me tonight.

Yes, I hope we are all making you very proud.

Oh, I'm so proud of you, I am,

and you look like a dream.

Thank you so much and so do you.

Tell me the inspiration behind this look?

Mom, you are shutting it down right now.

Tell me the hair, everything,

please give me the rundown.

This is Oscar de la Renta and Judith Leiber bag

and Tamara Mellon shoes and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry,

so yeah.

So mom, all the kids are coming tonight.

They're coming.

I know they're all going,

I've been on group chats and this and that

seeing everybody's outfits

so how excited are you just to see everyone tonight?

It's so, I can't believe--

Everyone looks so different.

Everyone looks so different.

Everybody's, I'm so proud of all of their looks

and we all got ready together today at the hotel

so that was a lot of fun.

And it's just so much fun

and I can't believe that all five of the girls

are gonna be here and you.

[La La] Yeah.

[Kris] So we'll all be celebrating together.

No pressure but like we need,

when are we getting some new music?

Because I've listened to the album multiple times

and I'm like, I'm so excited to see what you do next.

You're very sweet.

Yeah, I'm working on it right now,

I'm constantly writing

and just wanna make sure it's right

and yeah, I'm excited for a new era.

Oh my gosh, well, I'm very excited for you as well.

Well, congratulations on everything

and have the most incredible fabulous time inside.

A symphony and lilac, you look so wonderful.

Thank you.

[Hamish] Really.

[violin music]

All right, so one of my favorite couples,

Josh and Jodie are here shutting it, you know what?

You two just shut it down every single time.

Gilded glamour at it best.

Tell me about this outfit.

Very sexy.

Very and you have a baby, yeah.

[all laugh]

How is this possible?

Oh my God, well, the inspiration for the dress

was very 30s, 40s era musicals, Busby Berkeley

and yeah, I just thought let's also just gild the lily

and get a little bit even more sparkly.

You are sexy tonight, you look so good.

Josh, how are you feeling and how you feeling

looking at your amazing gorgeous wife?

Obviously the luckiest man in the room.

Look at this beautiful woman.

You are so spectacular.

Looking so good on your first red carpet here at the Met.

Oh, this is your first Met?

This is my first Met, I'm so nervous.

And he's like you're okay.

This is the last Met.

This is it.

Never have to do it again.

You just shut it down.

This is it. Exactly.

So what are you, being that this is your first Met,

what are you most looking forward to tonight?

Finding out what happens after the carpet?

Because you know, for those of us, who've never been,

all we know is that bit there

so I'm looking forward to seeing

what the rest of it's all about.

Well, I hope you both have an amazing time.

Favorite couple, you guys look amazing.

And you look amazing. Thank you so much.

I love this hair. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

I'll see you guys inside.

All right, thank you so much.

[violin music]

I am here with the amazingly talented

and stunningly gorgeous KiKi is here.

Wassup La La, was' gud?

Oh my goodness, you look so, the color, the dress,

tell me all about this.

I just think you look stunning.

Thank you, it's a little custom Prabal Gurung.

He said he was actually inspired

by some of the performances in my film

to make something that was equally tender and sweet

but also had some strength to it

and then I just took it to another level with the hair.

That hair is gorgeous, everything is gorgeous.

So speaking of your films,

tell me what you're working on.

What do we have coming up?

So--

You always got something big brewing every time.

Okay, well most immediately coming out in a couple weeks

is Rescue Rangers where I'm running around

with Chip and Dale.

That's fun. Yes, the chipmunks.

That's fun.

Oh my gosh and then Don't Worry Darling

coming out later in the year.

You know how much I love you and support you,

you look absolutely gorgeous.

I hope you have the best time tonight

and I will see you inside.

Yes ma'am. Thanks for coming to say hi.

Absolutely, bye KiKi.

[violin music]

We have the icon.

Oh my gosh, I love everything about this woman right here,

Rosalía, hi, you look so stunning.

Thank you so much, you too.

Oh my gosh, thank you so much.

And you have just announced your world tour,

which is, so excited I will be there for sure.

What can fans expect?

Yes, you have to come,

it's gonna be much different than the tour before.

I'm very excited.

It's been a long time that I'm not performing,

like doing a full show

so it's gonna be a lot of energy.

Well, you are a lot of energy and you are right there too

so it's going to be fantastic.

And I love her dress.

Tell us about the dress.

I mean, she came to Paris

and we started sharing ideas

and sketches back and forth,

but I wanted to make something

that really embodied her personality

but still stayed with the theme.

[Rosalía] And you did.

Yeah, I know.

It's really turn of the century splendor.

Yeah and show the corset, the metal corset in the back.

Oh my gosh. Oh wow.

But she makes it come around.

The little details,

we've just had butterflies in the hair,

but you've got a.

In the teeth too, yeah.

What was it like for you guys collaborating together?

Really easy, we've been friends for a long time

so I just sent her a text like,

will you come to the Met with me?

And I'm like, of course let's do this.

Just came out, she was in Paris

and came over for some tea and we just, yeah.

We share some ideas.

Share some ideas.

And it was so organic, it was like easy.

[Hamish] What sort of references were you thinking of?

[Matthew] I mean, I mostly work with swatches,

so there was swatches of embroidery

that I just paneled together to,

I really love the idea of the transparency

and still having some lightness,

some feeling of lightness.

[Rosalía] We were seeing some images of the theme too.

[Matthew] Yeah.

[Rosalía] But then we decided.

[Matthew] And decide to reinterpret them in our own way.

[Rosalía] Exactly, exactly.

[Vanessa] And even down to the glasses,

I love it so much.

[Matthew] Yeah, she's premiering these glasses

for the first time.

[Vanessa] Okay, well, I would love a pair as well

because they're stunning.

You guys have the most incredible time tonight

and we'll see you inside.

[Hamish] Fantastic.

[Rosalía] Of course, thank you.

[Hamish] Congratulations.

[Matthew] Thank you.

[Rosalía] Thank you so much.

[violin music]

All right, so my little sister is here

shutting it down like always.

Chloe Bailey, I love you so much.

This outfit.

You like it?

I love it, tell me all about it.

Yeah, so I'm wearing AREA

and I wanted to feel really majestic and queen like,

and very strong and I feel like a Phoenix tonight

so it's really fun and I'm so happy to see you.

You look absolutely beautiful as always.

I love you so much, the accessories are amazing.

This is your second Met, right?

Yes, it's my second Met.

I'm a little heartbroken

because my sister Halle isn't with me

but I'm trying to rep for the both of us tonight

so I hope I'm doing a good job.

You're doing a great job.

So is it still as intense as the first time

or have you calmed down a little bit?

Oh, it's just as intense.

Like I'm shaking a little bit,

I think we all get nervous.

Show me your hands. I know.

So I'm like, you know what?

Smile and wave boys, smile and wave.

Smile and wave and get ready to party.

You know how much I love you,

I can't wait to see you inside.

We're gonna have so much fun tonight.

[Chloe] I'm so proud of you.

[La La] I love you, I'm proud of you.

All right, I'll see you inside, love you.

[violin music]

Oh my gosh and here walking in,

we have the ever breathtaking Emily Ratajkowski.

Oh my God, how are you?

I'm good, I'm nervous.

Why? Oh, you are.

Of course, it's the Met, I'm nervous.

You've done this so many times.

No, you think I would be over it?

How are you guys?

We're good, I've completely lost my voice

but other than that--

[Emily talking indistinctly]

I do, I do.

Talk to me about this look.

I'm wearing Atelier Versace 1992 Gianni.

Oh, really, wow. Yes.

Originally worn by Yasmeen,

this amazing supermodel I'm obsessed with.

[Hamish] I'm obsessed with Yasmeen too.

I'm very, very happy... That walk.

to be wearing this look.

Yeah, I feel very lucky.

She's the last one who wore it so.

[Hamish] Are you gonna be giving us a Yasmeen swing?

I don't know but I'm gonna do my best.

I'm gonna do my best. Good.

And that's all you can hope for.

It's quite heavy so yeah.

That's so exciting.

Since you've been to the Met so many times now,

have you picked up tips along the way

or how do you think your process has evolved for this night?

I mean, I relax a lot.

Beforehand, I used to be like, I need to prep

and it's like, it's better not to prep,

go and just enjoy yourself

but now I'm nervous.

No, you look absolutely fantastic,

you have nothing to worry about.

Amazing. Have so much fun

and I'll find you in there.

Yes, channel Yasmeen give us that swing.

[Vanessa] Yes, oh, gorgeous, my goodness.

La La, how you doing up there?

I am hanging out with Elon Musk

and his beautiful mom, Maye,

who just is absolutely,

we match, we are matching right now.

I know, this is Dior and this is Chopard.

You look absolutely gorgeous.

Elon, how are you feeling tonight?

I feel great actually.

It's exciting to see all these amazing looks

I mean what we have here is the most talented people

in style and fashion

and it's sort of the pinnacle of their work over the year,

I just admire their incredible talent.

And the beauty that's here is just incredible

so I'm honored to be here, it's lovely.

And honored to have you here.

Also, I'm sure everyone is asking you

and wants to talk about this big Twitter purchase.

What can you tell us

about what you are gonna bring to Twitter now?

Well, my goal, assuming everything gets done

would be to make Twitter as inclusive as possible

and to have a broader swath of the country

and the rest of the world on Twitter

and that they find it's interesting and entertaining

and funny and that it makes their life better.

That's amazing, thank you so much for that.

I love seeing you guys tonight, have the best time.

Thank you. Thank you.

And I'll see you inside.

All right, thank you so much.

What's going on?

[violin music]

Tonight, as war rages in Ukraine, displacing millions,

we are reminded of the many contributions of immigrants

and refugees to American culture

and the history and development of American fashion.

In 1917, Ukrainian born designer, Valentina,

fled the Bolshevik Revolution and came to New York city

where she established herself

as one of the premier couturiers of her day,

dressing some of the most fashionable

and celebrated women, socialites

and actresses of the 20th Century.

One of Valentina's designs was recently added

to the Assurance section

of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

which opened last year.

A dress of black silk crepe

worn with an apron of brown rayon crepe

made for socialite Millicent Rogers.

These pieces lead a series of adaptable tide

and rap dresses, including designs by Frankie Welch,

Diane von Furstenberg and Tory Burch.

Tonight, our hearts are with the people of Ukraine

and the victims of war and displacement around the world.

Vogue's parent company, Condé Nast,

has made a donation to the Red Cross,

and we encourage those who can to do so as well

at the link below.

Thank you.

[violin music]

So my brother came to say wassup to me up here,

Russell Westbrook is in the building.

How do you feel?

We in the building, I'm feeling good, I'm looking good.

Looking good.

Tell me about this

because see the thing about you that I love

is that you're fearless when it comes to fashion.

Were you always like that?

Always, you gotta be gotta be able to express yourself

and today I wanted to do something a little different.

I decided to put the hat on last minute

but put it together.

Thom did a great job of making sure I look nice

so I'm excited about it.

So what inspired you tonight

when you heard 'Gilded Glamour'?

I just love that you always take fashion risks

but what inspired you tonight?

You wanna know what's funny about what inspired me,

I kind of watch, you watch Bridgerton?

[La La] Of course.

So you know.

[La La] That's the way they are with the hat on.

That's the same thing.

Although Bridgerton when I put my hat on.

[La La] Right.

And I was like perfect inspiration,

perfect way to top off my outfit.

Well, you're definitely an icon on the court,

off the court when it comes to fashion

so thank you for coming to say hi

and I will see you inside and keep killing it.

Thank you, appreciate it.

Of course, of course.

[violin music]

I am here with Stormzy who just like,

you just came through and just said,

I'm gonna shut the whole thing down.

You look amazing.

Please-- You look amazing too.

Thank you.

Please tell me about your look.

I'm wearing Burberry by the legendary Riccardo Tisci.

So, yeah, man, usually, I wear all black a lot of the time.

I wear my tracksuit,... Right.

So it's nice to shine today, yeah, man.

This was different for you

but you look so, so great.

So how does it feel attending the Met Gala tonight?

Are you nervous?

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm nervous as crazy,

it's a lot different to like--

Be here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So it's a lot but it's amazing.

I said, I'm just gonna embrace it.

I said, I got the glory of God shining in me,

so I'm just gonna step and it take all in.

Oh my God, just gotta embrace it, I just gotta step.

That's it, it's all good, man, yeah.

Absolutely.

So is there anything that you're looking forward to tonight?

Just seeing everyone, man,

it's different seeing everyone on the telly

and when you see in real life, it's like, oh, right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

so I'm just gonna get some selfies, have a little drink,

chill out and just take it all in man.

It's my first Met Gala so yeah, man.

Well, welcome to the Met Gala.

I hope you enjoy yourself tonight.

I'm so glad you came over to say hi.

Thank you very much.

Have the best time.

God bless you.

All right, for sure.

[violin music]

We are here with fashion and music icon, Lizzo.

Girl, this dress is incredible,

how did you come up with this?

Actually has the flute, I'm done.

I didn't come up with it, Thom Browne did.

[Vanessa] There you go.

It's an incredible hand-beaded,

it took 22,000 hours to make this coat.

I'm just so happy to be in it.

I feel like a piece of art.

You are.

You are a piece of art, tell us about the nails,

those are amazing too.

Oh my God, these corks,

so basically I'm gonna be opening everybody wine tonight

[Hamish chuckles]

so that's why I got these corkscrew nails

done by every issue.

They're my, I can wipe my ass with them so.

[Vanessa] Wow.

Believe it or not, baby, I can wipe my,

I could do other things too.

[Hamish and Vanessa laugh]

Hopefully I can play the flute.

Yes.

Was this always the original look from the beginning?

This has been the look from the jump,

it's always fit perfectly,

always looked amazingly in it.

We did minimal changes to it.

It was really just getting the coat

ready and time for the Met.

And here you are.

And now your new album special comes out on July 15th,

what can you tell us about it?

I'm so excited about it.

How do you know about my album?

[Vanessa] Girl, I know everything.

My God, it's coming.

I mean, it's gonna be the greatest album of all time.

[Vanessa] Amen. I hope everybody likes it.

It's the greatest album of my time 'cause I made it.

Hope you like it, download it.

We all love you, it's a collective love.

Now, since we're here,

might as well take a look at the behind the scenes

in the making of Liz's incredible look.

Oh shit.

Yeah. [Hamish laughs]

I wanted to take something that was referencing

a formal black tie event.

So using black silk satin and then gold bullion

which I use a lot in my collections.

Just the embroidery alone is 1,200 man hours

all hand done by the atelier here.

For me, it feels like an old dress-making way

of creating something.

It is one of the most beautiful things

that I think I have done for someone.

The pattern work and the piece on her

is gonna be really one of a kind

and something worthy of someone as special as Lizzo.

For the full video visit vogue.com

and while you are there,

be sure to check out

the rest of our behind the scenes videos

with stars like Olivia Rodrigo and Nicola Peltz

and Brooklyn Beckham.

[violin music]

Now, tonight doesn't just come together all on its own.

It takes the work of skilled artists and craftspeople

led by event designer, Raul Avila,

who's been overseeing the Met Gala's design decor

since 2007.

This year Vogue went behind the scenes

with Raul and his team

to see what it takes

to build out this incredible event.

Let's watch.

[upbeat music]

Met Gala.

Well, it has couple different names.

It is known as party of the year.

There's no cameras allowed,

there's no phones allowed.

It's really private what goes inside.

That's as far I can go with that question.

Every year is a different theme.

Our goal really is to do it better than last year.

For that, we gotta do a lot of work.

To get there, I have a meeting with my team.

Every single detail is really done to perfection

and we start going to my archives, my books.

We do movers for fabrics,

we do movers for bases, florals,

any element that we are gonna be using

is a new board for it.

Everything is timing.

The museum close up 5:30 PM on Sunday

and by 7:00 AM, 10:00 AM, the latest, I have to be done.

It's a lot of hard work in a very small frame of time.

You heart stops when you walk into the great hall.

And that's the reaction that we want from the guests

when they arrive to this event.

This year, the theme is 'Gilded Age',

that's the dress code.

So I look up things that happen in the era,

in the early 1900s and how people used to dress

and it's fascinating.

To me was just all about having something

that when people coming to the Met,

they knew what's about America.

[upbeat music]

Raul is like a magician.

It is genuinely so incredible what he does here.

I respect that man so much.

I know, well, having been here this morning

and nothing was done,... I know.

it's incredible how it all comes together.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

Visit vogue.com for the full video

and more exclusive behind the scenes content.

La La, what's going on over there?

Odell what's good?

So my friend is here,

someone I'm super excited about,

someone my son would probably be even more excited about

Odell Beckham Jr is in the building.

This look, this is you. Yeah.

Tell me about this.

This is me, Cactus Plant Flea Market.

Last minute decision just kind of came together,

always an honor and a blessing to be here.

So much life going on for me

and it's just an incredible moment so very excited.

You look so amazing.

So when you heard 'Gilded Glamour' as a theme,

what did you think of?

I thought I have to put a chain two, three or four on,

a couple rings.

I knew that everybody else

was gonna stepping out with some pretty impressive stuff

so again, always an honor to be invited,

always an honor to be here.

Well, you stepped it up

and you right here with everybody else looking real good.

I love your outfit, I love the inspiration.

Can't wait to see you inside, we're gonna have a fun night.

We always have fun at this.

Always, always.

Next year, I'm gonna have a Super Bowl ring on though.

I'm gonna have to add to the little jewelry.

You know you are, you know you are.

I can't wait for that, I'll see you inside.

Yes ma'am, lovely to see you.

All right, see you, all right.

[violin music]

I've got Lily James with me now.

Lily what's good?

You look so incredible as always, she always stuns.

And so do you.

Yeah, I've got this amazing Versace gown

and I feel, yeah, it's pretty special.

I mean the details on this as well,

the way it's attached to your hands,

oh and the nails.

Yeah, it's something else.

Yeah, just feel so lucky to wear it.

You look incredible and you were also incredible

in Pam & Tommy as I have told you before.

What was it that attracted you to that part?

Just the opportunity to do something so different.

The scripts were so incredible.

The team involved and the other actors,

it just felt something,

it felt like a very essential story

but also just, for me, just such a challenge.

Yeah and you crushed it, fullheartedly.

And now we have Pamela on Broadway playing in Chicago,

are you gonna go see that while you're here?

I don't know.

It's so exciting,

I've heard the most amazing things about it

so I would love to

but yeah, I'm sure she's like a knockout.

[Vanessa] Yeah, totally.

It's so exciting.

What are you looking forward to most about tonight?

Oh my goodness.

Getting inside and getting warm.

[all laugh]

[Hamish] Yes, we feel you.

No, I'm, you know what, this is just such a,

it's so exciting to be here

and just so couple of this be inside the Met,

like around the exhibition, be with Donna Taylor,

who I just loves so much

and just have a good night.

[Vanessa] Yes, well, you are stunning as always.

We'll see you inside, have the best time.

See you inside, thank you.

[Hamish] So lovely to see you.

[violin music]

I'm with Jared and Alessandro from Gucci, we are here.

This is amazing, I love what's happening here.

Please tell me all about the twining look

we have going on tonight.

Double trouble.

Double trouble. Double trouble.

Double trouble, that's it.

Yeah, double Victorian trouble.

That's it.

Gilded trouble.

That's it, double Victorian gilded trouble.

That's all you need to know.

By the way, drop the mic, Alessandro.

Drop the mic, here we go.

Thank you so much.

Double trouble, there you go.

That's it right there.

Vanessa and Hamish, who you got down there?

We have the ever talented, the ever stunning, Katie Perry,

you look so phenomenal.

How are you feeling?

I feel great.

I mean, it's not my first rodeo

so I feel like I can relax.

Last time I came to the Met,

I was a cheeseburger, I loved it.

I was like, what am I gonna do tonight?

I'm going to play a whole different card

and now I feel like I'm just accepting the darling darkness.

You are.

I feel like we have like the dark energy with us tonight.

I'm pouring one out for the homies.

[Vanessa and Hamish laugh]

This is fantastic hour glass Lillian Russell figure,

you look amazing. Thank you.

And we have a nice bustle in the back

paying homage to the theme.

Yes.

But not too much,

just right on 37 it's time for us to.

Yes.

But Oscar de la Renta did amazing work

and I've been pinned in for like three hours.

Don't ask me how I'm gonna go to the restroom ever

or anyone at the Met.

We have a tweet, a fan tweet

that we would love to show you.

Katy Perry perfectly understands the assignment, #metgala.

Thank you so much. You do.

I do do my homework finally.

Yes.

I know, I was looking it up

and it was like a subcategory.

It was like first this category and then the next category

and I was like, well, I have this one ready

and now it's this one so now I have to just,

I'm always ready to pivot.

[Vanessa] Well, you look fantastic as always.

You guys are amazing,

I can't wait to go in there with you.

[Vanessa] Yeah, so nice to see you.

[Hamish] Wonderful to see you really.

Love you, bye. Take care love.

[violin music]

Tonight, we would like to mark the passing of a friend,

a visionary designer, a trail blazer,

who we lost last November, Virgil Abloh,

founder of Off-White

and artistic director of Louis Vuitton's Men.

Virgil was a generational talent who was loved by all

and helped redefine American fashion.

Vogue recently worked with some of Virgil's closest friends

and collaborators to create a documentary tribute

to the late great designer who I love so much.

The short film will premiere next week on vogue.com

but we've got a preview now, let's take a look.

[Narrator] Magic relies on the belief

that you must adhere to believing in the untrue,

in the illusion, in the trickery

but your victory was that your magic was true and tangible,

here before our very own eyes.

I give thanks to my belief in you

and for yours of us.

You found rubies where I was told

there was nothing but rust

and as the dust settles,

the magic never fades

because I think that true magic is anyone who misbehaves

and nobody can't say you didn't take

the planes from the sky and sow them onto suits.

Gathered our roots and made fabric feel

and look like books we never got stories in.

We believe in magic because of you.

You, you, our magical V.

Rest in power, Virgil, and thank you for everything.

[violin music]

So all my favorites are just coming to hang out with me.

We are here with SZA.

Hi.

How's your leg?

It's good, I have my boot inside.

I'm gonna put it on as soon as I get in there

and I'll be hobbling on the inside.

This hat, this outfit is so amazing.

An amazing take on 'Gilded Glamour'.

Tell me about your look tonight.

This is Vivienne Westwood

and got a little naughty latex happening.

I love the few shots,

it's a little bright in the wood grain

just like my crocs, I just released, their wood grain print.

Go get those.

I'ma get you up pair too.

Okay, thanks.

But yeah, I love a little latex,

very hard to get into.

I'm very greased up

and I have a short heel 'cause of my ankle

but I feel like it's happening, it's between.

And you look so good.

So SZA you just decide

like one day you're gonna put a song out, I Hate You

and it just goes crazy and everyone just loves it.

It's my anthem,

I just want you to know that. Really.

Of course it is, it's literally my anthem.

So tell me about it, you were just like,

this is how I'm feeling right now,

I'm about to write this,

I'm just gonna put this out.

Literally I just wanted, I put it on SoundCloud

'cause I wanted a reason, thank you,

to be like pressure free.

Right.

And be like,

I don't want this stress putting on the album

but my album's finally ready to go

more than I have ever felt before.

So this summer it'll be a SZA summer.

A SZA summer.

It's gonna be a SZA summer.

Well, I am so glad you came over,

wait, we have a social media comment,

SZA doing what needed to be done, #metgala.

You did what needed to be done.

Thank you.

It's gonna be a fun night.

I'm so excited to see you inside to have fun.

You know much I love you.

I've dreamed of talking to you on a microphone.

You have like the best speaking voice.

You have the best energy. Thank you.

Love you so so much.

We're gonna see you inside and have fun.

Thank you. All right, thank you.

[violin music]

So now for even more fashion

plus exclusive access to all things Vogue,

visit vogue.com and become a member of the Vogue club.

You'll get insider access to Vogue editors,

industry experts and our global forces of fashion events.

Plus you can get style advice

and beauty tips from shows Get Live and Beauty Haul.

Check it out.

[upbeat funky music]

So I'm here hanging with the newly weds,

Nicola and Brooklyn Beckham, they are here.

You guys are getting all the votes

for the best dressed couple tonight.

The internet's in a little bit of a frenzy right now.

Oh, wow, that is so nice.

We're honestly just so excited to be here.

You look so beautiful.

Oh thank you so much.

I appreciate that so much.

So what are you guys looking forward to tonight?

Honestly, seeing everyone in their fashion

and honestly we just get so excited

at the bottom of the carpet

when we get to look at all the dresses in person, right?

We geek out.

Yes.

It's crazy.

Honestly, we're just, we're so excited,

we're so honored to be here, invited back

so we have a lot of fun.

And I know it's still new

but how's married life treating you guys.

Oh my God, it is so much fun.

Marrying your best mate is just, it's the best.

It's the best.

Yeah.

People always say you should marry your best friend.

It's true, it's the best advice, yeah

and we feel like we're on a play date forever.

Yeah, I had a lot of friends at you guys' wedding,

they said, it was off the hook.

You guys had like the wedding of the year.

Everybody had so much fun.

Well, you should have come.

I wish I knew you.

I'm so happy people had fun.

Honestly, that means so much.

We really wanted people to just let loose and have fun

and be able to see each other in person

and it was really, it was nice.

So tell me about these looks

before I let you guys go inside.

Oh, usually I go just plain black suit

but I guess this time I went like a see-through shirt.

I like that.

And then just a nice, simple cream suit.

Pierpaolo absolutely kills it so every time.

He's the most amazing man,

he's so lovely.

Yeah, he is.

What about you?

Same, Pierpaolo for Valentino, I'm so honored.

Every time I get to wear one of his dresses,

I get so excited.

Yeah.

'Cause he just, it's like you feel like a princess in them

and he is so talented and so lovely, right.

So lovely and we get so excited

being able to hang out with him, he's the best.

Absolutely, well--

And what are you wearing?

So I'm wearing LaQuan Smith.

You look so stunning. Yes, thank you.

You both are so awesome.

I don't wanna keep you, go have fun,

I'll see you inside.

It was so nice to finally meet you two.

I hope we get to see you.

I know, all right, see you guys later.

Thank you. Okay, thank you.

[violin music]

I was fortunate enough to be granted exclusive access

to this year's exhibition

before it opened to the public,

I even brought a camera along.

Let's take a look.

[violin music]

This is Sofia Coppola's incredible room.

She had Rachel Feinstein and Jon Karin model the faces.

[violin music]

This is Chloe Zhao's shaker retiring room from the 1830s

and it showcased the work of Claire McCardell,

incredibly innovative designer

who really helped shape American fashion in the mid century.

This is Julie Dash who's celebrating Ann Lowe

and Madam Etta, two unsung.

You can visit the exhibition in person, beginning May 7th.

[violin music]

All right, I'm here.

Sorry, I was just catching up with my family.

Travis is here, Kourtney is here.

You're the only interview we're doing.

Well, I'm your sister so you have to.

Yeah, exactly.

I love you guys so much.

How are you both feeling tonight?

So good, we're just having fun.

We were standing down there with all the sisters

except for Kim.

Where the heck is she?

Do you know she has to get dressed

in a secret dressing room.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.

It's a whole thing that's about to happen.

So tell me about you guys' look tonight.

So we're in Thom Browne

and I'm basically like a deconstructed version

of his outfit.

Yes, I like that.

She looks amazing.

My baby looks amazing.

You both look so good.

So Kourtney, when you heard

that the theme was 'Gilded Glamour',

what did that mean to you?

I honestly didn't really think about it.

[Kourtney and La La laugh]

But yeah, I feel like this is it

and then mine's like falling,

like dripping off of him.

I love that.

And Travis, you always take fashion risks,

you're fearless when it comes to fashion,

how do you get that confidence

when it comes to like dressing up?

I just don't care.

And I think it's how I grew up,

punk rock was going against the grain.

[La La] Right.

[Travis] And doing whatever you want.

[La La] You always did what you wanted.

[Travis] Yeah, absolutely.

[La La] And that's what I love and respect

about you for sure.

[Travis] Thank you so much.

Of course, thank you guys for coming to say,

thank you sis, I'm gonna see y'all inside.

We're gonna have fun.

All right, thanks for coming.

Yeah, we are for sure.

See y'all later.

[violin music]

All right, so we're just letting Cardi and Donatella

make their way up.

Hi baby.

How you feel?

Good.

Hi, Donatella, happy birthday.

Thank you, thank you.

How are you guys feeling?

I mean, wait, we gotta make sure everyone sees this

from head to shoe, killed it.

Cardi, tell me about this look.

Your body, your body, your body popping.

Yeah, well you know what I'm saying?

And this is what I wanted to give.

I wanted to give woman

and Donatella bring that woman

because I feel like my son,

no lipo surgery can bring this body that my son gave me.

I haven't seen you since you had him.

This is, this is.

It's giving, it's giving, it's giving.

So how do you feel being here tonight?

What are you looking most forward to tonight?

I'm feeling, it's spectacular.

I mean, I already came to us forward,

which is me rocking this dress,

showcasing it for Ms Donatella

and thank you so much and happy birthday.

Thank you.

And you know, I love the theme.

I feel like a lot of fans don't get the theme

because they think it's gilded

that it's supposed to be like an era

but gilded is gold, it's regal.

It could be any era from it.

You know what I'm saying?

And it's like, I love it.

[La La] I hope everyone can see the detail.

Donatella, it is your birthday,

what a great way to celebrate your birthday.

Especially being with Cardi.

It's been amazing these few days.

Can you just tell us a little bit about this dress?

This is the most, one of the most spectacular dress

Versace did in history.

These are metal chains embroided in our jewelry

and metal mesh, crystal mesh.

And she's so brave to wear it

because it's so heavy.

Yeah.

But look at her body, she's insane.

Only her she can wear it.

Only her.

Yo, your body.

[Donatella speaking indistinctly]

But only certain people can wear.

Absolutely, absolutely.

And this is her.

Well, I'm so glad you guys came over to say hi.

happy birthday.

Thank you very much.

I will see you inside, love you.

I'll see you inside.

Yeah, okay, see you.

All right so Cardi gave Vogue in exclusive look

behind the scenes at the making of tonight's incredible fit

'cause I just saw it in person,

it is absolutely incredible, let's watch.

We chose to make something super metallic

in over the top gold

as a reflection of this year's Met Gala's theme,

'The Gilded Age'.

The attitude of that time was all about success

and new opulence

and we envisioned Cardi B

as the modern Gibson Girl of our time.

We have like 250 iconic Medusa elements

and seven type of chains.

Almost one kilometers of chains and jewelry.

Cardi B and Donatella share a similar sense of glamour

and sense of humor

so it's the perfect collaboration.

Now, I practice my pose, hold on.

Oh, this I love, the sides of the nail.

[pop music]

I'm here with my sister,

her first time at the Met, Chloe Kardashian.

All right, let's talk, let's talk.

Let's talk.

This is your first time.

My first time.

So we talked on our text messages,

how are you feeling?

I feel good.

It's a much shorter carpet than I think, than I thought.

Right.

But still it's so scary that it's fabulous

and I'm so excited to be here and I'm more excited.

All of you guys are,

well, who knows where Kimberly's at, she's coming,

but all of you guys are here tonight.

How does that feel?

That's what I was gonna say.

I'm so excited that we're all here together,

Kourt and Trav are right behind us, my mom.

I think Kendall and Kylie just ran in

and Kim is on her way.

[La La] So it's gonna be a fun night.

What are you looking forward to

from your first Met experience?

I need a glass of champagne.

So that's what I'm mainly looking forward to.

And I just had to be a part of this experience.

It's just, I don't know, it's something that--

[La La] And your body, you look so--

Thank you.

[La La] You look so good, Khloe.

I'm so proud of you.

Moschino, wow, that is amazing.

This is so good

and I think we did it in like 10 days.

[La La] Amazing.

I said we like I'm sewing it,

but Jeremy, I love you, thank you, it's fab.

Well, let's go inside and have some fun.

I love you,

bring me some champagne. You look so good.

Oh girl, it's on way.

I'll see you in there. You look so good.

Okay, love you.

All right, for sure.

[violin music]

All right, I am here with the icon herself, Gwen Stefani.

The whole time I was like, who is?

I couldn't see who you were, but I was like,

I saw the dress, I was like,

who is shutting it down like this?

Tell me all about this

but you, you're just such a icon.

Thank you.

You have such beautiful eyes.

I'm sure I'm repeating everyone else's words

right now I'm sure.

I'm so happy to be here at the Met ball, this is crazy.

So tell me the inspiration behind your look tonight

because you are a fashion icon.

You're sweet.

You know what, Vera called me to see if I wanted to come

and be her date.

And of course I wanted to.

And the thing is she did my wedding dress,

I got married this year

so I just felt like it was appropriate

that I come to the ball and celebrate that.

This is the dress, I don't know,

we talk about so many things

and all of a sudden we're in neon.

[La La] And the color, I mean, it's just striking.

It's just so amazing, now.

And the flowers, I dunno if you can see that on TV.

[La La] It's so, so, so good.

Vera Wang is just, I just love everything about her

and you guys collaborating on this

is just such a moment.

Definitely my vote for best dressed.

Oh my gosh, thank you.

Wow, oh please, no.

[La La] It's so good, it's so good.

What are you looking forward to tonight?

I feel like I already did the fun part

which is getting ready.

That's always my favorite thing,

what's the dress gonna be like and the fantasy of that

and talking with the designer

and figuring out what the hair, the nails and makeup.

And honestly, I had a crazy day

because I was supposed to work with a new makeup artist

and we did a test together

and we were all excited about it

and she had an emergency, she had to leave

so I had to do my own makeup, which was, yeah.

So I was like--

This is incredible.

You better be helping me up there so it was--

You did so good. Thank you.

I had a lot of fun doing it today

and it was stressful too in a good way.

I was like, all right, I got this.

You got it, you got it.

We have someone from social media,

I think from Twitter, who wants to say something to you?

Gwen Stefani's dress is a major yes for me,

you know I live for that, neon color hot.

Yes, everyone is talking about this color.

You brought something so unique and different to the carpet.

Thank you so much.

I think it's just so, it feels happy

and I think everybody wants to feel little bit happy.

Love your vibe, can't wait to see you inside,

have the best night.

Have fun tonight. Okay, you too.

All right, see you later.

[violin music]

My sister has come and graced her presence here right now.

Lena Waithe in the building.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Tell me all about this.

Sis, this what you wanted to do?

You just said I'm shutting it down.

I wasn't even supposed to be here right now, okay,

but the people at Versace, Jason Bolden,

made it happen, I'm so grateful

and I'm here, we here.

No, you came in like I'm here.

This is not I'm here, this is I'm here.

Yo, I'm happy to be looking at you, family.

[La La] So happy to see you.

Come on.

[La La] This look is everything.

Thank you so much.

[La La] Gilded glamour at its finest.

What does 'Gilded Glamour' mean to you

when you heard that?

I think it just means a little bit over the top

but also restrained at the same time,

which is a very interesting combination.

Yeah.

But it's like, that's what we giving right now.

You giving me a head piece.

I'm loving the see-through. Yeah!

This is some new, Versace, Versace, Versace, Versace.

Versace, Versace, Versace.

What are you looking forward to tonight?

I'm looking forward to seeing the exhibit.

I'm looking forward to seeing all this fashion,

my boy Pyer Moss, I'm gonna go see that.

My girl Rota, Rota Blake got some exhibit in there,

I'm excited to see the people.

[La La] So many creatives.

Yeah, man.

So many amazing things,

I can't wait to see that.

Well, I can't wait to see you inside.

We're gonna have a drink,

we're gonna have some fun

but this is definitely a shut down moment.

I love you, sis.

I love you so much.

Love you so so much.

Give me a double kiss, come on.

Oh my gosh.

[violin music]

So the great thing about the Met Gala

is I get to see and hang with my family.

Gab and D are here

and this is just, this look is everything.

I'm putting you guys on the best dressed couple list

on the top, on the very top of that list.

So tell me all about, what?

I'm just glad that our friendship fees

are going to be you.

Tell me all about this.

This is from Versace,

they've been working on these looks

for many, many, many months.

And from sketch to the execution is dead on

and I kind of get a little emotional

when you talk about like everything

that goes into the making of this dress

and what inspired it.

'Cause when you think about the Gilded Age

and black and brown people in this country,

this country is built off of our backs,

our blood, sweat, and tears

so we added these red crystals

to represent the blood spilled

during the accumulation of gross wealth by a few,

during the Gilded Age off of the backs of black people

and people of color in this country.

So this is inspired by Diahann Carroll,

a symbol of opulence and if you will like a gilded glamor.

I love that, I love that.

You just look absolutely stunning.

Bro, how you feeling tonight?

Tell us about your look.

I see you love Versace.

Oh, I'm sorry, we on TV.

Well, yes, same thing.

Our stylist Thomas and Jason do a great job

of making sure we stay together and looking good

so we both wearing Versace.

We both got on Tiffany & Co. jewelry all around.

To me, it's just good to be back here at the Met Gala,

it's just, there's so much energy here, it's great.

You get to see so many friends

and I mean just everybody. Of course.

So it's just amazing to be back here on her side.

I love that, I love you guys.

We got some fans who have something to say

from social media.

Gabrielle Union in homage to Diahann Carroll,

I love that her and her stylist have been using the Met Gala

as a time to honor our icons.

That's amazing and you really did that.

I'm just emotional.

I'm like, thank you, thank you, Charlize.

Is it Charlize?

Yes. Charlize.

Yes, thank you, yeah.

Well, I love you both so much, have the best time.

I'll see you inside in a little while so we can party

and have some fun.

I love you.

Love you.

Love y'all.

Okay, all right, see you later.

[violin music]

My Bella is here and shutting it down like always,

you said you're only coming up here to talk to me.

This is what I love so much.

I really, really get scared during interviews

but I swear I said,

I'm only coming up here for La La

and that's it of course.

Of course.

So tell me about your look, gilded glamour.

I love this, I want everybody to see this

'cause this is absolutely stunning.

Tell me all about it.

This is Burberry by Riccardo Tisci of course

and it was a back and forth, which is so much fun

because at this point in our friendship

we get to really, really collaborate

and he's really great with not only creativity

but just being able to have that fun moment together

and both of our ideas.

And it's a little bit of me, a little bit of him

and Rais on makeup, Ebony on hair.

I was looking at it, it's so good.

Yeah, thank you.

That hair is so good and the makeup.

So you've been to the Met many times,

so what do you look forward to on a night like tonight?

I really look forward to getting up the stairs

and getting them done.

Right.

And then honestly going inside and seeing everyone's look,

I mean, I just saw Nicki and she looks amazing.

Rosalía was behind me.

[La La] Yeah.

So, so far so good.

And I'm a happy girl with what I've seen so far.

[La La] Yeah, so far good.

And look at you, come on.

I love you so much, I'll see you inside.

Have the best time, I'm so glad that you came to say hi.

I'll see you inside.

Okay, love you. I love you.

[violin music]

So my favorite decided to grace the Met Gala carpet,

Nicki Minaj is here.

Hi, baby.

Hi, baby. How are you?

No, you gotta tell me about this look

'cause no, no, no, no, no,

you came and you said I'm gonna shut it down today.

This is everything, talk to me about this.

Well, I'm here with my baby, Riccardo.

Since you know I love Riccardo,

that's really my friend.

So I'm here supporting him, that's all

but I love the hat.

The hat is so good.

I'm obsessed with the hat.

I didn't wanna do a look if I couldn't do the hat

so he let me wear the hat.

I love you Riccardo.

And tell me about the jewels

all over your face and your body

'cause that's different and really, really fire.

And you know I don't like to sit for stuff like that.

I know you don't.

I'm so impatient but today, everything for Riccardo.

I got on a plane for Riccardo, everything,

but it's because it's because I love him so much

and the team that did it,

my makeup artist, Kenya, she did my face or whatever

and then Pat McGrath's team did all my--

Oh, they did that.

First of all, you know Pat is the queen

and I never worked with the queen, never.

Wow.

Never before.

So I couldn't believe she was willing to work with me

and she sent her whole team

and they did such an amazing job

and I sat there 'cause I was honored, yeah.

For sure.

Where my Papa Bear at?

He's here, he's in the,

oh God, chat, don't show my, listen--

I love you Nicki, I love you.

Hola mami.

[Rosalía speaking in Spanish]

Adios.

No, you're good, you're good, you're good.

No, the only the, yes Papa Bear is here.

I wanna tell everybody this,

the only unplanned thing about my look

is my boobs popping out

because they made my cup size a little small.

I did--

That was the size before Papa Bear.

Yes, that's true.

I know it is.

Papa Bear really doing,

enjoy these titties

'cause y'all ain't gonna see it ever again.

I saw everybody they getting.

I can't wait to see you inside,

to have fun, party, I love you so much.

Thank you. You look amazing.

Love you, I'll see you inside.

I love you, I'm proud of you, I love you.

All right, I'll see you inside, okay?

Yes.

All right, you good?

Yes. Okay, all right, love you.

[violin music]

I am here with Rosalía who looks absolutely stunning.

So tell me about your look, tell me about your dress.

Thank you, you look stunning too, by the way.

So this is Givenchy and it's Matthew Williams

and there's some Victorian sleeves.

[La La] Right.

But mix of textures and some disruptive glass,

some disruptive leathers, some elements,

the theme is there,

but trying to reinterpret it a little bit.

[La La] Right, right.

It's gonna be hard to beat this the day of my wedding

when I have to find my wedding dress.

[La La] It is, you're right.

It's gonna be hard to beat this one.

[La La] You are definitely

a lot of people's favorites tonight.

We were looking on social media

and everyone was talking about your look.

This dress is incredible

and when you see it up close, the construction of it,

this is very detailed.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, you can tell there's so much work in it.

It's been three weeks.

Since three weeks, they've been working on it.

Just three weeks, they're hot.

Just three weeks to create it.

That is incredible.

I think it's been courageous that they can create this.

Yes, you did amazing, you look gorgeous.

I can't wait to see you inside

so we could dance and have fun.

Let's go. All right, Rosalía.

I'll see you inside. Yeah.

Okay baby, all right, okay.

[violin music]

My family has officially arrived.

The only two people I will wait all night for,

Kim and Pete are here.

Hey, look at you. Look at you.

In our group chats, it looked amazing

but in person, oh my God.

But look at you.

Okay, tell everyone 'cause see,

I know the process it took to get in this.

Tell everyone the process of this whole entire situation.

Yes, well this is Marilyn Monroe's dress

and it's 60 years old

and she wore this when she sang happy birthday

to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

I had this idea to put it on and try it on

and then they came with like armed guards and gloves

and I tried it on, it didn't fit me.

And so I looked at them

and I said, give me three weeks.

I had to lose 16 pounds down today to be able to fit this

but it was such a challenge.

It was like a role.

Right, like you're getting ready for a role.

I was determined.

Yeah, I was determined to fit it.

When you put your mind to something there's no,

you were like eating tomatoes--

I don't think they believe me.

I don't think they believed that I was gonna do it.

You did it. And I did it.

You did it, you absolutely did it.

We have some fans coming in from social media.

What are you guys saying?

Kim Kardashian wearing Marilyn Monroe's

Happy Birthday Mr. President dress to the Met,

it's just everything.

I know, it's so delicate.

I dyed my hair blonde

but I still wanted to-- Yeah you did.

But I always loved you as a blonde.

Yeah, I'm gonna stay blonde for a while.

You're gonna stay blonde for a while,

okay so we can have some fun this summer.

Doesn't Pete look nice?

Pete, this is my brother, Pete.

Check out La La's new hair product.

[La La laughs]

It's really great rice, baked.

It comes from rice, it grows your hair back.

Pete.

Pete.

Yes.

You look amazing.

Thank you.

Doesn't he look handsome? You look handsome.

You look hot.

Thank you, she didn't let me wear my propeller hat

but it's fine.

No, you guys look amazing

and we're gonna have a fun night tonight.

I waited here for you guys,

now I can go and have some fun.

Since I haven't eaten carbs or sugar in about three weeks,

we're eating pizza and donut party back at the hotel.

Okay, perfect. Yeah, yeah.

Okay, I'll be there.

All right, I love you guys, see you inside.

Okay, love you, see you guys inside.

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That's it you guys.

That was our last interview of the night.

Somehow, some way, we did it,

but before we go, let's look back

at some of our favorite looks of the night in slow motion.

[Vanessa] Everything always looks better in slow motion.

It's a scientific fact.

[Hamish] It certainly does,

you can see all the details, it's perfect.

So many corsets this evening.

[Vanessa] I love Cardi.

[Hamish] All those turn of the century hourglass looks.

[La La] Wow. Iconic.

[La La] I love that.

[Vanessa] It's been so amazing

just like really being able to talk to everyone,

seeing everyone's looks first hand.

[Hamish] I know, this Gibson Girl look,

I mean, it's just amazing.

[Vanessa] She can do no wrong.

[La La] This I loved as well.

So exciting tonight, so many great looks.

[Hamish] Art decor ate looks.

[Vanessa] And hot pink,

you always gotta have some hot pink.

And Lizzo with her flute, gives me life.

[Hamish] And then the Jean Louis, Marilyn dress,

I mean, how astonishing, how iconic could you get.

Iconic, iconic.

You guys, great job.

La La, you're amazing. You too.

Hamish, I adore you.

Thank you for making me look good.

I love doing this with you both,

we are a team and I think we did incredible

and you both are absolutely incredible.

Thank you.

Thank you for making me look good.

And now it's time to party.

We can party, thank God for that.

And thank you all out there so much for enjoying the show

and make sure you keep the conversation

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Absolutely and we'd like to thank

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for another fantastic year

and thank you again to everyone watching around the world.

You can watch it all again

and catch all the highlights on vogue.com

where you can also vote

on some of your favorite looks of the night.

Thank you and good night.

Good night, everyone.

Good night.

Time to go have fun.

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