Jenna Ortega may be best known for playing Wednesday Addams on screen, but it seems the character’s inimitable fashion sense has made its way into her real life wardrobe too. Case in point? Ortega’s goth inflected look for tonight’s Met Gala. The high fashion design not only nodded to Wednesday’s style codes with its schoolgirl bow detail at the neck, but also paid homage to a number of the design signatures of Karl Lagerfeld—whose work is being honored in this year’s exhibition, “Karl Lagerfeld A Line of Beauty”—with its black and white palette and preponderance of gold chains and pearls. There are few attendees as well equipped to deliver a meaningful mother daughter moment on the Met Gala red carpet as Kate and Lila Moss. Tonight, while walking the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Mosses wore Fendi couture gowns by Kim Jones—and, of course, stepped out on the arm of the designer himself. As with so many of tonight’s looks, their gowns served as a subtle homage to Karl Lagerfeld, whose work is celebrated in this year’s exhibition, “Karl Lagerfeld A Line of Beauty”—and who served as the creative director of Fendi from 1965 all the way up to his death in 2019. In this case, the designs quietly referenced Lagerfeld’s abiding love of pastels and his eye for a feminine flourish.
Photo Getty ImagesFor Lila’s look, Jones worked with marabou feathers treated to appear as fur, creating voluminous upper and lower sections artfully joined by a sheer netted bustier panel at the center featuring delicate silk embroidery. Kate, meanwhile, went for a fresh take on one of her style signatures—the lacy slip dress—topped with detachable silk georgette sleeves as a final, feather light touch. Only a few months after their hard fought reunion, Brittney and Cherelle Griner walked the Met Gala red carpet together tonight. The couple, who worked with stylist Courtney Mays, wore custom Calvin Klein. Cherelle wore a white corseted dress and Brittney donned a champagne colored power suit.
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