Rihanna is often the last to walk the steps of the Met Gala, typically arriving fashionably late, and so it’s perhaps no surprise that she took on the role of the final couture bride of the night. The closing look of his Chanel couture shows was always a wedding dress and so it was fitting that Rihanna ended the red carpet proceedings in a custom Valentino gown with a huge train that swept down the steps and a cape covered in 30 giant camellia appliqués made of 500 petals. Rihanna always has us wondering “Will she come to the Met Gala, or won’t she?” Given the music, fashion, and beauty mogul has a habit of being the last to walk the red carpet (often a while after everyone else has vacated the steps) her die hard followers were keeping a close eye on the entrance of The Carlyle Hotel as the official livestream drew to a close earlier this evening.
Lo and behold, at 10 p.m., Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were spotted leaving the hotel in looks that paid tribute to the night’s honoree, Karl Lagerfeld—whose decades spanning work is being honored in the Costume Institute exhibition “Karl Lagerfeld A Line of Beauty”—with a very Rihanna twist. Wearing an archival fur coat from Fendi’s fall 1997 collection—designed by Lagerfeld and originally worn on the runway by Naomi Campbell—Rihanna first embodied pure vintage glamour. She accessorized with a regal Bulgari necklace featuring layers of diamonds and cultured pearls, a pair of Gianvito Rossi heels featuring white ribbons, and a pair of camellia earrings, the flower beloved by Coco Chanel that became synonymous with the French fashion house Lagerfeld helmed for more than three decades. (A classic beauty look—by Rihanna’s standards, anyway—consisted of a dusting of white eyeshadow and a bold red lip.)
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