Every year the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts the annual gala filled with a-listers, fashion, and art. This year proved (as expected) to be another very fashionable evening. The museum was honoring the long-awaited opening of the Costume Institute exhibition Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.

Visitors described the exhibit as being surreal, where The Cut even explained the video footage of Schiaparelli and Prada talking as, “…beautiful- playing in sharp resolution against the walls, almost like moving paintings.” The exhibit included classic quotes by Schiaparelli and Prada among the displays, as well as the designer duds from Prada shoes (including the latest designs), to the well-preserved antiques by Schiaparelli. As you can imagine, the exhibit itself is gasp-worthy. 

 

However, there were two exhibits celebrated Monday night: the actual exhibition- based on the two designer’s “most innovative work” (as stated in the museum’s intro), as well as the exhibit of gowns and suits filling the red carpet by the fashion enthusiasts attending. From Beyonce in a lace and feather Givenchy gown, to Rihanna’s alligator skin dress by Tom Ford, not one ensemble was short of being stunning and looking original. 

There is one comon theme among the styles donned by attendees and the celebrated iconic Italian designers; fashion is all about taking risks and if you take the right ones, you’ll be rewarded!

The Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibit will be open to the public tomorrow, May 10th so make sure to check it out!