Kevin Mazur/WireImage Fringe, beading and a whole lot of feathers! Hollywood's leading lady Lupita Nyong'o certainly made a statement when she walked the red carpet in this flapper dress by Prada at the Met Gala on May 5, 2014. Lupita Nyong'o fumbled at the Super Bowl of fashion.
The actress, who became a global icon after her Oscar win for "12 Years a Slave," went to Monday night's annual Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute gala in a beaded flapper-esque Prada outfit.
"Lupita Nyong'o losing the perfect score she had been keeping until now," tweeted Simple Style Guy.
E Online added, "Um...did Lupita Nyong'o just make her first fashion misstep?"
Nyong'o was one of hundreds of A-list of fashion legends, Hollywood stars, sports figures, politicians and musicians that turn the Met ball into a glittering galaxy of glamour. This year, the event celebrated a new exhibit on Charles James, a midcentury artist who favored elaborate architecture in his dresses.
Karolina Kurkova captured the spirit in a Marchesa gown that recalled James' work.
Vogue editor Anna Wintour was a main attraction of the evening, thanks to the rechristening of the Costume Institute in her name after a renovation that cost $40 million, much of it raised by Wintour.
"Today is really about Anna," said Harold Koda, the curator of the institute.
Wintour is an "extraordinary advocate" of fashion and the museum, Koda added.
As she does every year, Wintour — in Chanel, natch — arrived on the red carpet first, with daughter Bee Schaeffer in tow.
Schaeffer had some trouble getting up the stairs to be photographed, thanks to the long tulle train of her McQueen gown, followed by Sarah Jessica Parker, in an Oscar de la Renta gown with a black bodice and white train with "Watch What Happens" pal Andy Cohen. Parker is a co-chair of the gala.
Suki Waterhouse wore a flowing pink Burberry dress that covered up the "big boots" that she said gave her trouble on the red carpet.
Zoe Saldana not only wore Michael Kors — she posed for photographs with him.
Chrissy Teigen was every inch the supermodel in a body-hugging silver shift by Ralph Lauren that showed plenty of side boob.
Rihanna rocked in a tight Stella McCartney dress that showed off her chest tattoo.
Georgia May Jagger wore Thierry Mugler as she arrived with Virginie Courtin-Clarins.
Emmy Rossum wore a long floral Carolina Herrera gown.
Nicole Richie kept the purple hair — and the weight loss — in her Donna Karan.
Katie Couric wore Angel Sanchez, complete with the long gloves. You couldn't see her heels, but they were there — and "very high and not practical," she said.
Anna Kendrick stunned in a low-cut J. Mendel.
Model Rosie Huntington Whiteley wore a short-cropped Balmain dress and strappy shoes.
"I love leopard, I love black, I love gold and I love leather," she said, stating the obvious.
Zac Posen honored James by outfitting Dita von Teese in a dress Gypsy Rose Lee — a former James client — would've loved. It was tight in all the right places.
Rita Ora was a slave to fashion in Donna Karan: "Nothing comfortable is worth wearing at the Met ball," she quipped, showing off legs and arms covered in straps.
Posh and Becks wore matching outfits, with David Beckham in a Ralph Lauren tux and Victoria in a sleek gown with a folded-over bodice of her own design.
Katie Holmes looked ready for spring in crumpled Marchesa.
"I really wanted to celebrate the dress," she said. "They gave me a tight corset which I'm really happy about."
New York City comptroller Scott Stringer donned white tie. When asked how he managed to look so fashionable despite his dour day job at the Municipal Building, he quipped, "I wear this three times a week!"
Earlier in the day, First Lady Michelle Obama drew tears from ice queen Wintour when she formally cut the ribbon on the institute at the Met's Temple of Dendur.
Not to be outdone by the A-listers at the gala, Obama wore a forest-green floral embroidered frock by Indian-born American designer Naeem Khan.
with Gersh Kuntzman
Source : http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/met-costume-institute-gala-article-1.1780818
