Red-carpet fashion and dressing can be tricky, no stylist wants to get it wrong. With social media, red-carpet looks are under more scrutiny than ever, meaning celebrities are less inclined to take big risks for their appearances. However, the Met Gala is, and always has been, a little bit different.
Celebrity stylist Rebecca Corbin-Murray sums it up when she says, “It’s a showcase for fashion in its pure art form.”.
We agree – the Met Gala is an innovative, creative space where people all over the world take inspiration from.
Here are our favourite looks from women over 40 at the Met Gala:
Diana Ross in Gucci – 2003
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Diana Ross
‘Goddess: the Classical Mode’
Tracee Ellis Ross in Balenciaga Couture – 2021
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Tracee Ellis Ross “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion”
Anna Wintour in Karl Lagerfeld – 2019
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Anna Wintour
“Camp: Notes on Fashion, Arrivals”
Madonna in Jean Paul Gaultier Couture – 2018
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Madonna “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Salma Hayek in Gucci – 2019
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Salma Hayek
“Camp: Notes on Fashion”
Erykah Badu in Givenchy – 2014
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Erykah Badu
“Charles James: Beyond Fashion”
Joan Collins in Valentino – 2019
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Joan Collins
“Camp: Notes on Fashion”
Halle Berry in Atelier Versace – 2017
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Halle Berry
“Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, Arrivals”
The Met Gala is back on Monday 2nd May, you can find out everything you need to know here.
