Kendall Jenneris …My Bare Lady.
The supermodel attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala in a sheer crystal-embellished Givenchy Haute Couture gown over a corset bodysuit. A sparkling high-neck choker and retro updo completed the look.
If it seemed familiar, it’s because it was an apparent homage toAudrey Hepburn’s iconic Givenchy gown from the pivotal ball scene inMy Fair Lady. The supermodel posted a clip of from the iconic film and a black-and-white photo of Hepburn wearing the crystal-embellished dress on her Instagram Story before hitting the red carpet.
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Jenner arrived without her boyfriend,basketball star Devin Booker, surprising some fans who hoped tonight would mark their big red carpet debut as a couple.
Jenner, 25, and Booker, 24, are known to keep their relationship low profile. The couple wasfirst linkedin April 2020, and didn’tmake their relationship Instagram officialuntil earlier this year, on Valentine’s Day. In June, theycelebrated their one-year anniversaryon Instagram, both sharing a number of sweet snaps on their feeds.
A source told PEOPLE in June that the two weregoing strong. “She is crazy about him. She has never looked happier,” the source said. “Her whole family loves Devin too.”
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Last month,Jenner wore Booker’s Olympic Gold medalduring a lake getaway with her boyfriend. Booker earned his first Olympic gold in Tokyo this summer as a member of Team USA’s basketball team.
Jenner made her “fashion prom” debut in 2014 wearing a custom blush mermaid-style Topshop gown and 82 carats of Chopard diamonds draped around her neck. The look likely inspired a ton of real prom outfits that year.
The supermodel continued to show skin in 2016, wearing an abs-baring,sheer, cutout Atelier Versace gown. But her most jaw-dropping moment was 2017’s naked dress. Jenner left jaws on the carpet the second she hit the carpet in hersee-through La Perla Haute Couture gownwhich boasted a dramatic front cut-out and visible thong bodysuit underneath.
For her most recent Met appearance in 2019, Jenner teamed with Versace once again, going big for the night’s “camp” theme in an orange,feather-accented Atelier Versace gownwith so many plumes at the bottom, the supermodel said she “almost tripped myself!”
Her sister Kylie also channeled a Vegas show girl in a purple look from the Italian fashion label.
This year’s Met Gala was a salute to the evolution of American fashion, and organizers said it would celebrate role of American labels in championing sustainability, diversity and inclusion.
The Sept. 13 benefit event will kick off a two-part exhibition. Part one, titledIn America: A Lexicon of Fashion, will debut on September 18, 2021, and run through September 5, 2022, to “celebrate The Costume Institute’s 75th anniversary and explore a modern vocabulary of American fashion,” according toVogueand exhibit organizers.
A new class of industry tastemakers were enlisted tohost this year’s galaincludingTimothée Chalamet, 26,Billie Eilish, 19,Naomi Osaka, 23, andAmanda Gorman, 23. Honorary chairs for the evening were designer Tom Ford, head of Instagram Adam Mosseri andVogueeditor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
source: people.com
