‘Hunger Games’ star Jennifer Lawrence rocked Dior and Galvan as an honorary celebrity chair of the 2015 Met Gala. The Met Gala is an annual fundraiser that benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute (CI) in New York City. It is also a grand opening ceremony of the CI’s fashion exhibit. The theme for 2015 is “China: Through the Looking Glass.” Guests matched their outfits to the gala’s theme on Monday, May 4.
“China: Through the Looking Glass” is the latest installment in the Met. It showcases the importance of Chinese imagery and the impact it has in art, film, and Western fashion. The Met’s annual Costume Institute Benefit is the CI’s main source of funding for exhibitions and publications. The gala is overseen by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Lawrence, the new face of Dior, wore a body-con Dior Haute Couture dress with cut-outs on her belly and collar bone. The dress had a floral pattern on the top with red flowers, white flowers, and black and red leaves. The neckline was made of gemstones in jade and gold colors. The bottom piece of the dress was a long black skirt. Her nails were manicured a maroon red. She accessorized with two diamond rings, a diamond wristlet and diamond stud earrings. Her hair was styled in a high bun.
24-year-old Lawrence slipped into a silver Galvan dress for American singer Rihanna’s afterparty. She accessorized the outfit with diamond cuffs and a silver necklace. She held an elegant black leather clutch and matched with black sandal heels. Her hair was styled down in loose waves.
“From the earliest period of European contact with China in the 16th century, the West has been enchanted with enigmatic objects and imagery from the East, providing inspiration for fashion designers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent, whose fashions are infused at every turn with romance, nostalgia, and make-believe. Through the looking glass of fashion, designers conjoin disparate stylistic references into a fantastic pastiche of Chinese aesthetic and cultural traditions,” said CI Curator Andrew Bolton in a recent press release.
The exhibition showcased work from noted fashion designers Cristobal Balenciaga, Travis Banton, Bulgari, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Callot Soeurs, Cartier, Roberto Cavalli, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, John Galliano for Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Valentino Garavani, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Picciolo for Valentino, Craig Green, Guo Pei, Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Jeanne Lanvin, Ralph Lauren, Christian Louboutin, Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Alexander McQueen for Givenchy, Edward Molyneux, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Dries van Noten, Jean Patou, Paul Poiret, Yves Saint Laurent, Paul Smith, Van Cleef & Arpels, Vivienne Tam, Giambattista Valli, Vivienne Westwood, Jason Wu, and Laurence Xu.
