Met Gala - China: Through the Looking Glass II

While the Chinese team had done a fabulous job illustrating the simple, pure and elegant Chinese styles, people from other backgrounds are not so lucky on the Red Carpet. Some went too creative like SJP (I still love her) and some went the wrong way.

People like Bee Shaffer (mentioned on the last post) and Emily Blunt looked so perfect and received great feedbacks from the Chinese media. This Prada silk qipao-inspired gown has the perfect oriental shade with defined embroiders throughout. The cape made her stand out for the night among the crazy...

I have to say Justin Bieber did it so right this time. We need to give him credit that he hired a Chinese designer. Dragons could only be wore by the empires in the old time. The gold dragon stitches on a whole black outfit looks trendy and stylish. 

Ivanka Trump's gown reminds me a perfect Chinese porcelain. 

I love Helen Mirren's look of the night. Age appropriate and elegant. The shade of red is China like and still allows her to stand out on the Red Carpet.

Emma Roberts chose a jade green silk gown from Ralph Lauren.

Lily Aldridge's Carolina Herrera gown reminds me flowers I've seen in Shanghai when I was a kid. The buttons details at the back is a nice touch.

The Vera Wang is nicely designed. Would be better she could lose some weight before though. And it is bad luck to put white flowers on your head (if you are superstitious like Chinese)

There are many sexy nude/see-through of the night. Personally I like these three since they still stayed on the theme. Diane Kruger looked great in lilac pink. Chrysanthemum was very commonly seen on traditional costumes. Although we all focused on J. Lo. body curve, but this Versace gown has great Chinese-inspired patterns. 

I don't think Lady Gaga looked horrible last night. There are critics on this. Balenciaga is known for their bold cuttings and designs. With the net cape and iron-made headpiece, she looked like a brave warrior. 

Met Gala - China: Through the Looking Glass

Since Anna Wintour took over the Met Gala in 1995, it has been the fashion war on the East Coast. (Has to say that Anna's daughter, Bee Shaffer, looks way better than her mother.)

However, it wasn’t like that when it first started. The first Met Gala happened back in 1948 when the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute was founded. Ladies would pay $50 to go with a dress in the institute’s vault. It wasn’t until the Prada Devil that Met Gala became fabulous and glamorous.

Since 1995, every invitee including artists, celebrities, millionaires and so on and forth, needs Anna’s approval. In 2014, an individual ticket cost $25,000 or you pay $175,000 for a table of 10. 

This year, the theme is “China: Through the Looking Glass” and I am very fond of all the Chinese actresses’ looks.