On May 1, the Met Gala honored Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, whose Comme des Garçons label has defined the avant-garde in fashion for decades. We’ve compiled everything you need to know here, from all the red-carpet looks to a primer on Kawakubo herself and an exhibition guide you’ll want to read before viewing the Met’s Costume Institute retrospective.
Met Gala 2017: See All the Looks From the Red Carpet
The Best, Worst, and Most Comme des Garçons Looks at the 2017 Met Gala
The 19 Best, Craziest, and Snooziest Met Gala Beauty Looks
Watch the Met Gala on Facebook Live
The Fictional Characters Who Inspired This Year’s Met Gala Memes
Everyone Who Had Identical Hair at the Met Gala
Nicki Minaj Inserts Herself Into Photographs at the Met Gala
Jaden Smith Accessorized With a Handbag Made From His Hair
Seven Things Pharrell’s Wife Looked Like At The Met Gala
Diddy Lying Down at the Met, From Every Angle
Go Inside 3 Amazing Comme des Garçons Collections
What to Look for at the Costume Institute’s Comme des Garçons Exhibit
How Rei Kawakubo Spent Decades Defining the Avant-Garde
The Biggest Fashion Misses of the Met Gala Over the Years
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