Nicki Minaj‘s whimsical Marni minidress popped with petal energy on the 2024 Met Gala.
The “Pink Friday” rapper stepped out in an clever yellow gown adorned with recycled metallic flowers. Her museum-worthy silhouette featured a daring brushstroke-like texture, giving the impression of a 3D oil portray. At her facet was the Italian trend home’s artistic director, Francesco Risso.
Minaj accomplished her customized Technicolor look together with her very personal line of Pink Friday press-on nails — in a decidedly low-key mild pink almond form — and an identical chain strap clutch.
Minaj made her Met Gala pink carpet debut in 2013 when she wore a navy robe by Tommy Hilfiger. This 12 months marks her seventh time attending the fundraiser; she has beforehand worn Prabal Gurung, Riccardo Tisci for Burberry, Jeremy Scott and H&M to the occasion.
This 12 months’s gown code, “The Backyard of Time,” takes its cue from the 1962 quick story of the identical title by J.G. Ballard, which dovetails properly with the newest Metropolitan Museum of Artwork Costume Institute exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Trend, which opens to the general public on Friday, Might 10. The Andrew Bolton-curated present spotlights fragile items from the institute’s archives, all seen by way of a lens of nature. The exhibit’s espresso desk ebook shall be launched on June 18.
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