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Topics: Met Gala, Fashion, Rita Ora, Social Media
Joshua Nair
Topics: Met Gala, Fashion, Rita Ora, Social Media
In case you missed it, the annual Met Gala took place last night (Monday 6 May), where numerous big names came together to show off their most extreme takes on fashion.
It's the ultimate chance for celebrities to go head-to-head in the world of fashion, wearing the most prestigious designers and donning the most outrageous designs, while keeping with the yearly theme.
This year's Met Gala theme was 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion', while the dress code was 'The Garden of Time', based on a dystopian story from author JG Ballard about the rich shielding themselves from trouble in their home, while a crowd of the less privileged slowly make their way to them, bringing destruction and anger.
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Sticking to the theme, several stars caused waves on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday night, as Kim Kardashian took to the gala in what looked like a suffocating corset dress, with several fans left worried about how safe it was to wear.
Doja Cat showed up in an actual towel, later changing to a wet t-shirt, while new artist Tyla made headlines in her sand-inspired dress.
But British artist Rita Ora seemed to get people talking with her outfit choice, which stood out from the majority of other celebrities at the event.
The artist showed up with actor/director husband Taika Waititi, who was sporting a full leather suit.
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But the 33-year-old Brit stole headlines with her fully beaded dress, which was worn over the top of a nude bodysuit.
She explained that the beads she was wearing actually 'age back to the first and second century BC'.
Designed by Marni, the colourful display of beads over the bodysuit was later described as a 'necklace' by The Masked Singer judge, and though several other celebrities wore similarly controversial and revealing outfits, this was the only one that prompted a comment from comedian Kathy Burke.
The French and Saunders legend joked on X, formerly Twitter: "Yep, gotta keep those flies from coming in your back door," as the caption to a photo of Rita in the dress.
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Fans were quick to go to the comments and share their thoughts on Burke's assessment of the outfit.
One posted: "Nice nod to Nora Batty with the back of the knee detail."
Another said: "I've just got one of those from Amazon for our kitchen door...," with a laughing emoji.
A third put: "Nicked into the 70s kitchen to put the kettle on."
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The Brit award winner said that the outfit embodied 'timeless beauty', explaining in full: "It's actually very old beads from the 1st and 2nd century BC. These actually have been handpicked all over sort of North Africa and Europe, and it just embodies this kind of timeless beauty from centuries and centuries so that's what we wanted to do."
LADbible has reached out to Rita Ora's representatives for a comment.