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Nicki Minaj is making a serious trend assertion on the 2024 Met Gala.
She walked the Monday, Could 6, pink carpet in New York Metropolis in a brilliant yellow mini costume by Marni. The conspicuous frock featured a colourful assortment of 3D floral appliqués. She accessorized with an identical yellow purse and wore her hair in a brief blunt bob with bangs straight throughout her brow. She topped the look off with black winged eyeliner, shimmery eyeshadow and matte basis.
That is the seventh Met Gala that Minaj, 41, has been to. She made her first look on the glitzy occasion in 2013, the place she wore a glossy navy blue Tommy Hilfiger robe. Since then, she has attended the Met Gala in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.
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In 2021, the rapper skipped the occasion after contracting COVID-19. “I used to be prepping for VMAs then I shot a video & guess who bought COVID?” she tweeted that September (the Met Gala was held in September of that yr because of COVID restrictions).
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The next yr, in 2022, the “Tremendous Bass” singer made her Met Gala comeback in a belted black Burberry robe that includes tiered tulle and feathers. She paired it with leather-based leggings and a black baseball cap and wore jewels that lined her face and physique.
”I’m right here with my child Riccardo Tisci,” she advised Vogue on the time, referring to the previous chief artistic officer at Burberry. “That’s actually my good friend. So I’m right here […] supporting him.” She added, “I really like the hat. I’m obsessive about the hat. I didn’t wish to do the look if I couldn’t do the hat.”
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This yr, the Met Gala’s theme is “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Trend” and the official costume code is “The Backyard of Time.”
In an interview with In the present day on Monday, Could 6, Anna Wintour apologized for the considerably complicated theme.
“Once we got here up with the title ‘Sleeping Beauties,’ it’s fantastic and poetic and romantic, however truly, it could possibly be many, many issues,” Wintour, 74, stated. “So, I worry that we’ve unleashed a variety of confusion on the market, and for which I deeply apologize.”