The time Kendall Jenner wore a visible thong to the Met Gala 
 
 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Kendall Jenner wore a visible thong at the 2017 Met Gala in New York on Monday. USA TODAY 
 
 It's not every day you get a press release from a lingerie company taking credit for a star's Met Gala look. 
 
 But today is #MetGalaMonday, and the celebrity in question is Kendall Jenner. 
 
 Kendall Jenner arrives at the 2017 Met Gala. (Photo: Neilson Barnard, Getty Images) 
 
 Jenner arrived at the famed steps of Anna Wintour's annual bash, which honored Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo, in a transparent La Perla Haute Couture Collection crystal draped gown, complete with a barely-there painted macramé bodysuit. 
 
 According to the release, the gown was created from 85,000 hand painted and placed crystals, and took over 160 hours to create. 
 
 “I was inspired by Rei Kawakubo’s concept of ‘un-fabric’ and her ability to create movement out of seemingly immobile materials. So, I created my own ‘un-fabric’ by affixing stones to a single thread, creating a beautiful and liquid suspension that mirrored the qualities of a fine silk," said Julia Haart, La Perla's creative director, in a statement. 
 
 From the back, Jenner's full derrière was on display. 
 
 Jenner's look from the back. (Photo: George Pimentel, WireImage) 
 
 "Tip thy waxer!" tweeted the Fug Girls. Indeed. 
 
 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/2ppKa5B ||||| Priyanka Chopra attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between exhibition on Monday, May 1,... (Associated Press) 
 
 Priyanka Chopra attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between exhibition on Monday, May 1, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) (Associated Press) 
 
 NEW YORK (AP) — The color red made a dramatic show Monday night in the grand parade of fashion at the Met Gala, including co-chair Katy Perry's look, as did glittery gold and blue feathers on the back of Blake Lively. But many of the evening's highlights were courtesy of luminaries who channeled honoree Rei Kawakubo, including Rihanna encased in fluttery petal-like pieces by the Japanese designer. 
 
 Rihanna gestured to the crowd from the carpet in her Commes des Garcons look with stagey pink on her cheeks. Her look was two pieces and a sliver of stomach peeked out from the freewheeling design. 
 
 Perry wore a veiled dress created just for her by John Galliano, while Pharrell's wife, Helen Lasichanh, wore one of Kawakubo's avant-garde, bulbous and armless jumpsuits. Lively's movie star gown with the feathered train was Versace. 
 
 While some of the celebs from the worlds of film, TV, fashion, sports and music were inspired by Kawakubo, others made a splash in more classic looks, including Jennifer Lopez in 1950s elegance, a baby blue Valentino gown by Pierpaolo Piccioli. 
 
 Perry wore a silver head piece and black accents around the eyes with an embroidered wool coat layered over a red tulle and silk chiffon dress, her sleeves elongated in a nod to Kawakubo, all by Maison Margiela Artisanal. 
 
 Music mogul Diddy, meanwhile, laid down on the carpet to watch girlfriend Cassie pose in a black gown with a huge, spikey train she wore with large, glittery ear cuffs. He wore an embellished cape in a spider web design that carried over to his Rick Owens tuxedo. 
 
 "It took a half-hour to get ready. We dress like this on the weekends," he joked. 
 
 Speaking of the weekend, Selena and her date — The Weeknd — smooched on the carpet in a classic white, delicately embellished gown from Coach designer Stuart Vevers. Madonna went for green camo from Moschino, Tracee Ellis Ross in royal blue Comme des Garcons and Kim Kardashian West — without husband Kanye West — in understated, long-sleeve white from Vivienne Westwood. 
 
 Nicki Minaj, in a black bustier romper with a huge black-and-red cape from H&M, is a pro when it comes to arrivals. 
 
 "I stood up in the van the whole way," she said of her trip to the Met in her larger-than-life ensemble. 
 
 Missing from the carpet: Stalwarts Sarah Jessica Parker, Beyonce and Lady Gaga. 
 
 Serena Williams in green Versace put in her first carpet appearance since announcing her pregnancy. Kylie Jenner was whisked up the stairs in a revealing sheer gold Atelier Versace gown, her platinum locks styled closed to her head. Sister Kendall Jenner stunned in a revealing black look covered in 85,000 hand-painted crystals from La Perla Creative Director Julia Haart. It included a wide diagonal slit from shoulder to below the waist and took more than 160 hours of work by 26 craftsmen in five cities, the designer said in a statement. 
 
 Lasichanh, her blond hair high on her head, smiled from within her signature Kawakubo suit. Claire Danes also channeled the Japanese designer, whose work is featured in the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute's spring exhibition, "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between." The sleeves of Dane's flurry of ruffles in a white blouse extended well beyond her hands, paired with a simple pair of black pants. 
 
 Vogue's Anna Wintour kicked off the star-studded gala a bit earlier as one of the evening's co-host. The gala feeds the annual budget of the Costume Institute. Wintour opted for encrusted gold and ostrich feathers from Chanel and said of Kawakubo and her brand: "She's a genius. Not only does she think outside of the box, she doesn't acknowledge the box." 
 
 Priyanka Chopra's floor-sweeping trench coat evening gown in camel from Ralph Lauren took up a lot of real estate on the carpet, which is actually blue this year. Gigi Hadid went with the color fawn in a geometric design that was short on one side and longer on the other. Her sister, Bella, dressed in a sexy sheer catsuit by Alexander Wang. 
 
 Thom Browne dressed Solange Knowles in a black coat dress, a quilted down-filled puffer with a train and a pair of his ice skate-inspired booties on her feet. 
 
 Lilly Collins, her hair in a black, banged crop with dark red lips, paid homage to Kawakubo in a black strapless bodice paired with a high-waisted full skirt in pink, from Giambattista Valli. Zendaya, was just Zendaya, her hair down and red parrots adorning a full, off-the-shoulder ball gown in gold by Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda. 
 
 Celine Dion, in a silver bodysuit by Versace paired with high hair sculpture, was the last to walk, praising Kawakubo and saying: "To wear something, to be recognized, the whole thing is overwhelming. It's great to be here." ||||| From left: Rose Byrne in Ralph Lauren, Rihanna in Comme des Garcons and Rita Ora in Marchesa at the 2017 Met Gala. 
 
 Red was a popular choice on Monday night, a nod to Kawakubo's use of the color. 
 
 When the dress code calls for "avant-garde," you know it's gonna be good — or bad, or in this case, both. For lord's sake, Jaden Smith carried his own freshly shorn dreadlocks in his hand as an accessory (now that's avant-garde), while Bella Hadid wore what amounted to a sheer bodystocking (unclear on the concept). 
 
 For the record, avant-garde is defined as new or experimental, and the Met Gala red carpet, otherwise known as the Oscars of fashion, had some of that, including silver hair, red eyeshadow and clothing that looked like art in motion. 
 
 The annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, hosted by Vogue magazine in celebration of Rei Kawakubo, the avant-garde Japanese designer of Comme des Garcons, drew a who's who of Hollywood and fashion Monday night, including co-hosts Katy Perry, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady. 
 
 Guests struggled with the theme, trying to pay tribute to Kawakubo's work, which explores such heady themes as the relationship of clothing to the body and the concept of women as objects. The Met's exhibition, "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between" opens Thursday and runs through Sept. 4. 
 
 It was not a good night for reality show royalty: Kim Kardashian's white gown by punk goddess Vivienne Westwood was a snore, and Kendall Jenner attempted to revive a trend that's so three years ago — the naked dress, wearing a sloppy look by La Perla. Gigi Hadid, who has now collaborated with Tommy Hilfiger on two runway collections, wore a custom, deconstructed satin and tulle jacket-dress hybrid by the designer who is known for sportswear for good reason. 
 
 Interestingly, very few guests actually wore Comme des Garcons, except for co-host Pharrell Williams, who rolled up in punk ripped jeans, a plaid shirt and biker jacket; his wife Helen Lasichanh in a red jumpsuit that distorted her form (Rei handpicked it, she noted); Tracee Ellis Ross in a sculptural blue Comme des Garcons coat; and former ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, who got to know the designer when she was posted in Tokyo, wearing a brave floral tent. 
 
 But they were all bested by queen of the night, Rihanna, who did Rei proud by wearing a fall 2016 dress from the designer’s Comme des Garcons runway. The pouf-ball of a dress was an assemblage of petals of fabric, both precious and mundane, which made Rihanna look like a walking fashion retrospective herself. It was a joy to look at, worn with fire engine red gladiator sandals that wrapped up her legs, lending some sex appeal to the curve-defying look. 
 
 Red was a popular choice Monday night, a nod to Kawakubo's penchant for using the strong color ("red is black," she has said). Rita Ora was wrapped up like a gift in sculptural red bows over a pale pink tulle skirt, a custom gown by Marchesa. 
 
 Rose Byrne wore the sexiest Ralph Lauren look I can remember seeing ever, a bodysuit with a deep, deep V decolletage and side cutouts, with a tulle skirt. The other Lauren looks on the carpet felt a bit forced, including Priyanka Chopra'’s extra, extra-long trench gown with train and Dracula-like collar. 
 
 Claire Danes kept with the avant-garde theme, wearing a sculptural white blouse and pants by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, the designers behind the new American label Monse, who have led the trend of the chic shirt. They also head up Oscar de la Renta, and they scored a win for that house, too, dressing Zoe Kravitz in a pale pink and black caped gown, a classic-looking style that she managed to make modern with her new closely cropped 'do. 
 
 Another designer who was well-represented (and represented the theme well) was Thom Browne, longtime partner of exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. Solange chose one of Browne's fall 2017 runway looks, a black puffer coat dress, and even wore it as it came down the runway, with a pair of ice skates on her feet. Fashion editor Amy Fine Collins wore one of his masculine-meets-feminine looks, similar in spirit to the custom coat dress he made for Michelle Obama's 2013 inaugural look. 
 
 Cara Delevigne chose a belted spring 2017 Chanel couture pants look, but it was her silver hair that caused a stir, an homage to similar silver foiled looks that have appeared on the Comme des Garcons runway. 
 
 Several attendees referenced Kawakubo's avant-garde spirit in their beauty looks (Kerry Washington's black bob, Sasha Lane's hot pink eyeshadow and Cynthia Erivo's cotton candy-like hair), which was a smart way of nodding to a theme, instead of resorting to a poor imitation. ||||| Considering Cara Delevingne parted ways with every ounce of her peroxide blonde just last week, breath was naturally bated as onlookers wondered what futuristic beauty her baldness would help broadcast. The answer was colored chrome. Delevingne traded a naked scalp for one sprayed in silver, the metallic paint mimicking a close-cropped pixie, replete with faux separated strands of silver “hair” across the actress’s forehead. An allover freckling of rhinestones ensured the light-catching paint job took on a full cosmic guise, the glinting dots framing one side of her trademark gaze and echoed by a brightening edging of luminous highlighter in the corner of each eye. 
 
 But the shimmer didn’t stop there: Delevingne embraced the opportunity for a belle-of-the-disco-ball moment, with a sheen of metallic glitter covering her neck and chest. One part AI, one part avant-garde, Delevingne’s transformation is in a realm of its own. 
 
 See all of the celebrity looks from the Met Gala 2017 red carpet: ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| To get a full understanding of the theme of Monday night’s Met Gala, “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between,” is to simply look at Rihanna on the red carpet. The singer, who showed up clad in C.D.G., was the theme for the night, with popping panels of brightly colored and patterned fabric on a structured, architectural silhouette. 
 
 And there’s really only one way to feel when you’re Rihanna in a showstopping dress at the Met Gala. 
 
 “I love it. It feels fucking awesome!” Rihanna told Vanity Fair on the red carpet. 
 
 Before she even arrived, Twitter was alive with feelings about the singer’s dress. “RIHANNA WAS THE MET GALA . . . AGAIN,” one person wrote. 
 
 This year, she came prepared for meme status: 
 
 Completely embodying the night’s theme is not a new trick for RiRi, who previously turned heads in an imperial yellow Guo Pei gown in 2015 for “China: Through the Looking Glass.” 
 
 “I can’t really walk in it without any help—but it’s so worth it,” she told VF.com that night. A winning look sometimes calls for sacrifice. 
 
 —With additional reporting from Paul Chi ||||| Yesterday’s 2017 Met Gala Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons theme called for avant-garde gowns and out-of-the-box accessories, which red carpet veteran Lily Collins took in stride, stepping onto the proverbial red carpet in a frothy pink ensemble, complete with a tightly cropped obsidian blob. 
 
 The Mirror Mirror star is no stranger to bold beauty moves—Collins regularly wears a dark lip to anchor her signature full brows, which, yesterday, were accented by just a hint of asymmetry thanks to a deftly employed brow pencil. And though her blunt banged haircut could have easily been a nod to legendary '20s flapper Louise Brooks or merely a statement piece to last one night only, the unmistakable likeness to the trademark haircut of the night’s honorary designer leads us to believe it’s an homage to Kawakubo that we’ll only saw more of as the evening rolled on. 
 
 See all of the celebrity looks from the Met Gala 2017 red carpet: ||||| Katy Perry has never shied away from a risky, rule-breaking fashion moment. Which is why, with her fearless approach to red carpet dressing, she was a perfect choice to co-host this year’s gala honoring Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo and her otherworldly, body-deforming designs. 
 
 After all, this is a woman who, for the last gala bleached her eyebrows into oblivion just to give herself that extra alien effect (and then added a Tamagotchi for good measure). This year, the pop star left her brows fully intact but otherwise doubled down on the OTT red carpet dressing, going even bigger in a custom Margiela gown and headpiece. 
 
 The “Chained to the Rhythm” singer chose to wear a Maison Margiela ‘Artisanal’ piece designed by John Galliano for the big night, slightly altered from a look that appeared on his 2017 Couture runway, composed of a red décortiqué embroidered wool coat layered over a red tulle and silk chiffon dress with embroidered satin ribbon embellishment. She paired her ensemble with a long red silk tulle veil that appears to be embroidered with the word “witness” that trailed out behind her, a headpiece in high polished chrome with spring, mirror and decorative ornaments and red Tabi boots, a signature of the house. 
 
 ❤️ #details #metball #KatyPerry A post shared by Jamie Mizrahi (@sweetbabyjamie) on May 1, 2017 at 3:00pm PDT 
 
 She also added on some Kawakubo-approved details with her nail art which featured evil eyes and jewels, which she paired with some enormous diamond rings courtesy of Lorraine Schwartz. And while she isn’t wearing the designer of the evening on the red carpet, the singer will reportedly be changing into a Comme des Garçons look for her private performance inside the Gala dinner. 
 
 Last year’s look was also very topical and equally dramatic, as Perry attended the Manus x Machina exhibit in a custom Prada gown festooned with steampunk embellishments like clocks and gears. 
 
 RELATED PHOTOS: All of the Comme des Garçons Looks We Want to See on the Met Gala Red Carpet 
 
 And while the gowns from the two years prior weren’t exactly in line with the gala theme, they were unquestionably daring. 
 
 Katy attended the “China: Through the Looking Glass” gala in a custom faux-spraypainted gown designed by Moschino’s Jeremy Scott complete with spray paint can handbag and charms dangling off her nails that spelled out the brand’s name. Prior to that, the singer arrived on the “Punk”-themed red carpet in a full Dolce & Gabbana look fit for a queen and a fully illuminated gown by Cute Circuit in honor of the museum’s “American Woman” exhibit. 
 
 What do you think of Katy’s Met Gala look? Which look from the past was your favorite? Sound off below! ||||| The queen hath arrived! Rihanna won the 2017 Met Gala on Monday, May 1, in a magnificent Comme des Garcons creation that was flawlessly on theme for the evening. 
 
 
 
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 The Queen of the ball paid tribute to designer Rei Kawakubo and her exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between, in a voluminous, layered colorful creation straight off the Fall 2016 runway. See how the rest of the best-dressed stars of the night dressed for the theme in the video above! 
 
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 The avant-garde look was an architectural dream and offered a dramatic look at every angle. According to Vogue, the piece was inspired by 18th-century punks and consisted of floral fabrics that were layered and pulled apart to look like petals. 
 
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 “Rihanna won the #MetGala again. Goodnight, everyone,” one person on Twitter wrote, praising the singer, while another added: “Rihanna has outdone herself, I didn't think that was possible at this point.” 
 
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 Rihanna always comes to slay at the Met Gala. Last year, the songstress was equally impressive at the most fashionable event of the year, donning a jaw-dropping yellow Guo Pei gown with a never-ending cape train. 
 
 
 
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– High fashion was on display once again at the Met Gala Monday night, and it was all about avant-garde this year, in tribute to honoree Rei Kawakubo, the 74-year-old Japanese creator of the Comme des Garcons label. Some of the most talked-about looks at one of the ritziest nights on the calendar: Kendall Jenner. She wore what USA Today calls a "visible thong": a daring La Perla Haute Couture Collection gown created from more than 80,000 crystals. Helen Lasichanh. She was one of the guests who wore a Kawakubo creation, arriving in what the AP describes as one of the designer's signature "avant-garde, bulbous, and armless jumpsuits." Cara Delevingne. Her sci-fi look included not just a brocade Chanel pantsuit, but what Vogue calls a "colored chrome" scalp: She recently shaved her head for her role in Life in a Year and arrived with her head sprayed with metallic silver paint, resembling a pixie cut. Rihanna. She was another to wear a Kawakubo creation, and US Weekly is among those declaring her "queen of the ball" for being "flawlessly on theme" in her ornate gown of petal-like pieces. Katy Perry. The co-host wowed in a custom Maison Margiela gown and headpiece, complete with a veil that appeared to bear the word "Witness," People reports. Celine Dion. The singer, attending the event for the first time, caught the eye of the New York Daily News with her black and silver Versace bodysuit with an origami-inspired headpiece. Rita Ora. She "was wrapped up like a gift in sculptural red bows over a pale pink tulle skirt," per the Hollywood Reporter. Priyanka Chopra. She wore a floor-sweeping Ralph Lauren trenchcoat gown that "took up a lot of real estate on the carpet, which is actually blue this year," the AP notes. Jaden Smith. Oddly, Delevingne's Life in a Year co-star appeared to be carrying the dreadlocks he let father Will Smith cut off weeks ago. "Perhaps this is somehow a rumination on the night's theme of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between," suggests Hilary Weaver at Vanity Fair. Lily Collins. In what was seen as an homage to Kawakubo, she wore a frothy pink Giambattista Valli ensemble and had a bob cut that Vogue notes had an "unmistakable likeness to the trademark haircut of the night's honorary designer."