With the theme of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, Hollywood’s best and brightest stars showed up on the red carpet of this year’s Met Gala wearing some of the most beautiful and interesting pieces we’ve ever seen. Of course, with the theme mentioning Catholicism, many designers chose to pay homage to religious icons and items. (After all, what is more of a heavenly body than Jesus Christ, amirite?)
Inspired by a couple of Twitter posts that pointed the Catholic icons used as a reference by some of the designs, we tried to point out as much reference as we can from the red carpet. Read on to see which design used what reference, at least as much as our Catholic-school educated eye could identify.
Ariana Grande and Michaelangelo’s The Last Judgement at The Sistine Chapel
Lily Collins and Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa)
Rihanna and traditional papal vestment
Sarah Jessica Parker and the main renaissance altar of the Basilica de San Martino de Mondonedo by Girolamo da Sermoneta 1548
Lana Del Rey and Our Lady of Sorrows
Katy Perry and 15th century Archangel Michael
Zendaya and Joan of Arc
Anne Hathaway and Lucca Madonna by Jan Van Ecyk 1436
Priyanka Chopra and 15th century cardinal garb
Ruby Rose and traditional cardinal garb
Cardi B and the Virgin de la Macarena, Seville Spain
Amanda Seyfried and the Golden Madonna statue at the Cathedral of Einsiedeln in Switzerland
Photos courtesy of Popsugar.com, Vogue.com, Wikipedia and Pinterest.com
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Writer: ANTHEA REYES
