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Every One Of Your Faves Told Us What They Love About Style At The Met Gala

“I’m excited to see all the looks,” Keke Palmer told ESSENCE. Plus Ciara, Saweetie and Taraji P. Henson shared their thoughts about the coveted fashion event.
By Keyaira Boone · Updated September 14, 2021

Celebrities turn to the Met Gala for entertainment just like the rest of us. Keke Palmer stopped on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to tell ESSENCE what she was most excited about on fashion’s biggest night out. 

“I’m excited to see all the looks,” she told correspondent Gia Peppers. “I mean I know that’s so redundant but truly I am!” 

Palmer was wearing Black American designer Sergio Hudson. The theme of the evening was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.”

Every One Of Your Faves Told Us What They Love About Style At The Met Gala
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Keke Palmer attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

“People are going to be pulling out all the stops,” she acknowledged excitedly surrounded by gowns full of crystals, pearls and feathers. 

Every One Of Your Faves Told Us What They Love About Style At The Met Gala
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Serena Williams and Alexia Ohanian attend The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG21/Getty Images)

Ciara pulled out all the stops in a sequined Peter Dundas gown bearing her husband Russell Wilson’s Seattle Seahawks jersey number. She noted how cyclical fashion could be when she stopped on the carpet.

“The cool thing about fashion and Black culture is it continually keeps coming around,” she told Peppers. 

Ciara’s look nailed the theme on several fronts: it was designed by Dundas, who studied at New York’s Parsons School of Design; it honored a treasured American sport; and it represented the time-honored tradition of wearing your sweethearts varsity jacket worn or jersey. 

Every One Of Your Faves Told Us What They Love About Style At The Met Gala
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Ciara and Mary J. Blige attend The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG21/Getty Images)

Taraji P. Henson told ESSENCE what prompted her to attend the party wearing the American designer lending his vision to Moschino, Jeremy Scott.  “Jeremy invited me on a date,” she said. “I’m a fan of Moschino and I said why not?” 

Saweetie revealed that she embedded a special message in the flags of her Christian Cowan gown. “One is them is the Black American heritage flag and one of them is a Filipino flag because I’m a Blackapino girl and that’s what makes me an American,” she said. 

Every One Of Your Faves Told Us What They Love About Style At The Met Gala
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Taraji P. Henson attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG21/Getty Images)

Peppers noted that the men were “showing up and showing out on the carpet,” as well turning her gaze to Frank Ocean’s lime green Caesar cut and the sharply cut suits on display.

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