Met Gala Monday is basically a holiday at this point, and the day-after autopsy is half the fun. Fran wasted no time running through her favorites and her flops once the carpet cleared, which is the only correct way to process 200 celebrities in costume jewelry and feathers.
Fran rolling through her best and worst looks of the night.
The early consensus pick of the night was Sabrina Carpenter, who has spent the last 12 months turning every red carpet into her personal runway. The Espresso era hasn't slowed down even a little, and her Met look was right in the pocket of what she's been doing — old Hollywood, glittery, knows exactly where the camera is.
Sabrina Carpenter's look getting flagged as one of the best of the night.
But the actual winner, per the official ChicksInTheOff ruling, wasn't a pop star or an actress or a Kardashian. It was Anok Yai, the Sudanese-American model who has quietly been one of the most in-demand runway faces in the world for years. When a pure model wins the Met over the celebrity machine, that usually means the dress did something the celebrities couldn't.
The crowning moment — Anok Yai gets the official W.
Meanwhile, the people who skipped the Gala didn't exactly disappear. Timothée Chalamet, fresh off being a Met fixture in years past, popped up courtside at the Knicks playoff game with Kylie Jenner, which is its own kind of flex — the Garden in May beats fashion's biggest night if your team is actually playing.
Chalamet and Kylie posted up at the Knicks game instead of the carpet.
That's the whole arc in one news cycle: Sabrina ate, Timmy picked the Knicks, and Anok Yai walked off with the actual crown. Carpet's closed. See everyone next May.