Olivia Rodrigo Skipped the Carpet But Made a Cameo at a Met Gala After-Party
And she looked like an angel on the walls of Versailles
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
Olivia Rodrigo didn't walk the Met Gala carpet on Monday — but she showed up where it arguably counts more: the after-party. The singer was spotted arriving at Saint Laurent's post-gala event at New York City's People's Bar, and her outfit was worth the wait.
Rodrigo wore a hand-knit teal minidress from Vivienne Westwood's fall 1994 runway collection — the kind of vintage find that fashion obsessives spend years hunting. The piece was maximalist in the best possible way: wavy knit patterning down the body, frilly ruffles at the neckline and hem, straw-like fringe at the sleeve ends, and multicolored embroidered flowers blooming across one side of the bust. She kept everything else stripped back — no jewelry, strappy nude heels — and let the archive piece be the whole conversation. Hair in Old Hollywood curls, berry lip, done.
The Pink Era Isn't Over — She Just Took a Night Off
The teal moment was a deliberate departure. Rodrigo has been deep in a pink promotional cycle ahead of her forthcoming third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. Last weekend on Saturday Night Live — where she pulled double duty as both host and musical guest — she opened in a custom bubblegum-pink Nina Ricci gown. Before that, she hit the stage during Addison Rae's Coachella set in low-rise jeans and a baby-pink leather bra. The color has become practically a visual thesis statement for this era.
For all the spectacle, Rodrigo has been candid about what actually drives her. According to Harper's Bazaar, she spoke last year about the pull of the creative process: "Having a feeling in your brain and an idea and being able to flesh it out and make it into something that can exist in the real world is just such a wonderful, euphoric, addicting feeling." Touring and the rest of it, she said, are great — but the studio is where she's happiest.
The girl who skipped the carpet still managed to be the most interesting person at the party — which, honestly, is a very Olivia Rodrigo way to do it.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
