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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 9 May 2018

Inside the Met Gala: Real-life cardinal gets star treatment

By JOCELYN NOVECK along with his wife, Ann.
AP National Writer “It’s wonderful that the
NEW YORK (AP) — It was Vatican allowed the Met-
cocktail hour at the Met ropolitan to show these,”
Gala, the most glittery and said the 2012 Republican
exclusive event on the candidate as he examined
New York social calendar, the Vatican objects, which
and celebrity guests were include a tiara studded
thronging around the im- with 19,000 gems, mostly di-
posing Temple of Dendur amonds. “Even if you went
at the Metropolitan Mu- to Rome, you wouldn’t get
seum of Art, sipping drinks to see these.” He noted
and munching on cana- that religion and art “have
pes. Pretty much everyone always gone together.”
in the room was famous, Broadway star Cynthia Eri-
some hugely so, but one vo echoed the same idea.
guest seemed to be getting “There is definitely fashion
a little more attention than in the church, and in reli-
most: Cardinal Timothy gion,” she said. “Look at
Dolan, the Roman Catholic the craftsmanship.”
archbishop of New York. The Tony winner was
“Cardinal, have you met dressed to the nines in a
Huma?” someone asked, velvet gown of deep pur-
leading him over to Huma Tom Brady, left, and Gisele Bundchen attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute ple — one of the colors of
Abedin, the longtime Hillary benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Catholicism — a bejew-
Clinton aide. Others waited exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. Associated Press eled brow and nose ring,
their turn to speak to him. It and most incredibly, finger-
seemed fitting, on a night as was last year’s winner, nails nails adorned with de-
when all the stars were try- Emma Stone — no leaves.) tailed religious imagery.
ing to channel the theme The couple spoke admir- Erivo explained that she
of Catholicism, that the ingly of the way the exhibit grew up in a Roman Catho-
real-life cardinal in atten- drew parallels between lic family in London, attend-
dance was a star among centuries-old religious im- ed a Catholic school, and
stars. agery and attire, and mod- had deeply etched memo-
Dolan was effusive about ern fashions by designers ries of attending Mass with
the exhibit making its debut like Gianni Versace, Alex- her mother as a child. “It
that evening, “Heavenly ander McQueen, Christian definitely has an effect on
Bodies: Fashion and the Lacroix and others. “It’s all the way you see things,”
Catholic Imagination.” He dressing up, isn’t it?” noted she said. For her gala attire,
was particularly enamored Oldman, of the parallels. she said she had wanted
with the stunning pieces And then there was a bu- to pay homage to the rich-
— 42 of them — on dis- gle call — a very loud one, ness of church imagery,
play from the Sistine Cha- by a team of buglers. not by dressing as a nun or
pel sacristy at the Vatican, Guests were being sum- Katy Perry attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume priest, but by channeling
Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly
many never seen outside moned to make their way Bodies. some of the ornate religious
Rome or in public at all, in- from the Temple of Dendur, objects.
cluding jewel-encrusted ti- or from the various exhibit never disappoints at a Met designer fashions were in- The exhibit’s curator, An-
aras and intricately embroi- galleries, to the American Gala and wasn’t about to terspersed among the reli- drew Bolton, has said that
dered papal cloaks, known Wing, where a choir was start now — not when she gious objects and artworks. he initially wanted to make
as copes. “Those pectoral performing before dinner. could wear her own, or- One thing they weren’t free a multi-religion show, in-
crosses, those copes, are “Are they going to do that nate papal mitre, bejew- to do: smoke. The museum cluding Islam and Juda-
you kidding me?” he said between every course?” eled minidress and cloak. was embarrassed last year ism, but decided to focus
admiringly. quipped Oldman of the Or Katy Perry, dressed as when photos were posted on Catholicism for now
A waiter came by with rather stunning sound. an angel, with huge wings on some fashion celebri- because there was such
tiny mini-grilled cheese The evening began with that recalled the angel in ties’ Instagram feeds show- a wealth of material to
sandwiches. “You got any the usual red carpet pro- the current Broadway pro- ing them puffing away in choose from. One guest,
tomato soup with that?” cession up the famed mu- duction of “Angels in Amer- the ladies room. The mu- actress Lynda Carter, wore
Dolan joked. seum stairs — not red at ica.” Perry isn’t in that show, seum said it would make a Star of David brooch
Nearby stood actor Gary all, actually — before a but Andrew Garfield is, and sure that wouldn’t happen in her hair and a golden
Oldman with his wife, gaggle of furiously clicking he was at the gala, too — again; in the ladies room crown with Hebrew writing
Gisele Schmidt, watch- cameras lining both sides, naturally. this time, there was a huge that said,
ing the crowd quietly. The and shouts of, “Who are Once in the museum, no-smoking sign. “Never forget.” Even
Met Gala is the kind of you wearing?!” guests were free to wander The gala is famous for at- though she was born Ro-
party where you can be Outside the museum en- the many galleries housing tracting luminaries of Hol- man Catholic, she noted,
this year’s best actor Oscar trance, crowds of onlookers the ornate exhibit, which lywood, of fashion, music, she had raised her children
winner, and nobody takes stood behind police bar- stretched from the Anna sports, TV and the stage. in the Jewish faith.
much notice. ricades, hoping to catch Wintour Costume Center But there was also a for- In her teal-hued Zac Posen
(For the record, best ac- a glimpse of some of the downstairs, where the Vati- mer presidential candidate structured gown and her
tress winner Frances Mc- more dramatically attired can collection was being wandering the halls Mon- crown, Carter said she felt
Dormand was there too, guests. displayed, to the Byzan- day evening and chatting something like a high priest-
with a bright blue bouquet In that latter category tine and medieval galleries with fellow guests like Harry ess — or, she added, may-
of leaves around her head, would be Rihanna, who on the main floor, where Connick Jr: Mitt Romney, be just Wonder Woman.q