Bad Bunny Is Already Winning the Met Gala
God, I love the Met Gala. It's fashion's biggest night, and when stars and their stylists bring their A-game, they really bring their A-game. Granted, when looking at menswear, a lot of guys tend to play it safe with a simple, monochrome look or—heaven forbid—a penguin suit. But not Bad Bunny.
Bad Bunny, certified fashionhead, is the kind of guy who shows up to the red carpet an hour early, with a playful little hat, hoofed Tabi shoes, tiny sunglasses, and the kind of swagger that only an artisanal Maison Margiela couture look could grant.
Benito, Benito, Benito, I knew better than to ever doubt you. You, who is wearing goat-like shoes with literal animal hair on them, and a big floppy hat that makes me yearn for when the Renaissance Fair might come into town. You, clutching a fistful of all-black roses in your leather glove on the red carpet, because the power of accessorizing doesn't just end at a hat and sunglasses.
Bad Bunny has turned out many an iconic look in his time (I still think about his all-white, floral look by Jacquemus from last year's Met Gala quite often), and he's a man who knows how to dress to a theme.
Tonight, for instance, the Met Gala's theme is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," with a dress code that suggests guests to arrive according to the "Garden of Time." Bad Bunny, you have outdone yourself. The timelessness of the almost utilitarian squared tailoring with white pinstripes and flashes of red, the ephemerality (and garden-ness!) of the decayed flowers, the contrast between eccentricity and modernity. What more is there to say?
Well, there's this—the rest of the guys following Bad Bunny's footsteps on the red carpet tonight have a very, very high bar set for them.
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