Vogue Invites Met Gala Guests to Turn the Art Museum Into a Short Music Video

The 2018 Met Gala has passed, but we’ll long be talking about the amazing (and often outrageous) outfits worn by celebrity attendees. This year’s theme was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” and guests came dressed in extraordinary outfits that were over-the-top in their opulence—many with a costume-like approach to their ensembles. Head-to-toe jewels, nods to the papal headdress, and a lot of gold were all mainstays of this highly anticipated event.

The theme lent itself to fashions akin to historic Renaissance art, but Vogue magazine offset this with their contemporary approach to remembering the night. Like last year, they had a team who created short music videos starring the attendees themselves. The scope of the 2018 video project expanded; directed by Bardia Zeinali, celebrities strutted their stuff around different galleries in the museum, which highlighted both the outfits as well as the art on the walls. Each mini performance was set to tunes from the likes of Basement Jaxx and Coolio. The results were a playful juxtaposition with the centuries-old artwork that surrounded them.

The ambitious endeavor is a creative way to remember the night—it goes well beyond the ordinary photograph. Scroll down to watch Rihanna, the Kardashians, Katy Perry, and more work the room.

Vogue magazine and filmmaker Bardia Zeinali created an ambitious 2018 Met Gala video booth that spanned different galleries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each was like a mini music video.

Katy Perry

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Lana Del Rey

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SZA

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Frances McDormand

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The Kardashians

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Nicki Minaj

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Cardi B

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Bella Hadid

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Kate Moss, Amber Valletta, and Zoe Kravitz

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Anna Wintour, Vogue Editor-in-Chief

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
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