Sam Smith knows how to make a dramatic entrance.
The “Unholy” hitmaker, who identifies as nonbinary and uses “they/them” pronouns, hit the Met Gala 2024 red carpet on Monday in a coordinating black and white suit with boyfriend Christian Cowan. arrived at.
Smith’s look was completed with a black tulle skirt underneath her suit jacket. They coordinated with light blue ties, and Cowan wore a gold tie without a skirt. The couple, who also made their red carpet debut at the event, both wore silver and gold rose accessories around their waists.
“Since we’re going back in time, we wanted to reference Oscar Wilde, a queer icon from the 1940s,” Cowan said of Vogue red carpet co-hosts Ashley Graham and Gwendolyn. told Christie. “We’re both queer and British, so we thought English roses were a good fit.”
“And when we were together, I gave Sam a metal-plated rose,” he continued.
This will be Smith’s first appearance at Vogue’s annual star-studded soirée.
Smith has been having a lot of fun with fashion over the past year.
At the British Fashion Awards in December, they doubled down on their Vivienne Westwood designs, walking the red carpet in black tailored skirt suits and towering platform boots, before changing into dramatic taffeta dresses for a cultural look. Received the Innovator Award.
Smith also made an oversized style statement at the Barbie premiere in London in July, wearing a cartoonish, oversized blue sweatshirt and wide-leg Vetements jeans.
And at February’s BRIT Awards, Hari stole the show with her polarizing inflatable latex look, which inspired a number of memes.
But perhaps nothing will top their performance at last year’s Grammy Awards. Smith and her “Unholy” collaborator Kim Petras walked the carpet with “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Gottmik and Violet Chachki, with the entire group in hellishly classy red ensembles. Coordinated.
