Bad Bunny was announced as one of the co-chairs of the Met Gala 2024. Which is a big honor for anyone very famous and very fashion-adjacent. But it also means you're one of the first to cut the ribbon on the Met Gala red carpet, and thus, there comes some added responsibility. Go too quiet, and you'll be eclipsed by the dozens of other fits that'll come after. And Bad Bunny avoided that entirely, because he went into full Tudor prince of chaos mode.
Wearing Maison Margiela, which is like high fashion's equivalent of one of those medieval paintings that depicts a terrifying/quite fun idea of heaven and hell, the ‘25/8’ singer kept up a track record for good and mad fits. Last year, at the Met Gala's tribute to the late Karl Lagerfeld, he arrived in a heavenly white Jacquemus suit with the back cut out. And before that, there's been a slew of wild, wild looks: at 2022's Met Gala ode to American fashion, there was a blend of Puerto Rican menswear and womenswear; at last year's Grammys, a nu metal ch'yeah bro cap above a tux; on every single red carpet ever, something people like to tweet about. OK, you get it.
But for the Met Gala 2024, it was more theatrical. The oversized bonnet (with an abstract tassel, because of course) was equally as bold as an open-stitched suit and, of course, a pair of Tabis that a Tinder date may or may not want to steal—especially if they want their Tabis to be slightly Mr-Tumnus-at-the-4-a.m.-rave coded. Lest we forget the sunglasses too, which aren't too dissimilar to Pharrell's famed Tiffany shades.
And yeah, we've come to expect this sort of good and mad fit from Bad Bunny. But regardless of his place in the arrivals schedule, and despite his deeply impressive menswear consistency, nobody's forgetting this Tudor prince of chaos fit anytime soon.
This story originally appeared on British GQ with the title “Bad Bunny, a Tudor prince of chaos, kickstarted the Met Gala 2024”