What do you get when you pair a Met Gala sponsor (TikTok) with a fashion’s most legendary party girl designer (Stella McCartney) as after-party cohosts? One of the night’s most rockin’ parties! And boy was there some competition; the night offered about a dozen parties from which to choose.
After McCartney and her gaggle of Stella girls— FKA Twigs, Cara Delevingne—left the Met museum after dinner, they straight down to East 61st Street to Casa Cruz, for the TikTok x Stella McCartney after-party.
Arriving at the elegant townhouse, guests were greeted with a pizza oven positioned outside on the street, serving neat little pies in personal pizza boxes. Arriving inside, guests like Rita Ora, Shakira, and more were shuttled up via a slick elevator to the 6th floor, the indoor-outdoor portion roof terrace of Casa Cruz, where an after-party was in full swing.
In one corner, Leonardo DiCaprio sat with his crew, taking in the party from the perimeter and in another, Shakira was debuting a new look for the night after stunning in a red Carolina Herrera look on the Met Gala red carpet. Now, she was in a slinky white number, also by CH—designer Wes Gordon was by her side. Other notable after-party changes included Cara Delevingne, who removed her Joan of Arc-esque headpiece and slipped into something more comfortable—a checked blazer—and Charli XCX, who donned a minidress and a pair of shades for a bit of edge.
The party really didn’t start until McCartney walked in—does it ever, really? Long praised for hosting one of the most fun groups at the Met Gala, the designer also knows a thing to two about after-parties. (She also hosted one of last year’s best.) Scanning the room revealed mega-watt names having a marvelous time. Karlie Kloss and Dasha Zhukova were perched in a booth (discussing their media empires?); Lewis Hamilton, fresh from an F1 race in Miami, circulated the room; and Serena and Venus Williams hobnobbed with guests. Throughout it all, McCartney, who shimmered in a metallic silver minidress, divvied up her time between all her guests—see snaps of her and Matt Damon, Serena Williams, Penelope Cruz, and more!
Sipping Casamigos cocktails, guests wound the steps of the 5-floor townhouse, which houses one of the city’s most buzzy member’s only clubs; the venue’s mirrored staircase made for a fabulous photo op. There can never be too many on the First Monday in May!
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Charli XCX
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Shou Zi Chew and Vivian Kao
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Rita Ora, Paul Arnhold, Wes Gordon and Shakira
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Matt Damon, Stella McCartney and Luciana Barroso
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Lewis Hamilton, Stella McCartney, Serena Williams and Karlie Kloss
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Stella McCartney and Chris Hemsworth
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Cara Delevingne and Stella McCartney
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Adrien Brody, Stella McCartney and Georgina Chapman
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Taika Waititi
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Matt Damon, Luciana Barroso, Rita Ora, Cara Delevingne, Stella McCartney, Penélope Cruz and Shakira
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Stella McCartney and Penélope Cruz
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Irina Shayk
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Elizabeth Gillies
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Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso
This story was originally published on Vogue.com.
