After the party is the afterparty — and the stars had plenty of post-Met gala bashes to bop around to.
A-listers like Pharrell Williams, Kim Kardashian, and Mary J. Blige party hopped from Times Square to lower Manhattan, where Richie Akiva hosted his annual bash, The After, at Casa Cipriani.
Akiva and Badius threw the party along with Tyla, Doja Cat, Colman Domingo and Edward Eninful as co-hosts. Lauryn Hill, Hailey Bieber, Babyface, Madonna, Zendaya, Tom Brady, Orlando Bloom, Sam Smith and Lizzo were among the guests who partied with the nightlife giant, but Stevie Wonder appeared to be the man of the hour. We hear it was a process ushering the music legend to his table because “so many people were so surprised to see him.”
Inside, Raising Cane’s served up chicken fingers, sweet tea, and lemonade to guests including Colin Kaepernick, Evan Mock, and Mayor Eric Adams. At one point, Akiva got on the mic as Kaytranada played hits for guests like Heidi Klum, Tyson Beckford and Cardi B, who was spotted on the dance floor. Designer LaQuan Smith was also spotted there before dashing to his own at the Ludlow House.
A few miles north, designer Romeo Hunte hosted a bash at the Gansevoort that kicked off at 11 p.m. One “sh**faced” partygoer had to be escorted out thirty minutes into the party because he was “too drunk,” a spy told Page Six. “He fell down in the bathroom, and security had to get him out of there,” they said.
Meanwhile, a supposed publicist was spotted trying to crash the party by name dropping infamous scammer, Anna Delvey, only for organizers to tell her, “She’s not invited, and neither are you,” the spy said.
“She was feverishly pecking on her phone, and saying, ‘Talent! Talent,’ like she was with a client. They didn’t let her in, and then she disappeared,” they added.
Busta Rhymes hit the stage at around 2:30 a.m., and the party ended at 4.
Pharrell turned Crane Club into a “high-stakes game night” for his “After Hours UNO Tournament.” Kai Cenat emceed the game. Kardashian, Halle Berry, Lala Anthony, Keke Palmer, Karlie Kloss, Ciara and her ex Future were all on the scene. Quest Love was spotted chatting up artist Futura.
Dom Pérignon hosted Tracee Ellis Ross, Charli XCX, Addison Rae, Julia Fox, Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse, for their party at People’s, where they debuted their White Luminous Edition of Vintage 2015 Champagne.
In Times Square, Teyana Taylor had guests cover their cell phone cameras for her Dirty Rose burlesque party at the Edition.
Her naughty soiree brought out “Survival of the Thickest” star Tasha Smith, Bevy Smith, Evan Ross, Alton Mason, stylist Terrell Jones and Taraji P. Henson, who also met up with Blige for an afterparty at Brooklyn Chop House.
