Lewis Hamilton has become somewhat of a mainstay of the Met Gala red carpet. This year, he even co-chaired the event. However, with some of the world’s biggest celebrities attending the Met Gala, it was not just Hamilton who was the center of attention.
As it so happens, two of the people who caught the eye of F1 fans were his ex-flames, former Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, and Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira.
Shakira donned a custom-made powder-pink Prabal Gurung gown with a massive, crisp, shiny cape that flowed into a train behind her. The icing on her giant pink cake was an even bigger cherry in the form of a white-diamond necklace featuring a single pink teardrop diamond at the center, from Pasquale Bruni.
Turns out, the two not only shared an ex-flame that night, but also a designer. Scherzinger too sported a Prabal Gurung creation, which featured a vest-look at the top and sparkly pinstripes, which carried down to the bottom of the dress. She topped it off with a large black cape with white trimming that fell to the floor and formed a train around her.
Scherzinger was Hamilton’s partner for the longest, as the two dated for more than eight years between 2007 and 2015. As for Shakira, while it was never official that the two ever dated, several fans certainly thought so because of the number of times the duo were spotted together in 2023.
After several race weekends that year, Hamilton would hang out with Shakira. For example, after the British GP, the seven-time F1 champion took the Colombian singer to a nightclub in London. Before that instance, the two were also spotted chilling on a yacht during the Miami GP weekend, and had a dinner date together after the Spanish GP.
So, one would assume Hamilton might’ve felt awkward to see Scherzinger and Shakira together. Given that it was a busy evening for Hamilton himself as the Met’s co-chair, he wouldn’t have had the time to actually be in the middle of any awkwardness.
The ladies, though, had no such issues hanging out. In fact, Scherzinger also uploaded Shakira’s outfit via her Instagram story.
In the image, the Colombian singer can be seen struggling with the fitting of her outfit. Scherzinger felt sorry for the 48-year-old. “Poor Shakira. She just said, ‘Ow!’ ‘Cause the needle,” she captioned the image.
However, it seems that Shakira is used to such struggles by now, as she told Scherzinger that this was not the first time she faced an issue with the fitting of her outfit.
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Thanks to his flawless racing skills, Lewis Hamilton cuts quite a swathe on the F1 track. And thanks to his fashion sense and elan, he has managed to earn a name for himself in the fashion world as well.
Of course, he isn’t a professional model or anything like that. But the 40-year-old Briton can carry himself on the red carpet against the best in the business.
This has helped make him a familiar figure at many top fashion events. But this year, Hamilton has gone one further, co-chairing the 2025 Met Gala. With this year’s theme being royalty and spirituality, the Briton looked as sharp as ever in his ivory white ensemble.
Hamilton partnered with designer Grace Wales Bonner to create an ensemble that thoughtfully explored themes of identity. Wales Bonner crafted a custom ivory suit for Hamilton, featuring a cropped jacket, high-waisted trousers with a tuxedo stripe, coattails, a white bow tie, and an embroidered ivory sash draped from his waistband. The look was completed with a beret by Stephen Jones Millinery.
“We brought together a range of influences, from Barkley L. Hendricks paintings to Black spiritual dressing to some of the brand’s craft signatures,” Wales Bonner told Vogue.
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Ahead of the event, the Ferrari driver gave an interview, where he explained how it was “a real honor and privilege” for him to be able to co-chair this year’s Met Gala. “Just getting to go to the Met Gala was always something really special,” he told Vogue. “Having seen the hosts before, I remember I would look on and think ‘it would be cool one day to be a host”.
