Nicole Kidman's cosmic-chic Met Gala cape is spellbinding

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Nicole Kidman's cosmic-chic Met Gala cape is spellbinding
Nicole Kidman attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. ( Credit: larrybusacca/getty

For a lot of Met Gala attendees, the theme meant to honor the evolving relationship between fashion and technology just meant wearing silver.

But Nicole Kidman chose to honor one of mankind's greatest technological accomplishments with an Alexander McQueen dress and cape devoted to the space age. Embellishing moons with crystals is always a good choice. 


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Instead of dressing like an astronaut to accompany his lady, Keith Urban just wore a normal tux, because he is no fun. Or maybe, in the future, astronauts wear tuxes to their fancy parties on Mars. 

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Tricia Gilbride was a Reporter for Mashable Watercooler. Tricia focused on the intersection of celebrity culture and the Internet. Previously, she worked as a fashion writer and a social media manager. She also edits Women-Artists.org, a blog and annual print publication, and looks exactly like her cat.

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