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Showing undeniable commitment to his business cause, billionaire cardboard king Anthony Pratt has shopped his own wardrobe and recycled an infamous outfit for the world’s most exclusive fashion gala.
Pratt dusted off the headline-making, startling hot-pink frock coat embroidered with “Pratt 100% Recycled” decals and embellished burgundy waistcoat that he wore to the Meta Gala in 2024 for this year’s edition of the high society event in New York on Tuesday.
However, he refreshed his look by swapping out the pastel pink pants and sensible tan Balenciaga sneakers he wore in 2024, for burgundy velvet pants and polished black shoes.
The eye-catching ensemble once again made him a walking billboard at the bougie bash for his Pratt Industries recycling business. CBD is all for Pratt’s recycle and reuse philosophy. Like him, your correspondent has been known to do a bit of ‘wardrobe shopping’ for black-tie events.
The Visy boss’ guests at the gala included his sister Heloise, his niece, as well as, Sabrina Pasterski, a friend of the Pratts. Pasterski, 32, is an American theoretical physicist who has been described as the “next Einstein” for her work on quantum gravity and black holes.
In recent years, Pratt, whose fortune is estimated to be more than $25 billion, has become a wildly unique fashion force of nature that gets unleashed annually at the Met Gala.
This alone indicates the billionaire’s exuberant beige carpet – as was the colour of the staircase carpet at the Met this year – style has been given the tick of approval by Vogue icon, Anna Wintour.
Tickets to the Gala cost more than $US71,000 and Wintour personally signs off on each guest so simply being rich doesn’t mean you will make the cut.
Pratt’s other memorable Met Gala outfits have included a restrained white jacket over black tuxedo pants in 2023, his above-noted hot-pink frock coat moment in 2024, and a froggy green suit, shirt and tie heavily patterned with a “100% Recycled” logo teamed with sneakers and a green felt bowler hat last year.
While the Met Gala is a seriously star-studded affair, Pratt is no stranger to the celebrity set. In March, Australia’s global pop princess Kylie Minogue performed at his annual Visy dinner for 250 guests in the garden of Raheen, his Melbourne home. The year before Air Supply and Mark Ronson performed while in 2024 Katy Perry was the big name at the ultra-private bash.
Pratt was at the Met Gala where other guests included Madonna, Georgina Chapman and Adrien Brody, Ben Stiller, Doja Cat, The Rock, Gigi Hadid, Melbourne resident Troye Sivan – ultra-casual in Prada denim jeans, K-Pop star and former Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College student Rose Park, Naomi Watts, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Julianne Moore and Tom Ford, Anne Hathaway, Margot Robbie, Miranda Kerr and her hubby, billionaire Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, Heidi Klum dressed as marble statue, and various Kardashians and Jenners, including Kylie Jenner in a gown with a sculptured nude bodice complete with moulded nipples and a belly button.
Australia’s red carpet queen Nicole Kidman was a co-chair of the gala alongside Beyonce, Venus Williams and Wintour, while Lauren Sánchez Bezos, wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was the event’s honorary chair.
Fiona Byrne is the CBD columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via email.From our partners
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