There were some fierce fashions on the red carpet at last night’s Met Gala, but we dare anyone to find a bigger fashion flex than George Lucas wearing $60 Nike Sneakers (hint: you won’t), and while the focus was rightly on Mellody Hobson and her tweed suit, who in the cosmos isn’t going to look at a very trim and dapper George and not tip their hat to those sneakers?
To get away with wearing it to the red carpet, you’d have to be one of the most significant creative figures of the last century with a billion-dollar bank account to match. Luckily for George Lucas, he can lay claim to both.
The Star Wars creator and THX 1138 director (put some respect on it) pulled up to the gala with his wife Mellody Hobson, who leaned into the theme significantly more than her husband. Hobson Lucas showed out in a subtly bejeweled tweed suit adorned with brooches and chains, very much in keeping with the Superfine theme of the night. George took a far more restrained route, opting for a simple three-button navy suit (with all three buttons fastened). It’s fairly indicative of their dynamic: Lucas has become one of the preeminent wife guys of his era, rarely seen out in public without Hobson and often in mall food courts, waiting patiently for his wife as she shops. He has never seemed like a guy who appreciates the spotlight, so it tracks that he’d keep it simple on a red carpet as major as the Met Gala and let Hobson take the spotlight.
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