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Gisele Bündchen: Still Doing Great

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Gisele Bündchen: jujitsu enthusiast, retired Victoria’s Secret Angel, and, as of tonight, newly christened Met Gala angel. For the event, Bündchen wore a voluminous feathery cape and stripe-y white gown, which billowed out behind her as she strutted out of the Mark Hotel:

Once on the off-white carpet, she spun around in her enormous cape, spreading her arms like a gorgeous bachelorette swan. The look is from Chanel’s spring 2007 Couture collection, and it’s not the first time Bündchen has worn it — the same year it debuted on the runway, it was featured on her in a Harper’s Bazaar Korea shoot photographed by Karl Lagerfeld himself at Versailles. Bündchen worked with Lagerfeld often and was briefly the face of Chanel No. 5 in 2014.

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From left: Look at her go! Photo: John Shearer/WireImagePhoto: Noam Galai/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images
From top: Look at her go! Photo: John Shearer/WireImagePhoto: Noam Galai/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

Anyway, back to tonight. Bündchen positively floated onto the red carpet this year; she’s attending solo for the first time since 2006 following her divorce from her longtime husband, football player Tom Brady. Throughout their divorce, Bündchen has generally exuded the energy of a thriving, newly unburdened divorcée who can finally move out of Boston, and the Met Gala is no exception. Look at her swishing around. All that jujitsu has clearly paid off.

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Peace out, indeed.

Gisele Bündchen: Still Doing Great