The 2016 Met Gala, one of fashion's premier events, took place Monday night (May 2), with a theme of Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. As a result, celebrities arrived in C-3P0-inspired gear, bionic arms and metallic chest plates reflecting the many flashing camera bulbs. Always ones to embrace high fashion and make a statement in the process, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian turned heads on the red carpet, with Kanye making headlines as well for his futuristic eyewear.

In lieu of some Terminator style shades, Kanye arrived to the Gala with freaky blue contacts which not only added to his adherence to the evening's theme, but served to further coordinate his outfit with Kim's. Vogue, who hosts the evening, named the two the best dressed couple of the night, writing afterward, "Mr. West elevated his casual dad T-shirt-‘n’-jeans uniform, and his crystal-encrusted denim jacket was the ideal foil to his shredded Fear of God jeans—even if the blue contacts had a daring ghoulish vibe. Still, together the Kimye effect was nothing short of dazzling."

Kanye himself offered comment on the costumes, taking to Twitter late Monday night to thank Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour for the invite and Olivier Rousteing for Kim's dress which is apparently two separate dresses melded into one. "I'm really excited to get our first best dressed at the met..." Kanye wrote. "This Gala is like the Grammys of style!" Considering Kanye's public disdain for the Grammys, such a simile is curious, but he seems enthusiastic nonetheless. "We just had fun with the 'future' theme !!!   It was a fun night all together ..." he wrote.

Check out Kanye's tweets below.

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