Billionaire oil heiress Ivy Getty embraced her newly single status Monday night when she stepped out on the Met Gala red carpet looking every inch the star stunner.
Ivy, 29, put on a very glamorous display as she arrived at the glittering event, making her mark on the red carpet in a unique silk dress, which featured elegant floral details in the front, as well as a dramatic train that extended behind . her as she walked up the stairs of the Met Museum.
But the stunning model, who filed for divorce from husband Tobias ‘Toby’ Engel in January after just four years of marriage, didn’t have to do it alone at the star-studded evening.
In fact, Ivy got a very stylish date for the evening, fashion designer Conner Ives, who not only accompanied her on the red carpet, but was also responsible for her ensemble for the evening.
Ivy Getty embraced her newly single status while making a splash at this year’s Met Gala, just weeks after her divorce was revealed.
The 29-year-old, who filed for divorce from her husband Tobias ‘Toby’ Engel in January after just four years of marriage, found a stylish date for the evening: designer Conner Ives.
Ivy was not only accompanied by Conner, who is seen fixing her train outside The Mark hotel in New York, but he also designed her dress for the evening.
She made her mark on the red carpet in a unique silk dress, which featured elegant floral details on the front.
Ivy’s dutiful date went above and beyond to make sure she looked her best for the night, even stopping outside her hotel to adjust the train of her dress as she posed for waiting photographers.
Once on the Met Gala red carpet, he allowed her to take a solo moment in front of the cameras, before joining her for some photos.
Despite what has undoubtedly been a difficult few months for the heiress, she looked very confident as she arrived at the event, happily stopping to take photos before she and Conner entered.
Behind the scenes, however, things have been a little less glamorous and star-studded, with Ivy calling it quits on her marriage to Toby just four years into their union, filing for divorce in January, although the news wasn’t made public until last. month.
According to Page Six, the couple had a very strict prenup in place to protect Ivy’s impressive family assets, with a source telling the publication: “Obviously, being a member of the Getty family, Ivy is wary of legal entanglements.” .
However, that doesn’t mean everything went smoothly; Court documents revealed that this is a “contentious” divorce, although further details about the separation and the legal complications surrounding it have yet to be shared.
Still, Ivy seems determined to put the past behind her, having made waves at several major fashion events in recent weeks, including a Carolina Herrera beauty party with Karlie Kloss and a benefit gala also attended by Emily Ratajkowski and Nicky Hilton. .
Ivy and Toby met through a family member and began dating shortly after, when they met at Paris Fashion Week. They then tied the knot in a small, intimate ceremony in December 2020, before hosting a much more lavish affair in November the following year at the Getty family’s sprawling San Francisco mansion.
Her appearance at the event comes just months after Ivy filed for divorce from her husband Tobias ‘Toby’ Engel, whom she married in December 2020.
It is understood that the artist and model (seen with her ex-husband in 2022) had a strict prenuptial agreement to protect her family’s impressive fortune.
The heiress appears ready to put her divorce behind her and has been seen partying at several major fashion events in recent weeks.
At the time, Ivy told Vogue, “It’s like everything I could have dreamed of and more.” So it’s crazy when something so magical comes true because you thought about it but didn’t actually think it would happen. Miracles happen.’
Guests at the A-list event included members of Ivy’s family, including her aunt Vanessa Getty and her first cousin, transgender model and activist Nats Getty.
Also at the exclusive event were designer Wes Gordon, designer Mimi Wade, influencer Marta Mae, musician Petite Meller, fashion editor Hamish Bowles, activist Marsha Molinari, model Laura Hanson Sims, British television presenter Fletcher Cowan and filmmaker Christian Coppola.
Ivy is the great-granddaughter of oil magnate Jean Paul Getty and the granddaughter of Gordon Peter Getty, who was on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans before his death.
His father, John Gilbert, died of a fentanyl overdose and heart complications in 2020 at age 52.
Without a doubt, the most striking element of her ceremony was the dress she wore to the after-party, which she claimed could not have been designed by anyone other than John Galliano for Maison Margiela.
The dress had a corset the color of Ivy’s skin tone, which was padded at the hips to make her waist appear smaller. It was covered in tulle, which was then topped with a dress with mirror shards attached like jewels.
“My grandmother always wore John Galliano designs,” Ivy told Vogue. “My grandmother always looked up to him, so I felt like she was with me through all of this.”
On the big day, she added Louboutin heels and her sapphire engagement ring, which she got when her husband proposed in Capri.
Getty’s great-grandfather owned Getty Oil and was once the richest man in the world. He is also famous for refusing to pay the $17 million ransom of his grandson John Paul Getty III after he was kidnapped in the 1970s.
He finally paid $2.2 million after John’s severed ear was mailed to a Rome newspaper.
The Getty family drama was most recently depicted in the 2018 FX TV show Trust.
