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Kanye West Gushes About Being Met Gala 2016’s ‘Best Dressed Couple,’ Gives Twitter Acceptance Speech

Gotta give thanks! Kanye West was overwhelmed at being crowned Vogue Online‘s “Best Dressed Couple” with wife Kim Kardashian, and took to Twitter immediately after the event on Monday, May 2, to offer up a full acceptance speech for the honor.

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Declaring the Met Gala to be the “Grammys of style,” the musician who, as we know, takes awards very seriously, embarked on a six-tweet missive where he gushed about the night and thanked everyone from Anna Wintour to their designer, Olivier Rousteing, for the part they played helping him scoop the title.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are named ‘Best Dressed Couple’ at the Met Gala 2016

Revealing that reality star Kardashian, 35, had been given four different gowns by her designer pal, two of which she’d cut into pieces during the planning part of her fashion process, West made it clear he and his wife had had a blast of an evening.

Related: PHOTOS: Met Gala 2016 Red Carpet Fashion: What the Stars Wore

“I’m really excited to get our first best dressed at the met…” the 38-year-old tweeted. “This Gala is like the Grammys of style!”

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“Thank you Anna for the invite thank you to the whole Vogue team,” he continued, “thank you Olivier for making 4 dresses for Kim to choose from which we chopped 2 in half.”

Related: PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Sweetest PDA Moments

“And thank you for turning my personal jean jacket into a couture piece,” West went on. “also to Kim’s hair and makeup Lorraine jewelry and the whole style squad at Balmain and the Yeezy team.”

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“We just had fun with the ‘future’ theme !!!” the Life of Pablo hitmaker concluded. “It was a fun night all together …”

Tell Us: Do you think Kim and Kanye deserved the “Best Dressed Couple” title?

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