Willie Cole and others on social media saw similarities between his designs and the light fixtures lining the Met Gala entrance.
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Did Kim Kardashian Really Damage Marilyn’s Dress?
Photos showing missing sequins and tears went viral, but a closer look suggests the dress may have been damaged prior to its Met Gala debut.
Conservators Aren’t Happy That Kim Kardashian Wore Marilyn’s Dress to the Met Gala
“Wearing historic clothing damages it. Full stop,” said the former head of conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, Sarah Scaturro.
The Most Memeable Looks From a Dystopian Met Gala
It was glamorous! It was glitzy! It was the end of democracy as we know it!
With the World on Fire, the Glitterati Prepares for Met Gala 2022
“In America: An Anthology of Fashion” follows last year’s theme “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” Confused? So are we.
The Best Thing About This Year’s Met Gala Are the Memes
The Met Gala moved forward last night with the laughably dystopian theme of “American Independence.”
Artist’s Vaccine-Inspired Met Gala Dress Is a Tribute to Science
Brendan McCann’s gown features a skirt made of giant vaccination cards, a needle headpiece, and a “FAUCI” purse filled with donuts.
Internet Stages Its Own Met Gala, Recreating Iconic Outfits at Home
Though the famed gala was canceled, people celebrated online with their own ingenious outfits made from newspaper, Q-tips, and more.
Is Camp Still Camp if the Met Gala Makes It a Theme?
This year’s Met Gala is named Notes on Fashion, in tribute to a Susan Sontag essay. But Sontag also wrote that “To talk about Camp is to betray it.”
Shifting From Catholicism to Camp, Met Gala Tries to Update Susan Sontag
This exhibition should feature a wax replica of Donatella Versace, RuPaul’s extensive collection of wigs, and a sliver of John Waters’ mustache — but I fear the Met’s exhibition will be business as usual.