Photographer and director Ottom De Wilde took gliding as a palette, not a dot.
It looks comfortable, fun and makes a better occasion to return the dress over the pants to look back than most TikTokers who struggle to return to y2k.
In addition, canes are an underrated accessory.
Essen de Wilde arrives at the Met Gala in 2022. Photo: Kevin Mazur / MG22 / Getty Images for The Met Museum / Vogue
What is the Met Gala? Quick explanation
For those of us who may not be full-time girls, Guardian Australia Lifestyle Editor Alix Gorman explains exactly what the Met Gala is.
The nickname “Fashion Oscars” can be a bit confusing – the Met Gala is not an award ceremony; this is a fundraising dinner. One ticket for the event costs about 35,000 dollars, and the tables are for hundreds of thousands. The money goes to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum, which holds an archive of more than 30,000 wearable artifacts spanning more than seven centuries – which, if you’ve ever tried to protect moths from a knitting closet, you’ll know requires fair maintenance.
As for the party itself, it has been held since 1948. Initially it was a rather modest fundraiser, but when the legendary editor Diana Vreeland began advising the Costume Institute, she brought a bunch of celebrities to the Gala and they … come every year since .
He now has a reputation as an event where fashion designers can dress celebrities, models and, more recently (until a growing scandal), influential people in the boldest possible versions of their outfits; with tables usually paid for by brands, companies and benefactors (although several captive tickets are handed out each year to keep things interesting).
All this means: Met Gala is a huge red carpet, with nothing at the end of it (except for more clothes).
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Janelle Monae is draped (quite literally) from head to toe in shiny silver and black.
Janelle Monae arrives at the Met Gala Photo: Andrew Kelly / Reuters
Sebastian Stan in bright pink seems to imitate Elton John at the beginning of his career.
YES!
WOW: model Isabelle Boemeke in an ensemble by Noir Kei Ninomiya, an Iroquois protégé of Red Kawakubo, which uses super dense and gothic materials and construction methods. This dress is similar to the look of the spring of 2022 pic.twitter.com/ARJ9gjDGlV
– Harper’s Bazaar (@harpersbazaarus) May 2, 2022
Actress Cynthia Erivo arrives in a dress with a lace falling waist.
Although it speaks more to the early 1900s, the Erivo still serves closer to a decade of the Gilded Age than most to date.
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Paneers against the commotion
Alix Gorman
It’s time for the (gilded) age-old question: what is the difference between a bag and a commotion?
Guardian Australia Lifestyle editor Alix Gorman explains:
So, there are several varieties of the Big Skirt that we will probably see today. The pan, like Chan’s, has most of its volume on the side and tends to be made of a series of horizontally and vertically placed hoops to give it a circumference (imagine a hula hoop with hoops revolving around the arms and waist her, then tuck it under her skirt). Meanwhile, 19th-century crinolines tend to be made only from horizontally placed hoops sewn along the length of the skirt of various sizes to give it shape (imagine a hula hoop spinning three hoops around your thighs, knees and ankles).
Gemma Chan leaves The Mark Hotel Photo: Charles Sykes / Invision / AP
Meanwhile, the hustle and bustle that can be worn in addition to the crinoline gives most of its volume to the back of the garment. It can have structural features such as tulle to add volume, or it can be made of layers and layers and layers of fabric (imagine a beehive from the 60s with many jokes).
Vanity was usually worn on the upper part of the female skirt, while bags and crinolines were underwear.
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A note for fashion historians: Bridgeton-style cleavage and pastels fall into the category of the regency era – also known as not the way to this year’s gilded theme.
When we hear Gilded Glamor, we want everything: lush sleeves, lifting skirts and padded vanity.
Finally, there was a commotion. Under the tuxedo.
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Gemma Chan’s gaze screams Versailles over the Upper East Side.
It has everything you want from a Met Gala look: big, eccentric and dazzling with beads and crystals.
Gemma Chan leaves for the Met Gala at The Mark Hotel, New York Photo: Broadimage / REX / Shutterstock
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