New York – Hundreds of stars ascended the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Met Gala on Monday evening, bringing a range of interpretations to this year’s dress code, “Fashion is Art.”
The theme mirrored an accompanying exhibition titled “Costume Art” at the Met’s Costume Institute, for which the gala is a major source of income. This year, the Met Gala raised a record $42 million, up from last year’s record of $31 million, the museum announced at a press conference before the event.
The night’s co-chairs included Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and Beyoncé — who returned to the event for the first time in ten years, in a glittering skeleton gown by Olivier Rousteing, bringing daughter Blue Ivy along for her Met Gala debut.
Lauren Sánchez Bezos in navy with statement pearls on her straps. The look, by Schiaparelli, pays homage to John Singer Sargent’s painting “Portrait of Madame X.” Lanna Apisukh for CNN
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Organizers suggested that guests might “express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.” Stars looked to the canon of art history for inspiration, with early looks taking subtle cues from the theme, and more theatrical takes coming over the course of the evening.
Organizers suggested that guests might “express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.” Stars looked to the canon of art history for inspiration, with early looks taking subtle cues from the theme, and more theatrical takes coming over the course of the evening.
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