It’s the primary Monday in Could which, for the primary time in two years, belongs as soon as once more to vogue’s largest night time out, the Met Gala.
Having been impacted by pandemic restrictions for the final two years, this night’s soiree is again with a vengeance, with all the vogue exposition your coronary heart might ever need.
However the Met Gala isn’t merely an opportunity to look good, as every year there’s a theme, which relies on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork’s Costume Institute’s annual exhibition. The theme for this 12 months’s is “gilded glamour”, a reference to the decadent period of American vogue within the ultimate many years of the nineteenth century, which relies on this 12 months’s exhibition, In America: An Anthology of Trend. It’s the second a part of the museum’s examination into American vogue, with the primary being final 12 months’s In America: A Lexicon of Trend.
The postponed 2021 gala, which befell in September relatively than Could as a result of pandemic restrictions, was meant to reply the query “Who will get to be American?” with its theme, which made for a smorgasbord of patriotic ensembles. JLo opted for a Western-inspired ensemble courtesy of Ralph Lauren, whereas Kim Kardashian adopted a extra obscure strategy in a head-to-toe black Balenciaga catsuit, which completely disguised her face.
Whereas final 12 months’s theme was designed to have fun the work of younger American designers which have just lately taken the trade by storm, this 12 months’s was meant to honour the historical past of those that got here earlier than them, together with storied designers Oscar de la Renta and Halston. And the style cognoscenti didn’t disappoint. From Billie Eilish in upcycled Gucci to Sza in Vivienne Westwood, this 12 months’s vogue exposition has supplied all the high-octane gilded glamour we’ve been hoping for (opera gloves, tiaras and corsets included). These are a few of our favorite seems to be from the 2022 Met Gala.
