Met Gala themes over the years: A look back at many first Mondays in May
Blake Lively Porte des jewelry workshop Versace and Lorraine Schwartz at the Gala Mets 2022 Celebrant in America: a fashion anthology. The annual event took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2, 2022 .. (Photo by Chris Polk / WWD / Penske Media via Getty Images)Pictures wwd / getty
2021: in America: a fashion lexicon
Andrew Bolton, the conservative of Wendy Yu of the Costume Institute in charge, said Vogue He focused on the 2021 event around the question “wHo becomes American? which was originally posed on a red, white and blue silk belt from the collection of the tenth anniversary of Prabal Gurung. “American designers are at the forefront of conversations around diversity, inclusiveness, sustainability, gender fluidity and bodily positivity,” he said. “The framework of the show allows us to focus on young designers who engage in a thoughtful and deep way with these ideas.” It included more than 100 pieces of American designers, ranging from Marc Jacobs to Reunion.
The guests included Timothee Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman and Naomi Osaka, who respected the official night dress code: American independence.
2020: “About time: mode and duration”
The 2020 gala was postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic, but its theme still deserves to revisit: in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Met, “About Time” took a look at a century and a half of fashion. Bolton found inspiration in OrlandoThe 1992 film based on the novel by Virginia Woolf of the same name. “What I like in the Woolf version of time is the idea of a continuum,” said Bolton. “There is no start, middle or end. It is a big scraper. I always felt the same thing in fashion. Fashion is the present. “
2019: “Camp: fashion notes”
For the 2019 exhibition, Bolton was inspired by the founding test of Susan Sontag in 1964, “notes on” camp “. The essay describes a sensitivity marked by performances, an excess and a sort of bad taste illustrated by figures like Oscar Wilde and the outraged aesthetic movements such as Art Nouveau. Among the exhibited pieces were dazzling looks of Off-White, Schiaparelli, Moschino, Dior, Thom Browne and much more.
2018: “Heavenly bodies: Catholic fashion and imagination”
The divine theme of 2018 had hundreds of saints exposed, including dozens of artifacts and objects sent from the Vatican (most of which had never seen the light beyond Rome). The guests accessed on the occasion during the annual gala, with Rihanna dressing like Pope and Katy Perry as Angel (wings and everything).
2017: “Rei Kawakubo / Like boys: intermediaries’ art”
The Met Gala has toasted the legendary Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo and presented her “objects”, as she likes to call them. Some guests, such as Rihanna and Caroline Kennedy, stuck to the theme and sported original pieces, while others interpreted the subject through other designers. The event was co -chaired by Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams.
2016: “Manus X Machina: Mode in the era of technology”
The 2016 Met Gala event returned to the future with Tech in the foreground. Stars like Claire Danes have literally lit the ball in a radiant dress, while Emma Watson wore a Calvin Klein collection of five pieces, which was made from recycled plastic bottles. The exhibition itself focused on the dichotomy between artisanal fashion and machine-made, displaying more than 100 pieces of haute couture and ready-to-wear.
2015: “China: through glass in search”
The 2015 Gala celebrated the influence of China on Western fashion with a theme adapted to an emperor. The exhibition was a joint effort between the head of the Museum’s Asian Art Department and the Institute costume, showing the eyes of Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior Haute Couture. The participants of George and Amal Clooney in Rihanna (wearing a superb yellow dress by Chinese designer Guo Pei) dressed on the theme for one night at the museum.
2014: “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”
The museum celebrated a major figure in the fashion world, but less known to the general public. Charles James’ theme was alive and eagerly awaited, with an exhibition of 100 of his most important creations. Co-rejected by Sarah Jessica Parker, Bradley Cooper and Oscar de la Renta, the 2014 feast was filled with elegant and larger than life ball dresses.
