One thing all the world’s red carpets have in common is that as soon as Blake Lively sets her feet on the red fluff of the most important accessory of any event, onlookers know what will be the fashion topic of conversation that evening. At the opening of an exhibition on American fashion on Monday evening in the New York Metropolitan Museum, the so-called Met Gala, one thing quickly became clear: whoever is self-respecting first decorates their head. The actress not only wore a stunning gown that turned from rose to light blue on the steps of the museum, but also a rose-colored crown in her hair.
Even Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of the US edition of the Vogue, left her sunglasses at home for once and instead opted for the royal it-piece of the evening. The show in front of the museum lasted a total of more than three hours. The dress code was issued as “gilded glamour” – in memory of an economic heyday in the USA at the end of the 19th century.
Wintour’s colleague Hamish Bowles showed that the men also shape the performance at the Met Gala as one of the flashiest events of the party year, which even puts the Oscars in the shade. Bowles wore a crown of feathers graciously, as if he had never done anything else in his life.
Entrepreneur Natasha Poonawalla at least kept the corona distance to other guests with her elaborate headdress. Because of the pandemic, the gala, which traditionally takes place on the first Monday in May, had to be canceled for the past two years and was finally made up for in September 2021 – for the opening of the fashion exhibition “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion”. The gala on Monday opened the second part of the exhibition, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” about the history of American fashion.
My bracelet, my rings, my ponytails: Jamaican-born designer Edvin Thompson spiced up his dark blue suit with ostentatious gold jewelry.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker’s feathered headdress seemed a bit out of date. Perhaps a homage to the late noughties, when fascinator hats still garnered a lot of attention on the red carpet.
Who has been the symbol of glamor and glitter for decades? Of course, Marilyn Monroe. Kim Kardashian caused a stir on the red carpet when she stepped out in the fashion icon’s original dress. Monroe is said to have worn the beige glittering robe when she breathed the legendary birthday song to then-US President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Kim Kardashian, who had dyed her hair platinum blonde for the performance, walked past the photographers chatting but not singing. She said she lost an extra 15 pounds to fit in the dress, alongside her new boyfriend, comedian Pete Davidson.
Sister Kourtney stayed true to the crop top trend and extended love affairs with her fiancé, drummer Travis Barker. Three other Kardashian sisters and their mother came to the “Party of the Year”https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/.”I’m so proud of all their outfits and we all got ready together,” said mother Kris Jenner.
Model Cara Delevigne presented what was probably the most puristic look of the evening: she dressed in a touch of gold dust.
Singer Lizzo appeared in an oversized black and gold coat and used the appearance on the red carpet for a small flute concert. “I feel like a work of art.”
It was an evening where the extraordinary outfits – and the art – were the focus of conversations. The problems of the world were largely left out. Only briefly during the live stream from the red carpet was a call for donations for Ukraine in the war against Russia. And in the end it was tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is currently trying to take over Twitter and sees no lesser goal than wanting to change the world again: “If everything goes as planned, my goal is To make Twitter as inclusive as possible and to have as wide a part of the country and the world as possible using it and finding it interesting and entertaining and making the world a better place.”