What are you wearing? It’s the most frequently asked question at any red carpet event. At last night’s Met Gala, the theme of which was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” some attendees gave an unusual answer. “I’m wearing Courrèges and eBay,” said Emma Chamberlain, who was hosting Vogue’s livestream of the glamorous fund-raiser for the Metropolitan…
On Monday, around the world, South Asian fans tuned in to watch an exciting moment unfold at the Met Gala — the arrivals of Shah Rukh Khan, a Bollywood star so popular he is referred to as King Khan, and Diljit Dosanjh, a record-breaking artist and actor who goes by Diljit. It was the first…
It can be a challenge to make an impression on the Met Gala’s red carpet, especially when the competition includes Diana Ross wearing a feathered overcoat with an 18-foot-long train, Bad Bunny toting a bag fit for a bowling ball, and Rihanna arriving fashionably late — with a baby bump. But there are spectacles and…
So much is made of the fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit — otherwise known as the Met Gala — that it can be easy to forget the event is about more than clothes. It’s also a fund-raiser for the museum, which this year collected more money than ever since the…
New York City may have been a bit damp and dreary, but the weather didn’t deter celebrities from every corner of the cultural spectrum from showing off their wares at the 2025 Met Gala. Celebrating the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute show “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” host Anna Wintour, the chief content officer of…
The famous faces have descended on New York City, and many arrived a little early — bouncing between a dizzying array of Met Gala pre-parties held over the weekend. On Sunday night, about 200 people packed into the United Talent Agency’s party, held at the bar Nubeluz, on the 50th floor of the Ritz-Carlton hotel,…
The Met Gala has outdone itself, even before it’s begun. The annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the flashy fashion extravaganza that highlights the city’s social scene every May — raised a record $31 million this year, museum officials announced on Monday, the biggest gross in the event’s 77-year history. The money…
Last October, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced its next fashion show, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the political landscape looked very different. Kamala Harris, the first female vice president and the first Black woman ever to top a major-party ticket, was in the final weeks of her campaign for the White House….
By now, you probably know the first Monday in May is not just any old Monday: It’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a.k.a. the Oscars of the East Coast or the party of the year. We think of it as the Fashion X Games or the All-Star Game of Entrances. This year,…
There was theater at Dior on Day 1 of Paris Fashion Week. Powerful glamour at Alaïa. But for real-life dressing drama, nothing compared to the fashion show that took place in front of the luminous glass pyramid of the Louvre on the opening evening of the collections, as guests arrived for the museum’s gala Grand…
