By Monday morning, the reply to one of many greatest questions looming over the Met Gala on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York had emerged.
Would members of the union representing workers of Vogue and different Condé Nast publications proceed with threatened disruptions to the gala orchestrated by Vogue editor Anna Wintour? No: A tentative contract settlement between Condé Nast and union leaders was reached hours earlier than the occasion.
However different questions — What celebrities would present up? How would visitors interpret the “Backyard of Time” costume code? — had been solely answered as attendees began stepping out of Sprinter vans to make their means into the gala, identified formally because the Costume Institute Profit.
As stars like Emily Ratajkowski, Pamela Anderson and Dan Levy hit the carpet, some sartorial themes turned clear. Amongst them: Floral prints and elaborations, elaborate headpieces and skin-revealing outfits that skewed extra Backyard of Eden.
At an occasion the place vogue is the main target, it may be more durable to face out on a pink carpet (or a greenish one, as was the case at this yr’s Met Gala). However these 20 ensembles — for causes good and not-so-good — shall be exhausting to overlook.
Reporting contributed by Anthony Rotunno and Callie Holtermann.
