New fashion exhibition brings the Met Gala to Kensington Palace
1 year, 8 months ago

New fashion exhibition brings the Met Gala to Kensington Palace

The Independent  

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Outfits once worn by Beyonce, Blake Lively, Billy Porter, Nicola Coughlan and Katy Perry populate the rooms of Kensington Palace, as part of a blockbuster new fashion exhibition. There’s the intricate gold embellished outfit and matching headdress by Peter Dundas that pregnant Beyonce wore to perform at the 2017 Grammys; the bright green Christopher John Rogers gown Lady Gaga donned – complete with a face mask – at the 2020 VMAs; and the intricate gold dress actor Billy Porter wore to the 2020 Oscars. These include singer Lizzo’s structural Thom Browne ensemble, model Iris Law’s Moschino gown and actor Blake Lively’s jaw-dropping Versace homage to New York architecture – worn when she was co-chair of the event in 2022. She said: “Those questions about diversity, gender, race, everything – we’ve embodied them, we’ve taken them on and we’ve taken that challenge – but we’ve tried to do it in a really sensitive way.” Swords points to Beyonce’s Grammys outfit, displayed in the King’s Presence Chamber, flanked by Yeoman Warders either side.

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New Vogue exhibition on runway shows reveals how this humble walkway changed fashion forever
1 month ago

New Vogue exhibition on runway shows reveals how this humble walkway changed fashion forever

CNN  

London CNN — Despite usually lasting less than 15 minutes, the modern runway show often demands months of preparation, hundreds of thousands of dollars and an army of highly skilled technicians, set builders and tailors. “ took the step of inviting people to his salon in Paris and showing them what he had to offer,” Dr. Kate Strasdin, fashion historian …

Elle Fanning puts on a leggy display as she changes into a silver sequinned gown with daring thigh-high slit to head to Met Gala afterparty
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elle Fanning puts on a leggy display as she changes into a silver sequinned gown with daring thigh-high slit to head to Met Gala afterparty

Daily Mail  

Elle Fanning stepped out in another dazzling outfit after she headed back to The Mark Hotel on Monday night to change for the Met Gala after parties being held across New York City. Elle Fanning stepped out in another dazzling outfit after she headed back to The Mark Hotel on Monday night to change for the Met Gala after parties …

Met Gala throwback: Princess Diana's ‘liberated’ £10,000 nightdress fashion statement that broke all traditions
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Met Gala throwback: Princess Diana's ‘liberated’ £10,000 nightdress fashion statement that broke all traditions

Hindustan Times  

As Hollywood stars prepare to ascend the Met Gala steps at tonight's Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, we're swinging back in time for a sweet throwback to when Princess Diana owned the glittery affair. Three decades ago, the newly divorced Diana expressed her “liberated” sense of freedom, making for a sensational statement at the “fashion's biggest night.” …

Highlights from the 2024 Met Gala exhibit: Sleeping Beauty would wake up for these gowns
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Highlights from the 2024 Met Gala exhibit: Sleeping Beauty would wake up for these gowns

Associated Press  

▶ Follow AP’s live coverage of the 2024 Met Gala here. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” the spring Costume Institute exhibit that debuts at Monday’s Met Gala, is not technically about THAT Sleeping Beauty. But the “cloud dress” by influential English designer Charles Frederick Worth is doomed, due to deterioration of the vertical threads — “there’s nothing we can do about …

Met Gala 2024: 5 most unique looks of all time at fashion's biggest night; details inside
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Met Gala 2024: 5 most unique looks of all time at fashion's biggest night; details inside

Hindustan Times  

Met Gala 2024: The fund-raising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is fondly referred to as fashion's biggest night. As we gear up to witness fashion's biggest night for this year, here is a lookback at the most unique looks presented by stars and celebrities over the years on the Met Gala red carpet. Madonna …

Fashion isn’t just for the eyes: Upcoming Met Gala exhibit aims to be a multi-sensory experience
8 months, 1 week ago

Fashion isn’t just for the eyes: Upcoming Met Gala exhibit aims to be a multi-sensory experience

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fashion, most would surely agree, is meant to be seen. Open to the public beginning May 10, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” features 250 items that are being revived from years of slumber in the institute’s vast archive, with some in such a delicate state of demise that they can’t be draped on a mannequin or shown upright. …

Met Gala 2024: From theme to dress code, here's all you need to know about the fashion's biggest night
10 months, 1 week ago

Met Gala 2024: From theme to dress code, here's all you need to know about the fashion's biggest night

Hindustan Times  

Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth and Zendaya will join Vogue’s Anna Wintour as co-chairs of this year's Met Gala, the magazine and the Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed Thursday. With the dress code 'The Garden of Time' set to dazzle imaginations, this year's Met Gala promises to be a breathtaking fusion of fashion and fantasy. The dress code ties …

Met Gala officially announces its 2024 theme: ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’
1 year, 1 month ago

Met Gala officially announces its 2024 theme: ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’

The Independent  

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Blake Lively jumped a rope at Kensington Palace to fix an exhibit displaying her Met Gala dress, because ‘Virgo season’ is upon us
1 year, 4 months ago

Blake Lively jumped a rope at Kensington Palace to fix an exhibit displaying her Met Gala dress, because ‘Virgo season’ is upon us

LA Times  

Blake Lively jumped a rope at Kensington Palace to adjust a gown on display there — a gown she happened to wear to the 2022 Met Gala. Blake Lively is an actor, director, mom and apparently a perfectionist disguised as a “clown.” The “Gossip Girl” alum on Tuesday shared an Instagram story revealing that she jumped a velvet rope at …

Met Gala 2023: Jared Leto as Choupette, Rihanna in Valentino, Doja Cat, and more
1 year, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2023: Jared Leto as Choupette, Rihanna in Valentino, Doja Cat, and more

The Hindu  

Rihanna shut down the Met Gala carpet Monday encased in white camellias on a jacket with a long train gown. Up top, she said, “is giving Karl, the house of Chanel and Karl at the same time.” It was a men's white collar shirt accent with a black men's tie. “The Met Gala dress code was ‘in honor of Karl’ …

Met Gala: Rihanna, Jared Leto as Choupette, Kim K. in pearls
1 year, 7 months ago

Met Gala: Rihanna, Jared Leto as Choupette, Kim K. in pearls

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Rihanna shut down the Met Gala carpet Monday encased in white camellias on a jacket with a long train gown. “The Met Gala dress code was ‘in honor of Karl’ and guests definitely understood the assignment,” said Alison Cohn, deputy fashion news editor for Harper’s Bazaar. Dua Lipa walked in a white Chanel ballgown from the fashion …

Met Gala 2023 Red Carpet: See All The Best And Most WTF Looks
1 year, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2023 Red Carpet: See All The Best And Most WTF Looks

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The biggest night in fashion is back — and its theme may cause claws to come out. Getty Images Lagerfeld, who began his 65-year career in 1954 at age 17, is widely known for his work at Chanel, but he was also the creative director at Fendi and his eponymous Karl Lagerfeld label. Bolton recently told “The …

Met Gala 2023: Best dressed stars hit red carpet
1 year, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2023: Best dressed stars hit red carpet

Daily Mail  

Fashion's biggest night delivered a stellar turn out of stars on Monday, May 1st - as the world's best dressed celebrities attended the 2023 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. For Karl: Fashion's biggest night delivered a stellar turn out of stars on Monday, May 1st - as the world's best dressed celebrities attended the 2023 …

Met Gala 2023: Honouring Karl Lagerfeld’s legacy
1 year, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2023: Honouring Karl Lagerfeld’s legacy

The Hindu  

It's the first Monday in May: Welcome to Met Gala mania. With a live stream available when the evening gets underway, the world’s most fashionable fundraiser takes on one of the world’s most prolific — and controversial — designers, the late Karl Lagerfeld, as the starry party’s theme. Lagerfeld loved the Met, but he always said: “’I’m not an artist, …

Get ready for the 2023 Met Gala: Here’s when, and how, to tune in live
1 year, 7 months ago

Get ready for the 2023 Met Gala: Here’s when, and how, to tune in live

LA Times  

The Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, marks the opening of the New York landmark’s annual fashion exhibition. Among the fashion icons and celebrities expected to attend the 2023 edition, inspired by late German designer and Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld, are Cardi B; Bad Bunny; Beyoncé; BTS members RM and Jimin; Gisele Bundchen; …

Ready to strut the red carpet? Here's your ultimate guide to the Met Gala 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Ready to strut the red carpet? Here's your ultimate guide to the Met Gala 2023

Hindustan Times  

The Met Gala, the annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, is back, and this year it celebrates the opening of the Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty exhibit. The gala will take place on May 1, 2023. and this year's theme is centered on the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who left his mark on …

Are We Ready For The Biggest Fashion Night Of The Year, Met Gala 2023? Deets Here
1 year, 11 months ago

Are We Ready For The Biggest Fashion Night Of The Year, Met Gala 2023? Deets Here

News 18  

After witnessing two Met Galas within the span of nine months, the wait for this year’s annual fundraising gala surely seemed endless. According to Vogue, this year’s dress code is “In honour of Karl” as a tribute to the great designer, who helmed major fashion houses including Chanel, Fendi, and Chloé. While revealing the news on Instagram, Vogue wrote, “This …

The Met Gala Will Honor Late Karl Lagerfeld in Its Upcoming Season
2 years, 2 months ago

The Met Gala Will Honor Late Karl Lagerfeld in Its Upcoming Season

News 18  

Fans of the Met Gala, we now have a new theme. The announcement that the late Karl Lagerfeld’s work will be the focus of next year’s Met Gala came from Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, who gathered a group of senior Paris Fashion Week insiders on Friday. TOP SHOWSHA VIDEO The star curator of the costume institute, Andrew Bolton, stated in …

Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively and more hit red carpet for Gilded Glamour theme
2 years, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively and more hit red carpet for Gilded Glamour theme

The Independent  

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Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian struggles to walk up the stairs as she sports a pair of sky-high heels
2 years, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2022: Kim Kardashian struggles to walk up the stairs as she sports a pair of sky-high heels

Daily Mail  

Kim Kardashian struggled to climb the stairs in a pair of towering heels as she made her grand entrance at the Met Gala in New York City on Monday. Breathtaking: The reality star, 41, who attended the gala with her boyfriend Pete Davidson was the talk of this year's event as she donned the iconic dress Marilyn Monroe wore to …

Met Gala 2022: Nicola Coughlan channels her Bridgerton character
2 years, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2022: Nicola Coughlan channels her Bridgerton character

Daily Mail  

Nicola Coughlan channeled her Bridgerton character in a corset-style dress as she attended the star-studded Met Gala 2022 in New York on Monday night. Style: The Irish actress, 35, wowed in a pink and black puffy gown that mirrored the regency style from the hit Netflix show in which she stars as Penelope Change: She also sported longer blonde locks …

Blake Lively's Gown Dramatically Transforms on Met Gala Red Carpet; Ryan Reynolds, Fans Are Stunned
2 years, 7 months ago

Blake Lively's Gown Dramatically Transforms on Met Gala Red Carpet; Ryan Reynolds, Fans Are Stunned

News 18  

Blake Lively showed up to the Met Gala 2022 in a shimmering Versace gown that dramatically transformed as she walked the red carpet along with her husband Ryan Reynolds at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. ryan reynolds’s reaction to blake lively’s dress reveal omg pic.twitter.com/efnFzIb02y— ًLiat ✡︎ May 2, 2022 if anyone is going to do the met …

Met Gala 2022 Kim Kardashian dyes hair platinum blonde making a grand entrance
2 years, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2022 Kim Kardashian dyes hair platinum blonde making a grand entrance

Daily Mail  

Kim Kardashian made a grand entrance to the Met Gala in classic movie star-style on Monday, wearing an iconic dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she arrived with boyfriend Pete Davidson in tow. Iconic: Kim Kardashian transformed into Marilyn Monroe for the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday; as she arrived in …

Blake Lively transforms at the Met Gala in architecture-inspired Versace gown
2 years, 7 months ago

Blake Lively transforms at the Met Gala in architecture-inspired Versace gown

CNN  

CNN — Blake Lively paid tribute to New York City architecture in a shimmering gown that dramatically transformed as she walked the Met Gala red carpet on Monday night. Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds are co-hosts of the event, and while Reynolds wore a more classic tuxedo by Ralph Lauren for the theme “Gilded Glamour and White Tie,” Lively stunned …

Conservators ‘speechless’ that Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to Met Gala
2 years, 7 months ago

Conservators ‘speechless’ that Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s dress to Met Gala

LA Times  

Kim Kardashian attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” exhibition on Monday. Kardashian, a pop culture phenom in her own right, became the only other person to slip into the historic garment for Monday’s Met Gala, a “gilded glamour”-themed affair at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of …

Met Gala 2022: Best fashion from the red carpet
2 years, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2022: Best fashion from the red carpet

CNN  

CNN — The Met Gala is fashion’s big night out – and celebrities are known for saving their most striking outfits for its often-theatrical red carpet. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz both opted for Maison Valentino creations, with Peltz wearing a neon pink gown with a plunging neckline in contrast to Beckham's ivory …

Met gala exhibit examines American fashion, frame by frame
2 years, 7 months ago

Met gala exhibit examines American fashion, frame by frame

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Even for a legendary film director like Martin Scorsese, the assignment was a daunting one. Eight other directors, including Regina King and Chloé Zhao, are also putting their stamp on the period rooms, for “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” the Met’s spring Costume Institute exhibit that’s being launched with Monday’s Met Gala, and officially opening May …

When does the Met Gala start? What is the theme this year? Will Rihanna be there? Your questions answered
2 years, 7 months ago

When does the Met Gala start? What is the theme this year? Will Rihanna be there? Your questions answered

ABC  

Celebrities are rocking up on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the 2022 Met Gala — and they'll probably be wearing something fabulous and outrageously impractical. Katy Perry and Megan Thee Stallion have told New York celebrity news site Page Six, they'll be going, but despite being well known for her iconic red carpet …

Met Gala 2022: Unforgettable Met Gala red carpet looks from fashion's biggest night
2 years, 7 months ago

Met Gala 2022: Unforgettable Met Gala red carpet looks from fashion's biggest night

Hindustan Times  

Met Gala 2022: Met Gala is all set to make a comeback with its traditional first Monday of May slot, and fashion enthusiasts everywhere are excited. As we prepare for the fashion's biggest night, here's a look at some of the most iconic Met Gala red carpet looks, through the years, that will forever remain unforgettable. Met Gala 2022: Unforgettable …

Action! Met Gala exhibit will highlight 8 top film directors
2 years, 10 months ago

Action! Met Gala exhibit will highlight 8 top film directors

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Hollywood will have a strong presence at this year’s Met Gala — and not only on the red carpet. A group of top film directors including Sofia Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Regina King and last year’s Oscar winner Chloé Zhao will be a key part of the Costume Institute exhibit launching the gala in May. The first part …

The Met Gala 2021 theme
3 years, 3 months ago

The Met Gala 2021 theme

The Independent  

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Met Gala 2021: Date, time, theme, hosts, all you need to know about fashion's biggest night out
3 years, 3 months ago

Met Gala 2021: Date, time, theme, hosts, all you need to know about fashion's biggest night out

Hindustan Times  

The Met Gala, a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is rightfully known as fashion's biggest night out. Met Gala 2021: Date, time, theme, hosts, all you need to know about fashion's biggest night out Theme: The theme of this year's exhibition is In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, and it honours the 75th …

The 2021 Met Gala is all about star power and American fashion
3 years, 7 months ago

The 2021 Met Gala is all about star power and American fashion

Live Mint  

The star power is back. When the Met Gala returns in September, it will feature a heavy-hitting contingent of celebrity co-chairs: Actor Timothée Chalamet, musician Billie Eilish, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis star Naomi Osaka. “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion”, opening 18 Septemeber, will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the museum’s Costume Institute and “explore a modern vocabulary of …

Met Gala goes even MORE woke and 'will explore themes of American politics and identity'
3 years, 8 months ago

Met Gala goes even MORE woke and 'will explore themes of American politics and identity'

Daily Mail  

The Met Gala is coming back. Andrew Bolton, the head curator in charge of the museum's Costume Institute, told The New York Times that this year's event will highlight the diversity among American fashion designers. The next gala will be split into two parts and will explore themes including American identity and politics Amanda Gorman, the 23-year-old poet who performed …

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