The 'delicious irony' of the Met Gala's Garden of Time theme
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The 'delicious irony' of the Met Gala's Garden of Time theme

BBC  

The 'delicious irony' of the Met Gala's Garden of Time theme Getty Images In JG Ballard's dystopian story The Garden of Time – which has inspired this year's dress code – the super-rich hide themselves in Arcadian splendour while the "great unwashed" riot. Nick Knight/ Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met Gala's theme has been chosen to complement the exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion It's an odd pairing. Fourth Estate J G Ballard's dystopian short story The Garden of Time is the inspiration for the Met Gala's dress code this year To briefly spoil the ending, when the mob finally reaches the edge of the gardens, they find only crumbling relics: the lawns overrun with weeds, the house full of rotting doors and caved-in floors. Alamy The stylish 1927 sci-fi film Metropolis is a favourite in the fashion world – like Ballard's tale, it is about inequality Any discussion of wealth and exclusivity in the context of the Met Gala is a little plus ça change.

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