Tonight Teyana Taylor’s 2018 song “Rose in Harlem” is taking on new meaning at the 2025 Met Gala, which has the theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Styl…
The location: The former Palais de Justice in Dakar. Luke Leitch reported that this was Chanel’s first show in Africa—“and simultaneously the first sh…
The theme: “What we learned from Karl and Virginie,” Chanel’s President Bruno Pavlovsky observed, “is the importance of the Chanel silhouette, the cla…
In 2021, when the gala took place in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the red carpet arrivals were livestreamed by Vogue for the first time, sa…
By 2001, the Met Gala had assumed its official date, the First Monday in May. Martin’s final exhibition, “Rock Style” in 1999, was followed by a handf…
Caroline Goldthorpe, a curatorial assistant at the Institute, curated 1988’s (“From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877”), and by 1989, Richar…
Her 1973 exhibition, “The World of Balenciaga,” garnered much attention. Opening a year after the master couturier’s death, the show was an ode to his…
The first Party of the Year was arranged as a midnight supper in the fall—not on the first Monday in May—and was not hosted at the Met. Over the next …
One can’t discuss the history of the Met Gala—an event attended by a mesmerizing constellation of stars, dressed in Fashion with a capital F, to raise…
Fashion enthusiasts should not miss Montserrat Messeguer’s boutique, where contemporary designs meet traditional Mexican aesthetics. The store showcas…