{"id":19974,"date":"2024-08-14T11:18:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T16:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=19974"},"modified":"2024-08-14T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T16:18:16","slug":"met-gala-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2024\/08\/14\/met-gala-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Hello! I\u2019m Jude, I\u2019m a Junior Literary at MSA and I love<\/em> fashion. I don\u2019t think you understand, I am obsessed. And with fashion, there are always runways. One of the most famous runways? The MET Gala. Regarded as one of the most prestigious and opulent fashion runways in the world, anyone who is anyone is invited. It is technically an annual fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute in Manhattan. Used as an event to mark the opening of the Costume Institute\u2019s annual exhibit, The Met Gala has a different dress code every year, as well as a different themed exhibit. Now, the exhibit theme and gala dress code are two very different things. The dress code describes to the guest what their outfits should be inspired by, while the exhibit theme pertains to the outfits being shown in the Costume Institute. This year, the gala theme was The Garden of Time,<\/em> which is a short story by J.G. Ballard. In this story a count, vilified by an angry mob, cuts a glass rose from his garden, which gives him the ability to slow down time, but only for a short duration. The count continues to cut these glass roses from his garden, pushing the mob back slightly, until there are no more roses left. That being said, enough background info, I\u2019m going to walk you through my favorite and least favorite outfits of the 2024 Met Gala show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorites<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

1. Janelle Monae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One word. Stunning. Janelle Monae has always been a favorite of mine, but this blew everything else out of the water. Wearing Vera Wang, with REZA jewelry, she elegantly traverses the red carpet. The discs hanging from her dress were made from recycled plastic, with a 3D flower, sprouting from her shoulder, reminiscent of the glass flowers from the story that inspired the dress code. It was tasteful, beautiful, and on theme. Tens across the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Tyla<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tyla and Balmain took the theme of time much more literally. In a sculpted dress made of sand, yes, sand, she makes a nod to the sands of time. Of course, the hourglass clutch makes that even clearer. Who knew that you could make a dress from sand and crystals? Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, that\u2019s who.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Cynthia Erivo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cynthia Erivo in Thom Browne. Beautiful style, beautiful voice, beautiful all around, and keeping with the theme. Along with her dress, Erivo affixed an embroidered dragonfly to the base of her skull. Love the design choices, along with the mini insects on her tuxedo (as much as I dislike bugs anywhere but in nature). This was an amazing choice for the dress code, though I wish I had seen more of the aspect of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Least Favorites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Nicole Kidman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Girl, what is this? It\u2019s weirdly shaped, boring in color, and doesn\u2019t have any visible correlation to the dress code! Balenciaga did it again everybody! Ugly clothes that no person with any sense in their head would wear. Now NK\u2019s 2023 MET dress was beautiful, but she flopped on this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Kim Kardashian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waist cinched to oblivion, organs nowhere to be found, aluminum leaves chained together and to a fake silver corset. And the cherry on top of this pile of dog doo? The cheap, and pilling, mind you, H&M sweater. Go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Doja Cat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t put the picture up here but she\u2019s basically naked. Done in poor taste. Try again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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