The Met Gala serves two purposes: one, it raises funds for the Costume Institute. Two, celebrities and socialites get the chance to dress up in the most dramatic gala-wear according to each year's theme. The Met Gala 2019's theme was "Camp" - an abstract concept that several celebs failed to actualize. While there were looks…
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THE MET GALA KICKS OFF “CAMP: NOTES ON FASHION” AT THE MET MUSEUM
"Camp: Notes on Fashion" On view: May 9 - September 8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC On the first Monday of May, every year, the elite are summoned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC by Vogue's Editor in Chief Anna Wintour for the biggest fashion benefit of the year: The Costume Institute…
THE MET GALA ANNOUNCES ITS THEME FOR 2019: “CAMP”
Camp: Notes on Fashion The Met Fifth Avenue MAY 9–SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 “To start very generally: Camp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon. That way, the way of Camp, is not in terms of beauty, but in terms of the degree of artifice,…