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The 2026 Met Gala had everything it needed to be extraordinary. An exhibition that placed the dressed body at the centre of art history, and a dress code — “Fashion is Art” — that invited interpretation as broad and ambitious as the guests cared to be. What followed, for the most part, was incredibly bland Read more

The Gilded Age was a time when personal fortunes were expressed through the language of power: fashion. In 2022, the Met Gala invited its guests to revisit this opulent era under the dress code Gilded Glamour, conjuring visions of silk bustles, boned bodices, and social theatre. But beneath the shimmer lies a complex history shaped Read more