Hey y’alll, how are you doing? Did you watch some of the Met Gala looks featured on the carpet last night? The gala’s co-chairs—Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Anna Wintour—were joined by a host committee that included Zoë Kravitz, Doja Cat, and Sabrina Carpenter. Jeff Bezos and his wife sponsored the event as well to much controversy. Either way, according to the museum CEO Max Hollein, the Met Gala broke its fundraising ceiling with a whopping $42 million. ‘Fashion is Art’ has been a trend for some time now and, as a visual artist, I just loved some of the looks.
Eileen Gu wore a bubble dress by Iris Van Herpen that took 2550 hours to make. The dress actually also blew real bubbles as a nod to the ever-evolving fashion technology scene. Sabrina Carpenter wore a Dior slit tulle dress accented by rhinestone film strips inspired by the 1954 film Sabrina. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter wore a skeleton dress by Olivier Rousteing, the former head of Balmain. I’ll just say this- women’s bodies should never be considered some kind of plaything. Women of African descent are often still seen as the “Jezebel,” even in the face of domestic violence offenders and rapists.
Anyway, check out some other notable looks from Demi Lovato, Emma Chamberlain, a beautiful AI image proposed for Lady Gaga and another from Toyin Lawani below. Toast to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute!
Sincerely,
“Fashionably-Late”
Malinda Frances Knowles
So I just had to take another look at all of the beautiful fashion on display at Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day ceremony. Michelle Obama looks absolutely amazing in Sergio Hudson, a Black designer from South Carolina. Dr. Jill Biden wore an ocean-blue wool tweed coat over a dress by American designer Alexandra O’Neill of the Markarian label. And, Vice President Kamala Harris wore a purple outfit by a young black designer Christopher John Rogers.
Jennifer Lopez sang in a Chanel number and Lady Gaga stunned in a gorgeous Schiaparelli design. Lastly, a young poet laureate Amanda Gorman wore a yellow Prada coat. It was a moment that will go down in history. Congratulations to Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden!
