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whereiseefashion · 4 months

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WISF x MET Gala ✨

It's been a while since my last MET Gala post, hope you like it as much as the other ones! All credits below.

Zendaya wearing a McQueen SS 2007 hat by Philip Treacy and vintage Galliano for Givenchy SS 1996 gown | Roses by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1884

Tyla wearing a custom Balmain gown covered in sand by Olivier Rousteing | Rock formation sculpted by the wind in the White Desert in Al Farafrah, Egypt

Mindy Kaling wearing a custom Gaurav Gupta gown | Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum Commune)

Lana Del Rey wearing a custom Alexander McQueen gown by Seán McGirr | The Tree of Crows (detail) by Caspar David Friedrich, 1822

Elle Fanning wearing a custom Balmain resin gown by Olivier Rousteing | The Marble Chapel (Capilla de Mármol), on General Carrera Lake in Aysén, Chile

Ariana Grande wearing a custom Maison Margiela Artisanal look by John Galliano | The Edge of the Forest by Anne Sudworth

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whenhatemeetslove · 3 months

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miguel adrover 2012

#miguel adrover #maison margiela #miu miu #sarah burton #demna #alexander mcqueen #undercover #junya watanabe #comme des garçons #hedi slimane

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versacherries · 5 months

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"the garden of time", met gala theme explained

Inspired by a short story written by J.G. Ballard in 1962, a story set in the XIX century about a count and countess who live in a large beautiful villa full of flowers, where everyday they can see an army or 'mob' approaching their villa from the safety of their balcony. Each evening as the army grows closer, the count plucks a flower from their garden made of crystals, which in turn, pushes the mob back. We discover that the crystal flowers reverse space and time. But they only have a few left in the garden. The outcome of the story becomes inevitable, hence why the story is often seen as a metaphor for evolution and the endless cycle of creation and destruction. One night they run out of flowers, and they're faced with the mob entering their villa. As the villa is being ambushed, we find out there's two stone figures resembling the count and countess, hidden by a large bush full of thorns and roses, that go untouched by water, fire, air, and people around, and seemingly remain there through space and time.

Also known as "sleeping beauties; reawakening fashion", 2024's met gala theme is not to be confused with disney princesses, or a garden tea party (thought I could see the majority of attendees being literal about it).

2024's met gala theme is about garments that have been used and preserved over time. Just like in the story, fashion historians have tried to fight back time, people, and natural elements to preserve the fabric of such pieces. I can see thierry mugler's 1982 and saint laurent's ss1999 collection being present.

We can expect to see iconic gowns from fashion history that are too fragile to be worn again. "Sleeping Beauties", garments that have remained untouched since they were last worn. Lots of vintage pieces, archive pulls, and sustainability all around.

moschino ss18

While I expect to see pieces related to the natural elements, we can't ignore the darker side of the book. I can see some guests taking a darker route and alluring to the inevitable doom that is time. They could reference hollywood's obsession with beauty and how time takes it away from you. Or they could go as far as referencing the current state of the world and how human destruction is inevitable. I could see a lot of the newer Maison Margiela collections, or archive pulls from Alexander Mcqueen, as he tends to relate nature with more obscure themes.