Perhaps the apparent dialling down of the political statement at the Met Gala this year is a result of its opulent theme - one which, in a time of stark inequality, has been judged to be out of touch, and Marie Antoinette-ish in its glamour-above-all approach. A key part of the #MeToo reckoning, it was - as actor Eva Longoria said at the time - a way to say, 'Tonight is not a moment, it's a movement.' Meanwhile, in 2018 at the Golden Globes, actors wore black dresses in support of the Times Up campaign against sexual assault in Hollywood, and beyond. At the SAG Awards 2022 in February, actors including Tyler Perry and Michael Douglas wore blue and yellow ribbons to support Ukraine, and Greta Lee wore a blue skirt and yellow polo neck. The Met Gala, like its red carpet counterparts, has become a crucial platform in the entertainment calendar whereby guests can make a stand on important international issues.
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Last year, we saw Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton make his own political gesture, buying a table at the event - something that would cost between £160,000 ($200,000) and £240,000 ($300,000) - for young Black talent. In 2018, actor Lena Waithe wore a rainbow flag cape to represent LGBTQ+ communities, and, the following year, a tuxedo with the slogan ‘Black Drag Queens Invented Camp’ (her escort, designer Kerby Jean-Raymond, wore a matching tux with the anti-gentrification message, ‘Buy Back The Block’). US football star Megan Rapinoe, meanwhile, carried a sign that read ‘In Gay We Trust’, while congresswoman Carolyn Maloney wore a dress emblazoned with the slogan ‘Votes for women’. Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy wore a Loewe suit with two men kissing embroidered on the front. Political statements also came from Cara Delevingne, who wore a corset with ‘Peg The Patriarchy’ written across the front. In 2021, US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a Brothers Veliers fishtail gown to the Gala with the message ‘Tax The Rich’ daubed, graffiti-style, across the back. The Met Ball guests haven't always been so light on bold political gestures, of course. In the face of these issues, however, the Gala's attendees silence appeared - at face value at least - deafening. And let's not forget the long-running reckoning around racial violence and inequity, the climate crisis and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. There’s also the current fight for LGBTQ+ rights, with the so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida which forbids teachers to speak about gender identity or sexual orientation to children under nine. The news is widely seen as the latest assault on women’s reproductive tights in the US. Images of the Met Gala’s red carpet last night shared a timeline with the news about a leaked draft of a document revealing that the Roe Vs Wade ruling - the one that protects women’s right to an abortion in the US up to 24 weeks gestation - could be overturned by the Supreme Court.
It's a striking choice considering that, at the current time, the world is not in short supply of issues. But, by and large, celebrities who attended the star-studded event opted for pretty over bold, frills over statements. An exception was New York mayor Eric Adams, who wore a jacket with the words ‘End Gun Violence’ embroidered on the back. In short supply? Any explicit reference to the state of the world. See Lizzo playing the flute and Kim Kardashian in the sheer £3.6m ($4.8m) dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade JFK in 1962.
There were OTT looks (Gigi Hadid’s Matrix-worthy puffer coat, Cara Delevingne in gold body paint, Jared Leto and Alessandro Michele’s twinning) and moments.
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With its theme of 'Gilded Glamour and White Tie' - a reference to 19th century Gilded Age, and a nod to the popular TV show of the same name - there were enough corsets to satisfy the most dedicated Bridgerton fan. In many ways, the 2022 Met Gala did not disappoint.