The first Monday in May has just arrived together with one mission, and one mission only: to please Miss Anna Wintour’s wishes. Celebrated as the woman who has shaped fashion, media, and pop culture for the last three decades, the commands and wishes of Vogue’s editor in chief are challenging, not to say miracle-making. Supermodels, technology, and the Catholic Church are just some of the many themes that inspire Wintour’s challenge to designers, who are tasked to create the most amazing and daring attires. This year’s inspiration, however, has got to be the toughest in the entire history of the Met Gala: “Camp: Notes on Fashion”, an essay by Susan Sontag.
Susan Sontag’s essay talks about one of the late sixties style which embraced audacious and disruptive looks that didn’t actually intend to do so. Old movies from the twenties with girls covered in feathers, the postwar luxurious looks of dancers with lots of sequins, the drag scene of the New York balls in the late and mid-seventies are just some of the references we can see at this year’s Met Gala. Camp is a way of seeing the world, of being subversively authentic without trying to do so. That’s why this year’s Met Gala has been more campy than camp, because, by imitation and intentional extravagance, some of these designers and celebrities went right against its essence by being naturally artificial. Kudos to Billy Porter, though, the one and only celebrity who was genuinely Camp.
Lady Gaga
Celine Dion
Harry Styles and Alessandro Michele
Anna Wintour
Serena Williams
Ashley Graham
Billy Porter
Laverne Cox
Hamish Bowles
Regina Hall
Rachel Brosnahan
Ryan Murphy
Awkwafina
Kris Jenner
Saoirse Ronan
Charli XCX
Jared Letto
Darren Criss
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
Thalia
Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart
Constance Wu
Katy Perry
James Charles
Elle Fanning
Emily Blunt
Lucy Boynton
Halsey
Gigi Hadid
Priyanka and Nick Jonas
Janelle Monae
Emma Roberts
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Dua Lipa
Kylie and Kendall Jenner
Gwen Stefani
Emma Stone
Dakota Johnson
Cardi B
Ezra Miller
Cara Delevigne
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas
Jeniffer Lopez and A Rod
Zendaya
Maluma
RuPaul
Lupita Nyongo
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