"American Independence"
: this is the theme on the invitation to the next Met gala, the party that the Costume Institute celebrates every year and which has been postponed twice due to the coronavirus. This time, instead of the first Monday in May, the party that for New York represents the equivalent of the red carpet of the Oscars will be held on 13 September, five days after the inauguration of the first of two "In America" exhibitions inspired by star fashion. and strips. Godfathers and godmothers of the evening with which the Costume Institute will celebrate its 75th anniversary were announced by the director of the museum Max Hollein: Timothee Chalamet, Billie Eilish (this month the cover girl of "Vogue"), the poet of the settlement of Joe Biden, Amanda Gorman, and Naomi Osaka will join Tom Ford, Anna Wintour and Adam Mosseri at the Fifth Avenue entrancethe head of Instagram, the latter in the role of the sponsor of the evening and of the exhibitions. "Today is the first Monday in May, and we should have rolled out the red carpet," said Hollein, revealing some details of the two "In America" and related celebrations. The first gala will be for a few close friends and will take place "in line with anti-Covid security directives", the director specified. The first exhibition, in the halls of the Constume Institute, is organized to resemble a house with rooms that - explained the curator Andrew Bolton - will reflect "a new vocabulary more in line with the times we are living in and the themes of social justice and inclusion".Today is the first Monday in May, and we should have rolled out the red carpet, "said Hollein, revealing some details of the two" In America "and related celebrations. The first gala will be for a few close friends and will take place" in line with the anti-Covid security directives ", the director specified. The first exhibition, in the halls of the Constume Institute, is organized to resemble a house with rooms that - explained curator Andrew Bolton - will reflect" a new vocabulary more in line with the times we are living in and the issues of social justice and inclusion ".Today is the first Monday in May, and we should have rolled out the red carpet, "said Hollein, revealing some details of the two" In America "and related celebrations. The first gala will be for a few close friends and will take place" in line with the anti-Covid security directives ", the director specified. The first exhibition, in the halls of the Constume Institute, is organized to resemble a house with rooms that - explained curator Andrew Bolton - will reflect" a new vocabulary more in line with the times we are living in and the issues of social justice and inclusion ".in line with the anti-Covid security directives ", the director specified. The first exhibition, in the halls of the Constume Institute, is organized to resemble a house with rooms that - explained curator Andrew Bolton - will reflect" a new vocabulary more in line with the times we are living in and the issues of social justice and inclusion ".in line with the anti-Covid security directives ", the director specified. The first exhibition, in the halls of the Constume Institute, is organized to resemble a house with rooms that - explained curator Andrew Bolton - will reflect" a new vocabulary more in line with the times we are living in and the issues of social justice and inclusion ".
Bolton observed that fashion, described so far in terms of simplicity, practicality and functionality while the more emotional aspects seemed to be monopolized by Europeans, is going through a new renaissance: "The first exhibition will re-establish a lexicon based on the
emotional qualities of the garments"
of emerging young designers such as Christopher John Rogers, who dressed Kamala Harris at the settlement and is about to release a collaboration with Target or Conner Ives department stores that will revisit the "prom" dress with a white organza garment donated by Wes Gordon on which thousands of recycled plastic sequins are applied. The second exhibition opens on May 5 and thematically precedes the first. Set up as "cartoons on a film set" in the period halls of the American Wing, it will present little-known stories rediscovered among the 30,000 items in the museum's collection. Like that of Anne Lowe, the black designer admired by Christian Dior who
designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress
in 1953
: just as admired and photographed as the one created six years earlier by Norman Hartnell for Queen Elizabeth.