We already know all the details about the MET Gala 2022, and today we will tell you about the dress code. The theme is the second part of ‘Fashion in the United States’. Just eight months ago, in September, was the first part of the 2021 gala, with the theme ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’. After a red carpet full of unforgettable looks like that of Billie Eilish or Jennifer López, this 2022 we are eager to see what the guests surprise us with.
This year, for this second part under the name of ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’, the theme will be Gilded Glamour, that is, the glamor of the Gilded Age of the United States, focusing on the iconic city of New York. Returning to the tradition of the first Monday in May, this year’s MET Gala will be held this Monday, May 2 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and will feature hosts such as Regina King, Blake Lively or Ryan Reynolds.
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The so-called ‘Gilded Age’ or Golden Age of the United Statesrefers to the last decades of the 19th century and early 20th century, where an unprecedented economic, industrial and demographic expansion took place. Back then, fashion was synonymous with excess.
Its characteristic were the industrial advances, making garments with different fabrics and materials, and much faster, became possible, and the upper class took advantage of it. We could no longer only see extravagant dresses and accessories used at parties or dances, but fashion was extrapolated to different areas and occasions, to sports.
This year, we will also be able to enjoy an exhibition of vignettes made by eight film directors and which will be set in stories from the theaters of the MET of the timethus investigating the evolution of the language of fashion and those who were part of it, but whose names we never got to know, such as tailors, dressmakers or designers.
The names that we do not know are also those of the protagonists of the red carpet this year, as the designers have preferred to keep it a mystery. But, regardless of this, what we do hope is that they will make a beautiful and iconic tribute to the central theme of this gala, American fashion.
It was customary since 1995 that the fashionista event par excellence was held on the first Monday of May in the Metropolitan Museum of New York (MET). This year, given the circumstances that have surrounded it, the gala has had to be postponed until mid-September.
This edition’s theme pays homage to the Costume Institute’s most recent exhibition, ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,’ which opens to the public at the Anna Wintour Costume Center on September 18.
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