By Monday morning, the reply to one of many greatest questions looming over the Met Gala on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York had emerged.
Would members of the union representing staff of Vogue and different Condé Nast publications proceed with threatened disruptions to the gala orchestrated by Vogue editor Anna Wintour? No: A tentative contract settlement between Condé Nast and union leaders was reached hours earlier than the occasion.
However different questions — What celebrities would present up? How would friends interpret the “Backyard of Time” gown code? — have been solely answered as attendees began stepping out of Sprinter vans to make their manner into the gala, identified formally because the Costume Institute Profit.
As stars like Emily Ratajkowski, Pamela Anderson and Dan Levy hit the carpet, some sartorial themes turned clear. Amongst them: Floral prints and gildings, elaborate headpieces and skin-revealing outfits that skewed extra Backyard of Eden.
At an occasion the place style is the main target, it may be more durable to face out on a purple carpet (or a greenish one, as was the case at this 12 months’s Met Gala). However these 20 ensembles — for causes good and not-so-good — can be exhausting to neglect.
Anthony Rotunno and Callie Holtermann contributed reporting.
