


There were also “freeze frames” of film vignettes in each room, highlighting the aesthetics of eight different film directors: Janicza Bravo, Sofia Coppola, Julie Dash, Tom Ford, Regina King, Martin Scorsese, Autumn de Wilde and Chloé Zhao. The exhibit included 100 garments by independent designers and dressmakers from the 1800s to the mid-late 1900s in the Museum’s American Wing period rooms. The event marked a return on the first Monday in May after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. To coincide with the second portion, the Costume Institute held the Met Gala on May 2, 2022. The looks featured date back from 1805 to the present, and surveyed more than two hundred years of American domestic life while telling a variety of stories including of those often forgotten in the history of fashion. This section of the exhibition highlighted sartorial narratives that relate to the complex and layered histories of the American Wing period rooms. The 2022 Met Gala’s theme, meanwhile, saw the second portion of a two-part exhibition exploring fashion in the United States. Irina Shayk, Lourdes Leon and Jeremy Scott attend the 2021 Met Gala for “In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sept. Highlights included Kim Kardashian - wearing head-to-toe Balenciaga, a look which made waves for covering her entire face and body - as well as Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Kehlani and more. With a focus on the “modern vocabulary of American fashion,” it honored the Costume Institute’s 75th anniversary with a smaller version of the Met Gala, which was held on Sept. The first segment, titled “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” opened on September 18. In 2021 the exhibition was divided into two parts. Honorary chairs for the evening were Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri and Anna Wintour. The same year, Billie Eilish co-chaired the event, along with actor Timothée Chalamet, poet Amanda Gorman and tennis star Naomi Osaka. Grimes attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on Septemin New York City. Last year, Grimes put the face mask and elf ears she wore to the 2021 event up for auction to help raise money for to help out those fleeing the war in Ukraine. She also accessorized with purple platform boots, custom Chrishabana metal face mask and Sofia Pavlova elf ears. The outfit was complete with a medieval-style sword borrowed from The Met that was made out of melted-down AR-15 assault rifle. This time around, she wore a “Dune”-inspired look from Iris Van Herpen. Grimes attended the Met Gala solo in 2021. Musk later shared on Twitter that Grimes’ viral jewelry from the evening - a silver choker with several triangular accents, seemingly shaped like the Tesla logo - was simply “a bunch of spikes.” “We learned a lot about fashion design, this being both of our first fashion design experiences.” Grimes and Elon Musk attend the 2018 Met Gala in New York City on May 7, 2018. “It really, really hurts if you have a corset that is made out of hard glass,” she shared in the clip. In fact, the breastplate was revealed to be a corset crafted entirely from glass, which the musician shared in a Vanity Fair YouTube video that year. Completing her ensemble was a nearly invisible crown made from Vantablack - a coating that’s also the darkest black hue created to-date - as well as a sparkly ombre breastplate. The new Twitter owner took a slick approach to Grimes’ viral outfit, which featured sheer gloves, a miniskirt with a flowing train and miniature shoulder bag.

Johnny Wujek Talks Armitron Watches, Katy Perry’s First Met Gala and the Power of Colorful Shoes Grimes and Elon Musk attend the 2018 Met Gala in New York City on May 7, 2018.
