After a yearlong delay due to COVID-19, this year’s Met Gala kicked off Monday with a theme celebrating American fashion and a bevy of surprise superstars.
Typically taking place on the first Monday in May, the 73rd annual exhibition was split into two parts for 2021 after its cancellation in 2020 due to the pandemic. Its theme, “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” is simply Part 1 of a larger, two-part “In America” show.
And unlike past shows, this first part will last a full year, coinciding for several months with Part 2, “An Anthology of Fashion,” which will open in early May —
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