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It’s Been a Wild, Weird Met Ball

The Hollywood Reporter·Merle Ginsberg·about 1 month ago
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This Met Ball was wild before it even began: Protestors planted posters to boycott sponsor Jeff Bezos; fake urine samples were scattered across New York to object to his instructing Amazon drivers to pee in bottles; and Anna Wintour’s dictums on what to wear extended to even Vogue editor Chloe Malle. The Devil Wears Prada 2 ‘s big weekend opening coincided with the Gala… but Meryl Streep sat it out, purportedly to protest against Bezos. And did anyone understand Met Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton’s exhibition theme, “Costume Art: the Intersection of Fashion History and the Body as Canvas”? These concepts have become so obtuse, the theme dressing has either gone out the window — or become so extreme, it is costume. But as Hollywood well knows, wild makes for good watching, and a goodly amount of social hits. Who can resist the urge to look at celebs competing for attention with increasingly far-out creations, the inevitable result of unlimited cash and insider fashion access?…

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