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The Met Gala

Aah, "The Superbowl of Fashion"... Did you know that it's only been that since, like, 2015? Through the early 2010's most people just showed up in generic formalwear, with at most a slight nod to the theme. So for the early years you really gotta grade on a curve!

Anyway, everyone already knows what the good looks are: Rihanna in Guo Pei, Zendaya as Joan of Arc, Billy Porter being carried on a palanquin, etc. etc. So for my picks, I'm going with looks that I consider under-appreciated. Let's go!


» 2010: American Woman Fashioning a National Identity

» 2011: Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty

» 2012: Schiaparelli and Prada

» 2013: Punk Couture to Chaos

» 2014: Charles James Beyond Fashion

» 2015: China Through the Looking Glass

» 2016: Manus x Machina

» 2017: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons

» 2018: Heavenly Bodies

» 2019: Camp Notes on Fashion

» 2021: In America A Lexicon of Fashion

» 2022: Gilded Glamour

» 2023: Karl Lagerfeld A Line of Beauty

» 2024: The Garden of Time

» 2025: Superfine Tailoring Black Style