May 3, 2022

J Balvin Is Trying Something New

The story behind the red-carpet look. One night last fall, J Balvin, the reggaeton rapper, shared a photo of the back of his bare neck. Deep […]
May 3, 2022

Megan Thee Stallion Is a Gilded ‘Hot Girl’

“I love gold,” Megan Thee Stallion said on Saturday night, sitting in a makeup chair somewhere in Memphis, getting ready for a festival performance — a […]
April 28, 2022

Met Gala 2022 Guide: Theme, How to Stream and More

What is the dress code? Who gets to go? How much does it cost? First things first: What is the Met Gala? Officially, it’s the Metropolitan […]
January 24, 2022

Thierry Mugler, Genre-Busting French Fashion Designer, Dies at 73

The dominatrix-loving couturier turned sex into a style weapon. Thierry Mugler, the outrageous, genre-busting French designer who dominated European runways in the late 1980s and early […]
October 28, 2020

In the Met Costume Institute’s New Show, Memory Maps Fashion’s Future

Can you cast your mind back for a moment to spring 2019? The stock market was still on its overall climb. “The Avengers: Endgame” was breaking […]
April 29, 2020

Their Met Gala, Their Way. You’re Invited.

This is the time of year when, in the normal course of 21st-century events, an army of stylists, makeup artists, florists, designers and celebrities would be […]
April 30, 2017

On the Runway: Everything to Know About the Met Gala

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY Officially, it’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a black-tie extravaganza held the first Monday in May to raise […]
April 30, 2016

Elon Musk’s Model Mother, Maye, Prepares for Met Gala Debut

By LAURA M. HOLSON April 30, 2016 The DVF Awards hosted by Diane von Furstenberg three weeks ago was filled with Botox blondes, crowding the bar in black cocktail […]