May 5, 2022

After the Met Gala, the Beauty World Has Its Own Celebration

Long a well-kept industry secret, the dinner is now the ultimate beauty insider event. On the evening of the Met Gala, at a corner table at […]
May 3, 2022

Inside the Met Gala After-Parties

Cardi B, Instagram and LaQuan Smith hosted competing parties. Marc Jacobs was by the bar vaping something cinnamon flavored. Justin Theroux was in the corner wearing […]
May 3, 2022

Met Gala 2022: Best and Worst Looks

The Met Gala 2022 celebrated themes of opulence, excess and fame. When “Gilded Glamour,” the dress code of the 2022 Met Gala, was announced, it seemed […]
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 […]