2019 Met Gala

May 09, 2019

2019 Met Gala

On May 6, 2019, the 71st anniversary of the Met Gala took place. Taking place every first Monday of May, the gala is not only a huge night for show-stopping outfits, but a fundraiser dedicated to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute - formally named The Anna Wintour Costume Center.

“It's the only red carpet where directional fashion has a place, as opposed to other red carpets, which are about finding something flattering,” says Harper’s Bazaar and Elle group fashion director Avril Mair.

Without the pressure to fit into the stereotypical mould of what a female celebrity should wear on the red-carpet, the world’s most famous actresses, models and musicians are encouraged to be their most experimental and playful when choosing what to wear.

Every year also has a theme, which sets the tone for the event and invitees have to dress accordingly. This year’s theme was “Camp: Notes on Fashion.” I had thought camp was hiking, wilderness. However, that was definitely not the case. Camp is “an aesthetic style that will lend itself well to the event's characteristic exaggeration and ostentatiousness” - essentially anything over the top and extra. Hailed as fashion’s Super Bowl, the Met Gala is certainly the strongest expression of fashion to be found off the catwalks.

Here were some of my favorite looks:

Gemma Chan in Tom Ford