The Big Apple, the place that, as Alicia Keys preaches, “that jungle where dreams come true,” haute couture dress again. Well, it really is almost always the case. It is one of the main fashion capitals, in addition to being the place where great creators such as Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Christian Siriano or Carolina Herrera, among others, which are responsible for converting tissue retales into suits that dress femininity in all their splendor are focused. But New York fashion is not just that, it’s something else. As every year, this hosts the biggest philanthropic event and that is the met gala.
Every year, Anna Wintour, director of the American version of the magazine Voguejoin forces with the Metropolitan Museum To create something: the most coveted charity gala in the world. This year, guests and designers who will be in charge of dressing will have to investigate in history books and, through their creations, carry out an exploration of black dandism and their historical influence in fashion. In short, this 2025 promises to be a year loaded with an undeniable elegance, symbolism and cultural dialogue, exploring a theme that is still present in cabinets in different areas of the United States.
But this will not only happen this year, but in the past editions there have been many designs that have given to speak and, therefore, until that first Monday of May arrives, we will make a small review of the costumes that have remained in our retina.
Naomi Campbell in 1995
The TOP MODEL It is one of the usual of that famous staircase, just like his face has monopolized multiple pages of the renowned editorial for decades. Not only has he dazzled with his style, but it has been a muse for coming guests. In 1995, the British shone (literally) with a silver sequal suit signed by Versace. Compeating with classmates like Kate Moss, she went hand in hand with her eternal friend Gianni Versace, who was killed two years later at the door of her mansion in Miami.
Lady di at the Met Gala del 96
Diana de Wales was not precisely a usual name in the celebration. Moreover, he only attended once and He stole the attention of all the spotlights on December 9, 1996. At that time she was already divorced from the current king of England, Carlos III, and dared to break, once again, the protocol of the British royal house. The theme was based on Christian Dior (something extra, since designers have focused on time) and He went with a long lingerie dress signed by John Galliano for Dior. In fact, the creator visited the princess three times at the Kensington Palace with the mission of fixing the dress.
IMAN and Tom Ford
There is one thing we have to admit and it is that designers give the maximum of their creativity to highlight in the Met Gala. Tom Ford did it in 2011 with one of its muses, the Magen model, and it was with an infallible combination: black and white. For those who know a fashion minimum, there are two things that are clear with Ford. The first is that the female body and the second understand very well, that its ability with tailoring is impeccable. Years before, he had already dressed Nicole Kidman in his stage at Gucci, but this was when he spontaneted. On a semi -transparent fabric, a white tissue was perched with an frayed effect that created volume.
Kardashian de Marilyn Monroe
The most recognized face of the Kardashian clan always surprises us with his styles and this did not go unnoticed. It is true that His alliance with Balenciaga gave us what to think and surely he was going to repeat the brand, but no. Based on a Bob Mackie sketch for the Hollywood costume designer of French origin Jean-Louis, the dress caused a stir when Marilyn Monroe took him to sing to John F. Kennedy on his 45th birthday in 1962. This dress was sold in 2016 for more than four million dollars, but Kim managed to get him with him in 2022.
Rihanna and the ‘Haute Couture’ Asian
Barbados singer’s style is changing and, on many occasions, surprising. Anna Wintour considers her one of the essentials of the gala, to such an extent that she has hosted it on more than one occasion. In 2015, the theme spoke of Asia and the interpreter put on the map considered as a pioneer of haute couture in China, designer Guo Pei. With a huge tail and a yellow with golden ornaments that stood out, the dress weighed 25 kilos, so they had to help him take it to the end of the staircase.
Blake Lively in New York in the Met Gala
It is known in different ways, but Millennials identifies it as Serena van der Woodsenthe character that reigned in the New York elite in the series Gossip Girl. One of the actress’s great stylistic moments occurred in 2022, when the met gala theme was In America: An Anthology of Fashion. This arrived from Atelier Versace, with a custom design with three layers. The first, a Bustier style dress with embroidery; the second, an overfralle with lazada at the waist and large volume in turquoise blue; Above, a XXL loop in salmon color that the staff has removed it upon arrival at the staircase where, once again, it has sealed a fashion moment for memory. A sincere tribute to an American icon: the statue of liberty.
