This article is part of our Design special section about how food inspires designers to make and do surprising things. The earliest dining appliance was a pair of cupped hands. Then came folded leaves; then vessels and utensils shaped from stone, earth and metal. Today, the style, substance and uses of tableware have proliferated beyond…
This year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s signature gala welcomed a host of top hats, pinstripes and impeccable suiting (and a fashionably late, pregnant Rihanna) in celebration of the Costume Institute’s new exhibition about the history of Black dandy fashion. But it’s the after-parties where politicians, athletes, celebrities and influencers, many of whom did not…
The Met Gala has outdone itself, even before it’s begun. The annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the flashy fashion extravaganza that highlights the city’s social scene every May — raised a record $31 million this year, museum officials announced on Monday, the biggest gross in the event’s 77-year history. The money…
So much is made of the fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit — otherwise known as the Met Gala — that it can be easy to forget the event is about more than clothes. It’s also a fund-raiser for the museum, which this year collected more money than ever since the…
Rihanna loves a show — a splashy late arrival, a “personal news” tease. The pop star arrived at the Met Gala on Rihanna time, around 10 p.m. She looked visibly pregnant. The night was of course about her partner, ASAP Rocky, who was a co-chair of the gala and arrived earlier in the evening, wearing…
Ryan Coogler has always wanted to wear a cummerbund and tonight, he finally gets the chance to do so. “Today is the first day I actually put one on my body,” Mr. Coogler said about the shark colored waist sash, in a video interview from his fitting. “I’ve been to countless weddings and I never…
“I’ve never been nervous like this,” Shah Rukh Khan said on the afternoon before the Met Gala, where on Monday evening the Indian superstar will make his first-ever red carpet appearance at what is generally considered the party of the year. “I’m wondering if I can run away from this now,” added a man whose…
Janelle Monáe was feeling euphoric on Sunday when asked to break down her look for this year’s Met Gala, which celebrates Black dandyism. “I feel like a kid in class ready to give the presentation,” Monáe said. After all, “she truly is the modern day dandy,” said Thom Browne, who designed her look. Since Monáe…
Siena Filippi really wanted to know what her cat was saying. Ms. Filippi, a 26-year-old content creator and vintage store owner, had recently come across a slew of videos on TikTok showing pet owners talking to animal communicators. The thousands of videos — which usually consist of owners showing their reactions to the readings —…
