What the 2021 Met Gala Tells Us About American Fashion (It’s Better Than You Think)

I want to play Devil’s advocate and claim this to be one of my favourite Met Galas of all time. For everything it lacked in looks and iconic moments, it made up for in online debate, reaction videos and memes. And isn’t that the point of the exhibition? It is titled ‘In America: a Lexicon of Fashion” after all. Though I guess who could’ve predicted that lexicon would be filled with words like “performative activism”, “police brutality”, “hypocrisy” and “chaos”? OK, a lot of people might have seen that coming actually. Time Stamps 0:00 The American Fashion Conundrum 5:58 Part 1 8:43 Part 2 10:05 Part 3 16:36 Part 4 Any questions, business enquiries or offers to UberEats a quarter pounder with cheese: khenzonatalia@gmail.com Sign up to my newsletter or get vintage and read the blog: www.khensani.xyz Keep up with me on social Instagram: www.instagram.com/okbaddiek TikTok: www.tiktok.com/okbaddiek Twitter: www.twitter.com/glitterdaiquiri This part is for the algorithm but in this video we are looking at the 1973 Battle at Versailles fashion show, the American Runway Revolution, designers like Halston, Bill Blass, Steve Burrows, Anne Klein and Oscar de la Renta. We’re talking American Vogue, Anna Wintour and the Metropolitan Museum and its Costume Institute. Shout out Andrew Bolton, no Zac relation unfortunately. Looking at celebrities at the Met Gala such as Emma Chamberlain, Addison Rae, Grimes, Jennifer Lopez, AOC and her Tax the Rich dress, Cara Delevigne in Peg the Patri