For an event so often dismissed as fashion’s most extravagant sideshow, the Met Gala has always had a surprisingly practical purpose: to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute. That tension – between spectacle and substance – has defined its modern identity.
This year, however, something shifted. Beneath the expected noise around celebrity, sponsorships and protest, a quieter recalibration was under way: a return to craft.
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