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“Gilded Glamour”: What To Expect At The 2022 Met Gala


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Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2007/2008. Photography courtesy of Getty Images

A look back at the Gilded Age in fashion history, and what to expect on the steps of the Met.

By Lauren Knowles

Date March 23, 2022

When the Met Gala makes its return to 5th Avenue the first Monday in May, expect a great deal of glitz and turn-of-the-century glamour.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced it will stage “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” as the second installment of September 2021’s Met Gala “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” But New York Times’ Chief Fashion Critic Vanessa Friedman revealed earlier this week that this year’s theme could perhaps be interchangeably referred to as “Gilded Glamour.”

It seems two words have never inspired such speculation as visions of Gilded Age attire have left the internet divided between literal interpretations of the era’s patina of opulence and more historic references.

The period was deemed gilded, not golden. That is, thinly veiled with lavish delusions. This American epoch (its name derived from Mark Twain’s 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today) spanned the years between the Civil War and the turn of the twentieth century. It was a period of corruption, income inequality and laissez-faire capitalism obscured by excessive materialism and ostentatious displays of vanity. Fashion, as a reflection of the self, was a seamless extension of one’s wealth.

alva vanderbilt Alva Vanderbilt. Photography courtesy of Getty Images

Though family names like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Carnegie are most often associated with the “robber baron” monopolists of that time, women of the same lineage are significantly linked to America’s fashion history. And their status was on full display at the Vanderbilt ball of 1883.

Rumoured to have cost $250,000 USD (approximately $7 million USD today, or $8.8 million CAD), the ball welcomed New York’s glitterati by the hundreds in their finest garments, hosted by Alva Vanderbilt, granddaughter-in-law to family patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt. It held a striking resemblance to today’s Met Gala with grand surroundings, a socialite-centric crowd and costumes by coveted designers demanding attention.

While Alva posed with live doves dressed as a Venetian princess, family member Alice Vanderbilt wore a golden “Electric Light” ensemble embroidered with lightning bolt and starburst motifs. Designed by the “father of haute couture,” Paris-based Charles Frederick Worth, Alice’s costume conveyed a deeper meaning. Accessorised with a battery powered torch in hand, her getup screamed wealth, privilege and status at a time when few households had access to Thomas Edison’s light bulb invention.

In our current climate, Gilded Glamour at the 2022 Met Gala feels a tad self-referential, a little “Let them eat cake,” even — especially with a pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine raging on — but the Met proves itself time and time again to be a fitting stage for political fashion statements. Through meaningful dress, an opportunity to confront contemporary Gilded Age-esque injustice presents itself.

Set to showcase men’s and women’s dress in period rooms from 1805 to 1915, we can assume the Costume Institute’s incoming exhibit will indeed briefly brush paths with the Gilded Age. So, costumes on the 2022 Met Gala carpet may echo common stylistic themes from the principally grandiose nature of the time. Era-defining corsets, gloves, hourglass silhouettes and gowns ornamented with over the top bows, textures and lavish embellishments seem apt. The then-recent creation of synthetic dye also means we may be in for vivid (and potentially gaudy) colour schemes.

A historic approach to Gilded Glamour favours reflections of the Gilded Age, but ultimately anything goes at the Met. As it all unfolds, actors Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Lin Manuel Miranda will co-host the event alongside honorary co-chairs Tom Ford, Instagram’s Adam Mosseri and Anna Wintour.

So long as opulence is in abundance, who’s to say what limitations there are on excessive glamour? Whether you envision gold encrusted gowns a la Schiaparelli’s spring 2022 couture collection or historically accurate period pieces, we scoured runways new and old to predict what might be in store at the 2022 Met Gala.

Vivienne Westwood Fall/Winter 1995/1996 Ready-to-Wear

Dior Haute Couture Fall 2005

Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2013/2014 Ready-to-Wear

Gucci Fall/Winter 2020/2021 Ready-to-Wear

Schiaparelli Spring 2022 Haute Couture

Schiaparelli Fall 2021 Haute Couture

Dior Fall 2007/2008 Haute Couture



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