Guardian Magazine
Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams co-chair annual New York event alongside Anna Wintour; Bezos sponsorship has sparked criticism Why the Bezos-backed Met Gala is so controversial Chloe Malle has been working at Vogue for over 15 years but tonight is her first as head of editorial content. Earlier this week she described her style as if “Katharine Hepburn was a librarian.” We’re sure the late actor would approve of this pretty egg-yolk dress with its delicate cap sleeves. And we have our first actual art reference – from Lauren Sánchez Bezos no less. Her dress – by Schiaparelli designer Daniel Roseberry – is a homage to Madame X, the John Singer Sargent painting of socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau from 1884. Causing a scandal at the time for its raunchy nature because the original had one of the straps slipping off, Roseberry and Sánchez Bezos missed a trick there. A real art snob version of the dress would include this detail. Continue reading...
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