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At the Met Gala, the Red Carpet Was Disrupted By the Real World

The party’s Gilded Age theme played out as attendees took the era’s opulence — and inequalities — to heart, while news of the Supreme Court’s intention to override Roe v. Wade drastically changed the online conversation in a matter of minutes.
Billie Eilish attends The 2022 Met Gala in a Gucci corset made from deadstock materials.
Billie Eilish attends The 2022 Met Gala in a Gucci corset made from deadstock materials. (Getty Images)

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Further Reading

How Vogue Monetises the Met Gala

What began as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has also become a major revenue opportunity for publisher Condé Nast.

Fashion Editors and Publishers Face Off

Fashion publishers have long relied on cultural cachet and perks to lure talent, even as salaries dwindled. But as magazines restrict sponsored content opportunities and pull back on travel, recruiting top talent has become harder than ever.

Vogue’s Global-Local Balancing Act

Inside Vogue’s strategy for winning over local audiences in Asia after a restructuring that gave Anna Wintour control over global editorial operations.

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