Met Gala: How the stars interpreted the Garden of Time theme

Penelope. That smile, Penelope. Big names and bold designs grace the white and green carpet at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, The official dress code. The Garden of Time is open to the interpretation of designers, with some taking it more literally than others. Hold up the Sand Australia’s Queen of Pop is back for her first Met Gala in 10 years. It’s as if this was dinner and in the garden of time, hundreds of years, whatever, It’s just kind of dissolved away on the body. The other Australians in the room, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, opted for a more classic look, while Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa channelled a modern day Prince and Princess. The bigger the better for celebrities like Cardi B and Gigi Hadid Gigi while Zendaya. Wow. Proud with not one but two costumes. Vogue runs the invitation only fundraising dinner at $100,000 a ticket and raises funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute to preserve fashion history in a time when everything is so fractious. We need events that bring people together, that celebrate human commonality and the good things about humanity. And one of the good things is to preserve our communal history, making a fashion statement like no other.