“If I’m being honest about the Met Gala, there’s a tremendous division between an older elitism and a young, youthful, artistic crowd. The very nature of an event of this scale and this much wealth and all of that is the direct influence of an older elitism that exists in our society, especially when they are very much the tastemakers when it comes to fashion and the media hype that surrounds the whole thing. [It] ends up being the influence of a group of people who are trying to control fashion and trend and style.” (x)













