janelle monae as a moss landscape, polluted with electronics.
anok yai’s statue face, the best makeup of the evening.
the dress of eileen gu that engulfs her in actual bubbles.
nichapat suphap with movable, intruding robot (!) hands.
lisa’s hovering veil held by the dress itself.
audrey nuna morphing into ink-blot paper.
naomi osaka with her slashed “shedding skin” double dress. survivors, war victims, and anyone with a skin condition or in a difficult stage of life will understand it.
the met gala, which should have been called robert wun’s fantastic show of design delights (which saved it from becoming the capitol/capital games of bezos blandness entirely), is carried by women of color and the craftspeople behind their styling at this point. i mean who else showed up with literal interactive dresses /that we can interpret like paintings and sculptures/ on theme. things that make life a little bit more bearable. we need but don’t deserve their dedication to art.
