New Delhi, May 13 -- The Met Gala 2024 was themed on 'Sleeping Beauty : Reawakening Fashion'. To me, that meant reawakening fashion to new realities of the climate emergency.
Possibly one of the most influential fashion and art events on the planet, the Met Gala was set up to make the connect and underscore the relevance and contribution of fashion to the arts.
One might ask, how something as important as the Met Gala can, in fact have an impact on the public perception of fashion. And counter fast fashion.
The theme already gestures and acknowledges the power of nature, with floral gowns and more. Events like this cannot dictate but they can nudge. There were dresses combining three kinds of sand. They were dresses gesturing to sustaina...