There are very few events that manage to gather Kim Kardashian in Balenia’s face masks, Jared Summer, who carries his own head, and Rihanna dressed in literal fashion. Met Gala is not just a red track; It’s a rug.This is a fashion superbowder, a cool Oscar cousin and one that is even people who do not care about clothing on Monday, suddenly care.
Therefore, when Met Gala is not, the world of fashion is not just sighing – it sighs. And believe, or not, there were years when the brilliant doors of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts remained closed, the stairs remained intact pins, and Anna Went’s signature was not seen anywhere near the fifth Avenue.
2020
Year of banana bread, tiktok dancing and fatigue. It was also a year when everything was canceled – including “Meth -Gala”. Originally scheduled for May 4, 2020, the topic was established “On Time: Fashion and Duration” – a terribly adapted name, given how time mostly lost the whole meaning this year.
The pandemic has just taken part in the New York, and with the health problems that took off, Meth made a painful but necessary decision to postpone and eventually cancel the event. For fashion lovers, it seemed that the graduation graduation was disconnected, and no one should even show their dress. Celebs posted photos from their past glance, and the fans cried what could be on Instagram. No red track. No drama. No flashing fashion points that can be argued on Twitter.
Even Vogue tried to preserve the spirit of the virtual event “Met with Met”, but let’s see-looks at home in sports pants, it does not quite coincide with how to watch the zynday will arrive in Cinderella with a burning dress and stylist.
2002
Let’s figure out in 2002, in the year when the world still felt from the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Of course, New York has healed, and Met Gala, which usually causes energy and wealth with high gram content, paused.
The event was quietly postponed when the city focused on recovery, solidarity and search for a new normal. The fashion could be fabulous, but it is also deeply human – and it was one of the moments when even the most stylish heels had to retreat.
Interestingly, the costume institute still opened the exhibition that year called “Extreme Beauty: The Body turned”, but without the usual fanfare or solemn carpets to start it. It was a more intosasive, tinted season for fashion, and the one that resembled everyone that even in an area known for extravagance, empathy is still central.
Is Met Gala too big to cancel now?
After 2020, Met Gala bounced back. In 2021, despite his constant concerns, he returned – only at the end of the year, in September. Theme? “In America: Fashion Vocabulary.” It was a slightly reduced version of its usual well -being, with fewer visitors and security protocols. But still the fashion came back and the boy, it appeared.
It caused a big question: Is Met Gala too big to fail? With its force, it is difficult to imagine the fashion trends and increase millions for the costume institute, it is difficult to imagine that the Miya event is soon. In many ways, this has become more than a party – it is a cultural checkpoint.
Ironically, years without Met Gala only made this event more iconic. The pauses reminded us how we love this night about absurdity, ambitions and pure creative chaos. They made us appreciate Jared Summer’s weirdness and the elegance of the nourishment is still much more.
So, the next time you see someone complained that Doja cat was too strong or that someone wore something “too simple”, just remember – there were years when none of this happened. Neither topics nor ladders nor fashion fever. And what is the silence? This made the return even more powerful.
