Once
upon
a
time, Anna
Wintour caused
some
confusion.
When
it
came
to
the
2024
Met
Gala‘s
theme,
attendees
were
encouraged
to curate
their
looks in
accordance
with
the
“Garden
of
Time”
dress
code,
which
was
chosen
to
complement
the “Sleeping
Beauties:
Reawakening
Fashion”
exhibition
title.
But
ahead
of
the
May
6
event,
Anna
admitted
the
combination
broke
one
of
her
no-nos
for
the
annual
fundraiser.
“Well
this
exhibition
broke
my
cardinal
rule,”
she
told Today’s Jenna
Bush
Hager. “Which
is
when
we
came
up
with
the
title ‘Sleeping
Beauties,’
it’s
wonderful
and
poetic
and
romantic
but
it
actually—it
could
be
many,
many
things.”
Which
is
why
the
dress
code normally closely
aligns
with
the
exhibition’s
title,
giving
attendees
specific
parameters
around
which
to
fashion
their
looks.
This
year,
however,
when
Costume
Institute
curator Andrew
Bolton
selected “Garden
of
Time”
as
the
dress
code,
the Vogue Editor
in
Chief
joked
she’s
not
sure
their
choice
helped
all
that
much.
“I
fear
that
we’ve
unleashed
a
lot
of
confusion
out there,”
she
laughed, “for
which
I
apologize.
I
imagine
we’ll
see
a
lot
of
flowers.”
(Which
proved
to
be
true.
See
all
the
red
carpet
fashion
here.)
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