What to wear?
- Last updated: May 8, 2026 | 16:43
US singer, songwriter and actress Sabrina Carpenter arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York recently. AFP
The attendees at the Met Gala were wealthy, or at least wealthy enough to give a large amount of money to charity. Well done.
Most of them thought the theme ‘Fashion is Art’ was a call to go to the ‘dress up’ box and finally wear something that their mum had described as “no way, that’s too silly”. Some of them should have listened to their mums.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia