Other winning ensembles have come as the result of absolute commitment to a theme. Jaden Smith offered up the wildest example of this when he carried his own dreadlocks on the carpet in 2017. Some of the best moments in the past decade have been entirely out of box. Out went the suits, in came the outré looks. As Jacobs said, “boring” was no longer acceptable. In the 2010s, after a surge of experimentation at men’s fashion shows, male stars at the Met began to adopt a more free-wheeling spirit. And who could forget that time Marc Jacobs wore a lace dress by Comme des Garçons over boxer shorts back in 2012? “I just didn’t wanna wear a tuxedo and be boring,” the designer later said of the look. Later in 2006, the late designer Alexander McQueen also hit the red carpet in a tartan print that he matched to his date for the evening, Sarah Jessica Parker, seemingly as a nod to his Scottish roots. Back in 2001, Alan Cumming ascended the stairs of the museum in a red tartan kilt (the theme that year was “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years,” showing no real connection to his bold ensemble). Though few and far between, there were some risk-takers in the early Met Gala days.
In earlier years, the event was more of a traditional evening gala, where men adhered to an especially conventional dress code, mostly opting for classic suiting or tuxedos. So long as they honor the year’s specific theme, all fashion rules pretty much go out the window. The Met Gala’s red carpet is a place where celebrities are encouraged to pull out all the stops.
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