Fashion Is Art — Or Was It? The Controversy of the 2026 Met Gala
The Met Gala gave the fashion world an easy one this year. The dress code for the Costume Institute's Costume Art exhibition was a thesis statement, not a prompt: Fashion Is Art. Not fashion inspired by art. Not fashion referencing art. Fashion — the designed, constructed, worn object — declared as art in its own right. All guests had to do was prove it. What the carpet revealed instead was a gap between what the museum was arguing inside and what most guests were willing to commit to...
