WhenChermade an appearance at the 2019 Met Gala red carpet on Monday night, it was as if she had “turned back time.”
The 72-year-old superstar skipped the infamous red carpet, and instead went directly inside to prep for an unexpected performance.
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While Cher skipped the carpet, she is no stranger to making an entrance at the Met Gala.
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Cher arrived in 1985 wearing another Bob Mackie design; this time it was a high-collar, long-sleeve top with crystal embellishments, matching headpiece and long black skirt. She attended the Gala that year with Mackie, who has been her go-to costume designer throughout the years and who designed the on-stage looks for the new Broadway musical about the singer’s career,The Cher Show.
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She most recently attended the Met Gala in 2015 with designer Marc Jacobs. Later that month she starred in the ad campaign for Jacobs’ Fall/Winter 2015 collection.
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“Whether it’s pop camp, queer camp, high camp or political camp —Trumpis a very camp figure — I think it’s very timely,” the curator of the institute, Andrew Bolton,told theNew York Timesabout his choice in theme. “Much of high camp is a reaction to something.”
In aninterview withVogue, Bolton said camp has been described as being style without content, but added, “I think you’ve got to be incredibly sophisticated to understand camp — look at Yves Saint Laurent andMarc Jacobs.”
source: people.com
