But was the Met Gala also political? For some, the most glittering party in New York’s fashion calendar carried a special message for Donald Trump’s government.
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Ruby red: Singer Alicia Keys and her husband Swiss Beatz wore matching pin-stripe suits from the French-based fashion house Moncler. Glossary
Diana Ross - She found huge success in the 1960s as lead singer of the Supremes.
Andy Warhol - (1928 - 1987), pioneering American artist. Warhol was a leading figure in pop art, an art movement that embraced popular culture like film, advertisements and fashion.
Spike Lee - An American film director and author, born in 1957, whose work explores race relations and poverty.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - A Nigerian author known for her novels Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.
Black dandyism - A cultural movement and fashion style in which Black people use the historically European dandy style as a form of self-expression.
Ally - A person or group that cooperates with or supports another for a common purpose.
Elon Musk - A South African-born entrepreneur whose companies have included the online payment service PayPal. He now controls Twitter, renamed 'X'.