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Beyond the walls of Count Axels villa, an encroaching and chaotic mob draws nearer every hour.
Adut Akech, Bad Bunny, Amal Clooney, and Olivia Rodrigo at past Met Galas.
To restore tranquility, the count must pluck a time-reversing flower from his garden until there are none left.
Lets break down the many ways to interpret the theme.
Boiled down, the dress code, as well as the exhibition, is about fleeting beauty.
A black evening coat by Charles Frederick Worth from 1889, featured in the upcoming exhibition
The most obvious interpretation would be to embrace the garden part of The Garden of Time.
Think melancholic florals (as if moody florals arent moody enough).
OrLook 36 from Giambattista Valliwould do well with its melodramatic impressionistic sequined florals.
A look from Dries Van Noten’s spring 2014 collection
One could look to non-floral clues in Ballards text too.
Though destruction looms, the countess plays Mozart and Bach on her harpsichord.
How fitting is themusic-note look from Valentino spring 2014?
A look from Simone Rocha’s spring 2024 couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier
Someone could wear Cartiers Salvador Daliinspired Crash timepiece on their wrist.
This tells us to go beyond blooms; look at the lesser-used incarnations of flora and fauna in fashion.
), the pattern of fish scales, and the iridescence of a dragonflys wing.
A look from Giambattista Valli Haute Couture spring 2024
Nature gives us so much more than flowers to fawn over.
Finally, theres the broader concept of the exhibition itself: bygone fashion worth our attention.
One day everything in the exhibition will be too fragile to be worn again.
Valentino’s musical dress from spring 2014
Emma Chamberlain will also return asVogues special correspondent.
Moschino’s grandfather-clock gown from fall 2022
Dior’s Venus and Junon dresses, featured in the upcoming exhibition
