How to Incorporate This Year’s Garden of Time Theme in Your Everyday Outfits
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The highly anticipated moment has finally arrived, with celebrities gracing fashion’s grandest event in stunning custom couture outfits that leave us in awe. This year’s showcase, titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” pays homage to delicate archival fashion that cannot be worn again.
Andrew Bolton, the chief curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shared with Vogue, “It is a celebration of nature and the emotional power of fashion.”
Aside from the exhibition, this year’s theme and dress code revolve around “The Garden of Time.” Embracing florals for spring may not be groundbreaking, but it certainly is tonight. We are here to present you with the nature-inspired and decaying designs spotted at the ball, as well as other surrealistic interpretations of Sleeping Beauty that you can incorporate into your everyday style.
Before delving into this year’s dress code, it is essential to understand its inspiration from J.G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name. Ballard, renowned for “Empire of the Sun,” narrates the story of Count Axel and the Countess in their picturesque world of beauty and leisure. While their villa overlooks a garden adorned with crystalline flowers, Ballard’s signature dystopian undertones loom beneath the surface.
In this paradise, a dystopian element emerges as a threatening mob disturbs their peace. Count Axel must utilize time-reversing flowers from his garden to maintain order until none are left. The story culminates with the mob overtaking the villa, now a forsaken space with a neglected garden and a statue of the Count and Countess enveloped in thorny vegetation.
Now, how can one translate this theme into everyday wear? Explore our street style selections inspired by this year’s “The Garden of Time” theme by continuing to scroll.