We know the 2024 Met Gala theme (“Sleeping Beauties”) and the dress code (Garden of Time). How guests will interpret these themes is yet to be revealed. Florals are an obvious choice; clock faces could come into play. My personal hope is that someone will take inspiration from sleep. Should that person exist, the selection of looks below might aid and abet their planning. Here are the famous pillow looks from Viktor & Rolf’s Bedtime Stories show of fall 2005 and Caroline Hu’s soft sculpture dresses from spring 2024. There are dramatic evening looks by Rick Owens and Pierpaolo Piccioli for Moncler that transform the ubiquitous puffer into something precious, quilted textiles, flower-strewn duvets, and snow-white eiderdowns that wrap gently, and warmly, around the body.
Two designers known for bringing elements from the bedroom to the runway are Norma Kamali, whose sleeping bag coats have become wardrobe staples, and the Anglo-American couturier Charles James, whose 1937 curvilinear eiderdown jacket, designed the same way a quilted comforter is, is the matriarch of all puffers.
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