May 2024
Billionaire Pratt leads Aussie charge at garden-themed Met Gala
A high-profile annual event, the Met Gala is a benefit for the New York museum and marks the opening of its Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit.
- Ben Kellerman
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Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez in full bloom at Met Gala
The annual charity event for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, otherwise known as Anna Wintour’s Met Gala, is getting underway, drawing fashion’s A-listers.
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- Leanne Italie
May 2023
Murdoch confidante, News Corp magazine chief a winner in restructure
Former Vogue Australia editor Edwina McCann, a close friend of Sarah and Lachlan Murdoch, has emerged as a winner in News Corp’s latest restructure.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Kidman, Rihanna shine at Met Gala
The worlds of fashion, Hollywood, sports and music collided at the extravaganza that this year honoured the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.
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- Leanne Italie
April 2023
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
The Met Gala used to need Vogue. Now it’s the other way round
The event was once about promoting fashion history. These days, it’s about spruiking a magazine.
- Lauren Sams
May 2022
Inside the Met Gala: displays of excessive wealth for a good cause
Glamour, gossip and 275,000 pink roses. The Met Gala had it all as guests pondered the meaning of the A-list evening.
- Jocelyn Noveck
Gilded glamour on Met Gala red carpet
Kim Kardashian wore one of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic dresses, while Blake Lively smiled for the cameras in a grand Versace gown, with husband Ryan Reynolds in brown velvet.
- Benjamin Kellerman
September 2021
Tennis sensation Emma Raducanu caught in transatlantic Vogue tussle
The overnight teenage tennis sensation is being fought over by Anna Wintour in the US and her counterpart at British Vogue, Edward Enninful.
- Tamara Abraham
The most glamorous looks from the Met Gala
Billie Eilish went full glam in a huge peach ball gown at the pandemic-delayed Met Gala on Monday night, alongside strong looks from hosts Amanda Gorman and Timothée Chalamet.
- Leanne Italie
May 2020
- Analysis
- Luxury fashion
Is Anna Wintour's crown slipping?
Mud-slinging is on trend in the northern summer, and the previously untouchable face of Vogue is squarely in her former colleagues' sights.
- Lisa Armstrong