Behind the plumage and excess from the first Monday of May lay the hidden cues that might shape the industry in the year ahead
That same evening, Lady Gaga, a co-chair for the gala, redefined the term ‘making an entrance’. Flanked by a posse of fabulously suited men, and designer Brandon Maxwell, who created her outfit, Gaga wafted into the venue in a gargantuan fuchsia cape dress. What unfolded was a series of outfit changes, as she preened, crawled and even made up her face, all in various stages of undress, caricaturing a pin-up girl. There were also the Jenner sisters, impersonating exotic birds in feathered Versace gowns, making them easy meme targets. That’s the thing about Camp, it’s ridiculous and unexpected.
In her treatise, Sontag states, “Camp taste has an affinity for certain arts rather than others. Clothes, furniture, all the elements of visual decor, for instance, make up a large part of Camp. For Camp, art is often decorative art, emphasizing texture, sensuous surface, and style at the expense of content”.
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