Memories From Met Galas Past: Marc Jacobs’ Golden Girls
From Kate Moss in 2009 to Emily Ratajkowski in 2018, how Jacobs’ golden toga ripened for a redux nine years later
Kate Moss attends THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA: “The Model As Muse” with Honorary Chair MARC JACOBS – ARRIVALS at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by CHANCE YEH/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Flashback: The year was 2009 and Justin Timberlake was still riding high on the success of his Future Sex / Love Sounds album. With an inimitable stage presence, the now Britney-less musician pushed his harder funk into rock territory – and into the heart of Anna Wintour who invited Timberlake to co-chair the annual Costume Institute Gala at New York’s Metropolitan museum a decade ago. Sexy was back.
“When you meet someone very exceptional and you form a friendship, you feel their spirit and their energy and they inspire you,” said Jacobs of Moss on the night. “With Kate, I’m not in love with the outside, I’m in love with the whole package.” The pair were also co-chairs for the evening.
Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss attend THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA: “The Model As Muse” with Honorary Chair MARC JACOBS – ARRIVALS at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by CHANCE YEH/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)Kate Moss and Marc Jacobs attend THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA: “The Model As Muse” with Honorary Chair MARC JACOBS – INSIDE at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by BILLY FARRELL/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
The theme was “The Model As Muse” which explored “the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, focusing on iconic fashion models in the latter half of the 20th century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras.”
Moss, resplendent in a backless, gold, Marc Jacobs toga, turban and gold cape was the bell of the ball. Nine years on, amid a new theme – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic imagination – Emily Ratajkoswki arrived at the 2018 Met Gala in a longer version of Kate Moss’ 2009 Marc Jacobs’ gown; backless, gold.
Yes, sexy had done a cartwheel and was back, indeed. And Kim Kardashian, Irina Shayk and Gisele Bundchen were there (also in gold) to enforce it.
Emily Ratajkowski attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images)Emily Ratajkowski attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Gisele Bundchen arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. - The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute. The Gala's 2018 theme is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jackson Lee/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Kim Kardashian attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter)
