Met Gala icons wore the designs of someone with an antisemitic — but apologetic — past
John Galliano appears to have made a major comeback on fashion’s biggest night
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The Schmooze Who invited that cockroach to the Met Gala?
The event feted Karl Lagerfeld, but it seemed as though Kafka was the guest of honor
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Fast Forward ‘Parade’ star Ben Platt wears Star of David necklace as part of Met Gala costume
Some have speculated that the necklace could be the work of David Yurman, a luxury jeweler who credits the Hebrew Free Loan Society for giving him his start
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Life Chanel had a complicated relationship with Jews — until Karl Lagerfeld showed up
Lagerfeld made the brand so iconic and inclusive that it was easy to forget everything that was problematic about Chanel herself, writes a fashion historian
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The Schmooze Your exclusive Jewish guide to the Met Gala
It’s always a bit hard to tell what that Met Gala’s theme is just by looking at what people wore on the red carpet — some celebrities get so creative that the point is buried, and some go with conservatively classic looks that clearly ignored the directive. This year was no exception; the theme was…
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The Schmooze Jewish Nerds, Rejoice! The Theme Of The 2019 Met Gala Is A Susan Sontag Essay.
It’s a wonderful time for fashion mavens, fans of 20th century cultural theory, and anyone who knows that line in “Rent” that goes “To Sontag! To Sondheim! To anything taboo!” For indeed, the .001% have spoken, and the theme of this year’s Met Gala will be none other than the seminal 1964 essay by Jewish…
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The Schmooze The Best Dressed Jewish Celebrities At The Met Gala
Unlike most red carpets, the Met Gala is a themed event, honoring the Costume Institute’s major spring fashion exhibition. As such, it’s like a costume ball, where the fashion is judged not just by subjective ideas of what dress looks best, but by how well a celebrity hewed to the theme. This year, with a…
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The Schmooze Olivia Munn’s Met Gala Dress ‘Inspired’ By The Crusades
The theme of the Met Gala 2018 is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” All Jewish culture reporters should be sitting at home right now sipping martinis. And yet, here we are. We’re here because actress Olivia Munn, a beautiful and beloved comic actress who is not Jewish, arrived at the Met Gala in…
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