Gabrielle Unionis taking the theme of this year’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to heart.
TheL.A.’s Finestactress, 48, paid tribute to some of her favorite American icons onMet GalaMonday, including the lateCicely Tyson, who died in January at age 96.
Union channeled her favorite red carpet look of Tyson’s for a press appearance ahead of the highly-anticipated event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the floral gown worn at the 1974Emmy Awards, when Tyson won two awards for her performance inThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
TheBring It Onstar previously posted a photo of Tyson in the look in January,honoring the Academy Award winner after her death. “We have lost a visionary, a leader, a lover, an author, an ICON, and one of the most talented actresses the world has ever seen,” Unionwroteon Twitter at the time. “A life, a career, a fire to celebrated forevermore! #RIPCicelyTyson.”
This year’s Met Galakicks off a two-part exhibitionwith the September 13 benefit. Part one, titled In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, will debut on September 18, 2021, running until September 5, 2022. The exhibit will “celebrate The Costume Institute’s 75th anniversary and explore a modern vocabulary of American fashion,” according toVogueand exhibit organizers.
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“Kicking off #MetMondaywith an homage to American fashion with this archive Isaac Mizrahi from Spring 1991,” Union captioned the photos.
The look featured a green mini dress layered with a shimmering emerald long-sleeve cape and a sheer sea foam panel draped around the shoulders. She finished the look with a gold bangle choker and metallic taupe strappy heels.
“She just really wanted to, not necessarily pull from the past and what’s been happening and what has been in the past how many hundreds of years, but she wanted to really focus on the future and change. Because that is really Gabrielle,” Kikis says of the look. “It truly represents how much she just wants to keep seeing change and forward momentum in fashion.”
“This work of artchanges with every step. It’s what this dress embodies. For me, what’s needed in fashion and in life is change and evolution,” Union wrote on Instagram.
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The Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was delayed from its usual scheduled date on the first Monday in May, after last year’s was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests are required to provide proof of vaccination and wear masks at all times, except for when drinking and eating.
source: people.com
