Ageless Style

While looking at all the fashionable people dressed to the nines for the 2021 MET Gala, one fashion maven caught - well, more of grabbed with force by 2 hands - my attention.

That, of course, if the supremely elegant and ageless Vera Wang.

I’ve been a huge fan of her fashion and person for decades. From watching her fashion shows online to buying Vera Wang clothing when I was living in HKG. From trooping to Kohl’s when I was I. The US to browse and buy her Simply Vera collection, to scouring my local haunts for overruns of her items.

Yes, i’m That’s kind of fan.

And seeing her and her super chic ensemble at the MET Gala wasn’t surprising at all.

What’s surprising is the fact that she’s 72-years old.

Yes! She’s!72!Years!Old!

How’s that for the epitome of “Style is Ageless.”

Missing the time they MET

Back in "ordinary" times, the first Monday of May was a red-letter day for anyone interested in fashion.

That day is better known as "The MET Gala," and it's the day when the uber-fashionable set would all descend on The MET Museum, dressed in their most elaborate garb based on the year's theme, and celebrate fashion and art. It was also a fund-raising activity for the museum, and they would raise millions of dollars every year, thanks to this event.

This year, of course, is an extraordinary time. So, The MET Gala was put on hold because there are more pressing issues facing our world today.

But that didn't stop Vogue's EIC and The MET Gala's fashionable organizer - Anna Wintour - from keeping the philanthropic event from doing its sworn duty. That is, to raise money for the museum, and for all the people behind fashion who are now in danger due to this pandemic.



Amazing what she can do given the circumstances. There are expectations, and thanks to her, these expectations were MET. (Sorry, couldn't help myself. Harhar.)

She's proof that you can't put a worthy and fashionable cause down.

Wintour de force!

It's the Met Gala! And with this year's theme - which is "Camp" - you can expect the guests to really go over the top. (Though I think it's hard to top last year's religious theme.)

As expected, Anna Wintour outshone them all.

She's the perfect balance of creativity, class and camp. Especially with this fully beaded, overly feathered number.

Being the host and purveyor of The Met Gala, you can't expect anything less.

When fashion and Catholicism MET

This year's MET Gala - aka the Superbowl of Fashion - had an unusual and interesting theme. It was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." Needless to say, as a Catholic boy raised in a Catholic country, this is borderline blasphemy.  But as they say, fashion shouldn't be taken too seriously, so I won't.

Most of the attendees of the Gala, though, took the theme very seriously. So, there were a lot of Catholic Church influences in their garbs. From as simple as carrying or wearing rosaries, to having religious images printed on their gowns, to Rihanna wearing a Papal Hat, it was one over-the-top look after the other.

One that caught my eye the most was Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's interpretation of the theme.

It was an ethereal gold dress with a halo headpiece. Looking at it reminded me of all those life-size saints that were paraded around Bicol during the Holy Week season.

Heck, maybe we can invite her to the Philippines next Holy Week and parade her on top of a carroza. That would be fashionably Catholic.