The men at the Met were bold and bonkers – but at least they made an effort
telegraph.co.uklate Vogue staffer André Leon Talley for representing us with more outre male peacockery. Come 2022, and traditional black tie has been relegated to the back of the wardrobe – don’t even think about anything as bourgeois as a bow tie; an anything goes approach pervades.
The scene on the red carpet at Monday night’s event could have been a staid affair, because the theme ‘Gilded Glamour’ lends itself to a rather mannered approach.
Instead, the tailfeathers were well and truly shaking, because the men almost outshone the women in their razzmatazz and general sense of joyful expression that’s all too often lacking in men’s wardrobes.
First out of the starting gate was ‘Jardro’ aka the fashion coupling that is Jared Leto and Gucci designer Alessandro Michele – who wore matching cream embroidered tuxedos with pink bow ties, shades and matching tumbling tresses.
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