The jewelry at Met Gala 2022 glistened with ornate extravagance appropriate to the evening’s theme: “The Gilded Age.” The event was the second to celebrate the Costume Institute’s two-part exhibition. Part one, “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” opened on Sept. 18, and “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” opens May 5.
It was a night of jewels that shone brightly in a modern take on the age in which New York’s elite dressed to impress and sometimes to excess.
Several trends revealed themselves during the evening.
Here are some that we spotted.
By Beth Bernstein