A colorful return to the Met Gala. Monday, Hillary Clinton attended, for the first time since 2001, the big event organized by Anna Wintour and “Vogue” in New York. The former US presidential candidate opted for a burgundy dress to stay within the “Gilded Glamour” theme of the evening. It was a creation by Joseph Altuzarra, which incorporated the embroidered names of 60 women who inspired the Democrat, including Rosa Parks, Lady Bird Johnson, Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Blackwell, Rebecca Lee Crumpler and her own mother, Dorothy Rodham. “I knew I wanted the dress to have a personal touch for her. When someone like Hillary goes to the Met Gala, it’s not just “Look, Hillary is there and she’s wearing a dress.” It must make a lot of sense. I feel like I was very careful about what the dress could mean for the theme and the occasion,” the designer told “Vogue.”
He found inspiration at the Outsider Art Fair, New York’s art brut fair, where he discovered 19th-century bedspreads embroidered with the names of people important to those to whom they went. be offered. “These embroideries were an opportunity for women to come together, to have discussions. It was also a kind of memory of their community and their families, especially if they did not stay in the same place all their life, ”he said. He knew the strong pressure because “for better or for worse, everything she wears is dissected and analyzed”: “I wanted her to be beautiful but also think about the story she was going to tell with this dress “.
Despite the evening of glamor spent with her collaborator Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton has not forgotten the news: Monday, she reacted to the document published by Politico, a draft decision of the Supreme Court returning to the legalization of the right to federal abortion. “This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights and lives of women, not to mention decades of legal precedent. It will kill and enslave women, when a vast majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal. What an absolute shame,” the former New York senator wrote on Twitter.
Not surprising. But still outrageous.
This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, & lives of women, not to mention decades of settled law. It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace. https://t.co/TNo1IX3Tl4
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 3, 2022