The Kardashians and Jenners have now become essential to the very systems that once regarded them as striving outsiders
—and few things better tell the story of their rise to power in fashion like their history at the Met Gala.The first time Kim Kardashian attended the Met Gala was in 2013, as the date of her then-fiancé Kanye West , who was performing. Kardashian was seven months pregnant with their first child, North, and wore a Givenchy floral dress with matching gloves that drew comparisons online to couch fabric and instantly became a meme.
If Kardashian’s comments seem dramatic, it’s worth considering that in previous years, rumors had swirled that Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Americanand chairwoman of the Met Gala since 1995, had blacklisted the Kardashian-Jenner family from the annual event. At the time of Kardashian’s first Met appearance, Instagram was only a few years old, and influencers were largely fashion bloggers who were rarely taken seriously by industry leaders.
“It marked a shift from the insularity typically associated with the Met Gala into this influencer culture that Anna Wintour could not ignore,” Corey told TIME. Corey also pointed out that 2014—the year when Kardashian received her first official invitation to the Met Gala—was the same year she landed her firstcover, alongside West, where they were dubbed “the world’s most talked about couple.
Kardashian has attended every Met Gala that the Costume Institute has thrown since her first; her outfits, which have ranged from an avant-garde, BDSM-inspired black Balenciaga dress with a full balaclava to a , have incited controversy, rage, obsession, and always a bevy of searches, clicks, likes, and shares. During this period, she and her sister Kendall Jenner have each landed three Americancovers. The family has now built out 11 brands, primarily in the fashion and beauty worlds, and in 2020
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