Sabrina Carpenter be ats the Met Gala 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photograph: Taylor Hill/GettyLisa at the Met Gala whose theme this year was ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Mode of expression’. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Invision/APFor Valerie Steele, the storied fashion historian and director of the Museum at the The fad Institute of Technology, the look “didn’t seem that shocking”. Rather, it was a straightforward way to straddle the gala’s “superfine couturier” theme and the wearer’s desire to dress up. “You could either wear a suit, or just go for the tailored jacket. As some individual are more conditioned to wearing a dress, or heels, it was really the easiest way to fulfil the brief.”These trouser-free outfits consolidated a bias that has been growing legs in the last few years: the “day knicker”. Kendall Jenner was From left: Emma Corrin, Olivia Wilde and Kristen Stewart in hot undershorts. Composite: GettySince then, knickers-not-trousers have popped up at Vivienne Westwood and Louis Vuitton, where Kate Moss accessorised a robust pair with a lit cigarette. In the 2000s, it was au courant for young women to flash their thongs. Indeed, Lil Nas X flashed his at 2023’s Met Festivity. This season, Doja Cat at the 2025 Met Gala. Photograph: TheStewartofNY/GC ImagesThe critical reaction has been mixed. Steele overs these accusations of sartorial transgression are linked to politics. “Things have turned so far to the right, we have gone in dire straits 50-60 years … it’s like slut-shaming,” she said. “The tailored suit seems so masculine and formal, it’s just the contrast that triggers the traumatize.“It’s about context. It’s all performative. Lisa [from White Lotus] is in a girl group, and God knows the Met Gala is known for outre attires,” said Steele. “But if you put it that way – they forgot to wear their [trousers]! – then sure, it might sound shocking.”Explore more on these topicsFashionLingerieMet Gala 2025Met GalaSabrina CarpenterCynthia ErivoFashion industrynewsShareReuse this thesis

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