Best & worst dressed: The Met Gala deep dive | FOX 10 Talks

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]So, of course, uh, folks across the country and here in the valley are spending an awful lot of time now talking about the gayla last night in New York City. So, we have the perfect guest lined up, Dez.

[00:00:13]>> Yes. Um, we have uh, Denita, is it Su?

[00:00:16]>> Denita Su.

[00:00:17]>> Su, um, you are with ASU's Fashion Institute of Design. Um, and we're going to talk the Met today and the theme was fashion is art, right? Um, so what did you think of all of the looks on display?

[00:00:30]>> Well, I think it's a really exciting moment for the Costume Institute. First of all, uh, they're getting new galleries. So, 12,000 square ft of new gallery spaces right in the prime location of the museum. So, they've transformed what was formerly the gift shop, right as you walk in in the main great hall into Costume Institute galleries. And those are going to be the permanent location now for their exhibitions.

[00:01:00]>> Oh wow.

[00:01:00]>> You are very familiar with the Met. Tell us why.

[00:01:03]>> I am. Well, I was lucky enough to be the collections manager there uh in the '9s and I worked my office was in the archive. So I worked every day in that very rich um history of fashion right there on the door. It said all the best history all in one place.

[00:01:24]>> Oh wow. And my job was to assist researchers, designers, students, all different types of people to access the collection.

[00:01:34]>> Wow. Okay. So, when you watch what which what were those events like back in the '9s compared to today and and you've seen it grow so much?

[00:01:42]>> Well, you've said you've been part of it before it kind of became what it is today. But, >> well, it started out in the ' 40s and it was um a much smaller affair. It was started off to re raise money for the costume institute and and really be able to do shows there and support the programming. Um it started off for socialites and then it really evolved where in the by the 90s the fashion world was becoming more and more involved. Richard Martin and Harold Cota were the curators then and they were starting to do more contemporary shows, shows with Dior as a brand, shows with Versace and including more contemporary designers and that's part of what was happening in fashion and art in that period of time as well. the mixing of fashion brands like Prada with a high architecturally designed store in Soho right along the art galleries. And so all of this started happening around that time.

[00:02:48]>> Well, we have some great video. So, let's get right to it here. Look at Beyonce. Now, tell us what the concept was for last night.

[00:02:55]>> Yes. So the exhibition was um based on costume, art, costume and the body.

[00:03:04]There were 13 different themes about the body and then guests were invited to you know emulate works of art or be inspired by works of art to uh for their costumes and they really are costumes.

[00:03:21]Some pieces were from the runway, but people really go um over the top with customdesigned pieces.

[00:03:30]>> Okay. What's happening here with what's happening?

[00:03:34]>> What's she What's she going for?

[00:03:36][laughter] >> So, she's selected a work of art and she's she's drawing from that. you know, a lot of them really uh have found obscure pieces along with very well-known works of art to emulate.

[00:03:53]Okay. And so interesting.

[00:03:55]>> Yeah, I know. I felt the space age vibe going on on this one, right?

[00:04:00]>> Yeah, it's different. Um [clears throat] Madonna was also very talked about. Yes, Madonna. Um there was a a work of art from uh that she took this from where it was a a part of a painting. So she really searched to find this thing that was uh appropriate for her. And it's very performative having the whole ensemble come out with her of uh really quite imaginative.

[00:04:28]it almost and like initially when I I saw what she chose, I I didn't get it.

[00:04:35]Honestly, I'm not familiar with the work of art, but um I do encourage some of our viewers to go and maybe if you had a look that you did find intriguing to go look it up because now that I pull up the painting of Madonna, it was called the Temptation of St. Anthony um fragment 2 by is it Lenora Carrington?

[00:04:53]Carrington. Um but you can see the image there that she drew from. look Ron. So then it's like, okay, wait, that really now starts to make sense and where you drew that that inspiration from. Pretty cool.

[00:05:05]>> Here's Heidi Clume.

[00:05:07]>> That is very unique. Drawing from Greek statuary. Um really really imaginative interpretation.

[00:05:17]>> Wow. Okay. So I had heard about some of these without seeing them. To me the amount of prep time had to be incredible.

[00:05:25]>> Yes. People rent out nearby hotels. They rent special vans to arrive in because um the makeup artists in town are really having quite a day and the stylists with this party.

[00:05:44]>> I'm sure, and this [clears throat] is going to be silly, but um she could have stood on a street corner absolutely frozen >> and totally pranked people that she was a statue, right? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, >> tin can down in front of her.

[00:05:58]>> Yeah, that looks so incredible. And again, she pulled in inspiration from The Vowed Virgin by Giovani Strazza. So, if you want to go look that up, you'll you'll see how that really that work of art came to life. Yes.

[00:06:12]>> Well, we've got a few more to look through here. So, let's see. Let's go. I think Cardi B is next. Let's go to Cardi B. I'm really excited for how this is drawing attention to looking at art and its status as fashion, its ability to transcend time and place and people and bring people together to for this sort of joyous celebration of humanity and culture, art, the body all the way across.

[00:06:42]>> So h how does uh the conversation even begin? you know, does she make do you in many cases maybe you're inspired by a certain work of art. Do you have a designer that you generally work with?

[00:06:54]Do you work through third parties to try to come up with who could bring that piece of art to life?

[00:07:02]>> Yes, people are working uh this is a very celebrity driven event now and people are working with their stylists.

[00:07:10]you people have alliances with brands uh promotional alliances with brands uh and and so it's a really orchestrated event much more so than you might imagine but I think creativity really comes into play >> uh in the dialogue around what the celebrity will actually wear.

[00:07:34]>> Yeah. And I think there were some reports like Kim Kardashian, she went through more than half a dozen fittings with her team to get this uh you know just right.

[00:07:46]>> Is that unusual to have seven fittings for one outfit? That's seems like a lot.

[00:07:50]>> I probably had as many for my wedding dress.

[00:07:52]>> Oh well, there you go.

[00:07:55]>> Yeah, this has really become a global event and a very high stakes one for the brands, the celebrities. So, a lot of effort is going into the creativity, the craftsmanship, and it's really um exciting how it's become such a big part of conversation.

[00:08:16]All the students know about it. They're all following it. We had a special screening at the school yesterday and they all wanted to go watch.

[00:08:25]>> And I didn't know Kylie, she actually dyed her eyebrows to disappear. I'm thinking maybe it was makeup or Yeah.

[00:08:33]Well, I I don't know. Some reports said that she died. She bleached them for for the gala. I guess anything for the Met.

[00:08:40]Um but you were mentioning earlier does ASU have work at the Met?

[00:08:44]>> Absolutely. So the exhibition which is the focus of the evening um start opens up with Adam and Eve. So there's more than 200 works pairings between uh works of art and fashion designs. And we're right there at the opening with ASU Fidom Museum's collection with a pair of Vivian Westwood tights from 1987 alongside an Albrook door painting uh woodcut of Adam and Eve from 1504. Wow.

[00:09:20]>> Wow. Okay. So, well, we've just got a minute or so left. Let's before we say our goodbyes, let's go to Eileen Goo as Dez. Oh, wait. That's Dolly Parton. Hold on. Hold on. Oh, here's Eileene. Take a look at this. You I remember you were talking about this one earlier. It's a little more traditional.

[00:09:36]>> Well, and you know, we're talking like art is not alive and breathing, right?

[00:09:40]But it can give you life. It gives you ideas and inspiration. But I love this because I I mean, I like the dress aesthetically, but then the bubbles like you, you know, bringing that art that she drew inspiration from and creating the real thing, you know, bubbles around her. I don't know. I just thought it was really cool. Well, we really appreciate you coming in today, Danita. The uh what you guys are doing at ASU is pretty incredible. So, congrats to all your students.

[00:10:08]>> Thank you.

[00:10:08]>> Who are learning and growing.

[00:10:10]>> Great. We just had our fashion show in Scottsdale Fashion Square two weeks ago.

[00:10:15]We had our show in LA last Saturday and our students are thriving.

[00:10:20]>> That's so great.

[00:10:21]>> That's amazing. [snorts] >> Thank you, Denita. Thank you.

[00:10:24]>> Thanks so much. You are the