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Kim Kardashian at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. This year’s theme was American Independence. Patriotism, pop culture and politics were in fashion, but to what end? (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Jennifer Lopez at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. This year’s theme was American Independence. Patriotism, pop culture and politics were in fashion, but to what end? (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Kim Petras at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. This year’s theme was American Independence. Patriotism, pop culture and politics were in fashion, but to what end? (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Timothée Chalamet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. This year’s theme was American Independence. Patriotism, pop culture and politics were in fashion, but to what end?(Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Lil Nas X at the Met Gala in New York on Monday night, Sept. 13, 2021. He later shed his regal outerwear to reveal a gleaming gold C-3PO suit, which he then jettisoned to expose a crystal-beaded bodysuit — an LGBTQ+ parable in clothes about the power of revealing your true self. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Vanessa Bryant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Whoopi Goldberg at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Dixie D'Amelio at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Hunter Schafer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Kristen Stewart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Cara Delevingne at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Kate Hudson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Jordan Roth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times).

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Gigi Hadid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Kendall Jenner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Justin and Hailey Bieber at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Erykah Badu at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).

Ciara at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times).