Met Gala postponed to 'a later date' due to coronavirus

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COVID19SouthAfrica 'Due to the unavoidable and responsible decision by the Metropolitan Museum to close its doors, 'About Time,' and the opening night gala, will be postponed to a later date.'

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour said this was"due to the unavoidable and responsible decision by the Metropolitan Museum to close its doors"Editor-in-chief of Vogue Anna Wintour has announced the postponement of the Met Gala amid the coronavirus outbreak.

"Due to the unavoidable and responsible decision by the Metropolitan Museum to close its doors, 'About Time,' and the opening night gala, will be postponed to a later date," the head of the fashion magazine's American edition said in a post on Vogue's website. This year's edition of the sartorially-focused exhibition is to explore"About Time: Fashion and Duration," and was as usual set to open with a star-studded bash the first Monday in May.

Wintour also used the lengthy post to endorse former vice president Biden — who is racing against progressive Bernie Sanders — as her choice Democratic candidate to take on Trump in the November presidential election. "Like everyone else, I have been experiencing this Covid-19 crisis as a series of hurtling developments, where one never knows quite what each new day will bring," Wintour wrote, before roundly admonishing Trump.

 

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