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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Met Gala 2025: A night of bold fashion, Black dandyism

Met Gala 2025: A night of bold fashion, Black dandyism

By Samantha Genzer, Managing Co-Editor May 13, 2025
The dress code, “Tailored For You,” challenged designers to reinterpret tailoring traditions for all bodies and all identities — and the results didn’t disappoint.
Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

Sports and fashion can’t resist collaborating — at the expense of consumer wallets | Wear Me This

By Sujena Soumyanath April 30, 2025
The draft is functionally a chance for NFL teams to add eligible players to their rosters, but it also allows athletes to broadcast their personal brand.
Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

Superfine or Superficial? | Geek Chic

By Anjola Odukoya April 29, 2025

On the first Monday of every May, millions of citizens who are otherwise unconcerned with fashion become the biggest couch critics, dissecting Met Gala looks with the same scrutiny as seasoned pros.  This...

Elijah Chacko | Graphic Artist

When did Halloween become a glorified fashion show?

By Westray Keeler November 2, 2023
Societal pressures plague us all the time, especially in the age of the internet where everything is documented and publicized — can’t we have one day a year off?
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

Couture and controversy: Don’t put Karl Lagerfeld on a pedestal | Tough Love

By Analise Bruno May 2, 2023
Perhaps Wintour chose Lagerfeld to be the man of the evening because of his ties to a big-name brand like Chanel — but I wonder, shouldn’t morals come above prestidge? Do we really want to conflate Lagerfeld’s controversial legacy with that of the renowned Met?
Eden Mor | Graphic Artist

A Met Gala recap from someone who knows absolutely nothing about fashion

By Eden Mor May 2, 2023
The annual fundraising gala for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Every first Monday of May, Hollywood’s elite flock to NYC, reminding us once again how out-of-touch with reality celebrities are.
Jun Li / DFP Staff

Don’t be a Hypocrite: This Met Gala is proof fashion no longer needs a night

By Viktoria Popovska September 21, 2021
Despite the amount of money spent by celebrities, the outfits this year were not entertaining enough to warrant caring about the elitist event.
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: Performative or not, the Met Gala’s fashion activism isn’t something to dismiss

By Sujena Soumyanath September 19, 2021
Performative or not, activism’s entrance into the mainstream means the people on top have no choice but to pay attention
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