Kamala Harris is the surprise guest at Met Gala

It’s a way to make a (re) entry.

Only a few days after having delivered her first major speech since the concedent of the 2024 elections, in which she condemned the actions of President Trump and warned a constitutional crisis, the former vice-president Kamala Harris was the surprise guest of the Met Gala.

Although a tip sheet of all the participants was distributed in advance, her name had not been made and she got into the gala without putting on the red carpet, according to a spokesperson.

However, even without the photo sessions, the message sent by its asymmetrical black silk dress with a tower neckline and a flowing white sleeve was quite clear: “I’m back. Ish.”

Unlike the Chloé Pantans suits that Mrs. Harris seemed to have adopted as semi -uniform at the end of her presidential race, the dress – a white look designed by IB Kamara, who took the mark after the premature death of the founder Virgil Abloh – was dramatic. He told the story on two sides. It was a return to the more inclusive dressing strategy that Ms. Harris demonstrated during the inauguration events of 2021, when she carried the work by all black designers. And it will probably be controversial.

“For me, the real core of dandyism is rooted in confidence and strength,” said Kamara. “There is no one who illustrates these characteristics more than Kamala D. Harris, someone who has overcome adversity and continues to be a lighthouse for so many people.”

However, political figures are rarities relating to the Met Gala, which tends to over -indexing celebrities of all kinds – Hollywood, in sport, the world of art – and fashion brands that love them.