“The fashion industry is made possible by the thousands of workers behind the scenes — seamstresses, tailors, retail workers, delivery drivers — whose immense talent and dedication deserves to be celebrated,” Mamdani told i-D. This is a great point, and it’s also why I can’t do away with the Met Gala completely. There may be better ways to highlight the workers behind the scenes, but this event is one of the ways, and at its core, the Met Gala is a fundraising event for a museum that needs money to survive (although, it may be financially independent soon). Plus, this night employs hundreds of artists, stylists, fashion workers, and working-class people in New York.
