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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

Shamya Banks, a fashion studies student at Columbia College of Chicago, irons linen fabric at the university's fashion lab on Friday, May 9, 2025. Banks is a recipient of the 2025 Virgil Abloh Post-Modern scholarship, a grant organized by the late creative director Virgil Abloh to aid Black students studying fashion.

Met Gala inspires up-and-coming designers to tailor their style

Alana Eve Schacher, Contributing Writer / May 12, 2025

Every year on the first Monday in May, celebrities walk down the Fifth Avenue red carpet in their most avant-garde attire to the Met Gala, one of the fashion world’s biggest events. Hosted by The Costume...

Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York.

Met Gala review: Floral fantasies and archival designer dreams

Elizabeth Gregerson, Contributing Writer / May 12, 2024

For some of us, the Met Gala feels like an annual holiday party we’ll never be invited to. Falling on the first Monday in May every year, as attendees wear their designer custom made outfits, we watch...

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) posa con su vestido hecho por la diseñadora Aurora James.

OPINIÓN: Todavía me encuentro indeciso sobre el vestido de AOC

Erik Uebelacker and Bryan Matthew López / September 27, 2021

Estoy indeciso sobre qué pensar del vestido de la Gala del Met 2021 de Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. La congresista de Nueva York causó sensación en las redes sociales después de usar un vestido que...

Lady Gaga attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on May 6 in New York.

Camp: the theme that means the most – or nothing at all

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor / May 13, 2019

Many consider the annual Met Gala to be one of the most important events for fashion, with the Hollywood elite flaunting their wealth and status by way of what they choose to wear. Every Met Gala has...

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