Now that's a real punk moment! Model Abbey Lee Kershaw supports gun control with flash of body paint at Met Gala
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At Monday night's Costume Institute gala, where the theme was Punk:Chaos to Couture, many thought the evening - and exhibition itself - delivered a sanitized version of punk's anarchic world.
But not Abbey Lee Kersaw. The model used the benefit to make her own political statement, in what was arguably the most punk thing that happened at the benefit.
Lifting up her custom-made Rag &
Bone dress, the 25-year-old Australian, currently ranked number 12 in
the world's Top 50 models, revealed the words 'gun control' written in
block letters on her torso.
Rebel with a cause: At Monday night's Costume Institute Gala, Abbey Lee Kershawlifted up her custom-made Rag & Bone dress to reveal the words 'gun control' written in block letters on her torso
After party: Captured by Just Jared at the Standard Hotel, Miss Kershaw danced alongside her Mad Max: Fury Road co-stars Nicholas Hoult and Riley Keough
The protest of sorts, in support of gun control in the U.S. where the model lives when she's not in her hometown, Sydney, coyly cemented her stance on the current debate.
Punk pose: The model wore a Rag & Bone silver iridescent bias cut slip dress for the Costume Institute Gala
Captured by Just Jared at
the Met Gala's after party, at the Standard Hotel, Miss Kershaw danced
alongside her Mad Max: Fury Road co-stars Nicholas Hoult and Riley
Keough, as well as JustJared.com‘s Jared Eng, Kate Bosworth, fellow
Australian model, Miranda Kerr.
Miss Kershaw, who is famous for her rebellious aesthetic, wore a Rag & Bone silver iridescent bias cut slip dress for the evening's benefit.
Designer Marcus Wainwright, who runs the New York-based label with David Neville, wouldn't say if he knew about the model's stunt prior to the Gala, however he is an avid supporter of Miss Kershaw.
He told MailOnline: 'We love
Abbey. We’ve known her for a while now – she’s done our shows and our DIY
campaign.
'She’s her own person and a free spirit which is why we chose her to come to the Met.'
Channeling the minimalistic aesthetic of the early Nineties, the dress' dramatic exposed back, adorned with delicate spaghetti straps, was the focal point of the gown, according to Mr Wainwright.
The Vogue cover girl punctuated her dress with a handful of Deborah Pagani rings, a Calvin Klein clutch and Alberto Moretti sandals.
With her eight tattoos (as of last count in 2009, according to Models.com), deep red lipstick, newly died brown hair, and black underwear seen through the dress' sheer fabric, the model embraced punk's fierce aesthetic.
Draft stencil: Getting ready for her protest, of sorts, the model outlined the lettering on her stomach and then filled in before the gala, according to photographer Cara Stricker's Instagram
Political statement: The Vogue cover girl, who punctuated her Met Gala outfit with a handful of Deborah Pagani rings, is a staunch supporter of gun control in the U.S.
As one Rag & Bone commenter remarked on Instagram: 'This girl will make any outfit look punk.'
Punk: Chaos to Couture, open to the public from May 9 through to April 15, aims to be an 'in depth history of punk,' said Andrew Bolton, the cerebral museum curator whose previous shows include the Alexander McQueen retrospective and last year’s Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada exhibit.
'It underscores punk's continuing
relevance - its strong sense of ownership and emotional connection gives punk it's
power, he explained at a press preview of the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday morning.
'Punk endures because it reflects a time when fashion was provocative and championed the wearer - rather than the designer,' he added.
An earlier fitting: Channeling the minimalistic aesthetic of the Nineties, the dress' dramatic exposed back - the design of which changed from this image as fittings with Rag & Bone evolved - was the focal point of the gown
But Suzy Menkes, who spoke at New York's 92Y last night, and labelled the exhibition a 'bloodless version of punk’s origins' for her International Herald Tribune review, is one fashion industry critic who though the museum made punk seem 'full'.
The 69-yearr-old explained last night, referring to Anna Wintour's proclamation that pink is the color of punk, that 'as far as I can remember, pink, and roses [which lined the museum's long staircase] were not punk.'
Mr Bolton, who conceeded that 'punk menas different things to different people,' quipped: 'Like any street style, punk loses its potency when it's
presented in a museum. I'm sure punks would be appalled, but proud to be focus of a fashion exhibition. They
are nothing if not contrary.'
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Yeah! Government control is so PUNK ROCK!
- Sandra Taylor , Vernal, United States, 09/5/2013 22:17
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