gala
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Keen-eyed fashion historians noticed that the late British singer and actor Jane Birkin caused a stir by wearing an almost identical dress to a Paris gala in 1969 with her then-partner Serge Gainsbourg.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Before each gala premiere, the hotel hosts what it calls the cortège, or procession.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Entertainment Television, which enjoyed an annual festival presence as a news outlet covering the gala activities.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The invitation-only gala, which benefits The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, began in 1948 as a fundraiser that marked the Institute’s annual spring fashion exhibition and was attended primarily by high-society museum patrons.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
I’d forgotten that dancing was to follow the gala dinner.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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