Dr. Elizabeth Lundén

So it could be furs, extremely expensive things like diamonds, jewelry.

So that's how the first Met Gala would look like.

It was for the elites, absolutely.

It was the fashion industry and high society from New York City, I would say, especially at that time.

Politicians would come into the picture later, but at the time it would be just those two players that could contribute to this fundraising.

Jennifer Breland is the most fascinating character you will find in this bag of fascinating characters called the fashion industry.

She was one of the most influential figures in the fashion scene in the 20th century, I would say.

She was the fashion editor of two of the largest fashion magazines in the world.

Harper's Bazaar, she worked there since the 1930s and eventually became the editor.

Until in 1963, she moved to Vogue and she reinvented Vogue.

this hectic, eclectic, culturally daring, youthful scene of counterculture.

She put people on the cover like Twiggy, and she discovered so many models, put celebrities in the magazine for the first time.

She started working with Richard Avedon, who was quite controversial as a photographer, thinking about photo shoots as this...

crazy stage scenes that are theatrical, shooting all around the world in exotic locations.

And she just rocked the night.

Well, I think that character, I can see Anna Wintour pinch in it because she's not extravagant enough to be Diana Vreeland.

Yeah.

Sorry about the shade.

But there are definitely some movies that are inspired in Breland.

And there's one French one that's called Who Are You, Polly Magoo?