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The following year, in 2020, Kardashian revealed the mastermind behind the look.“Just found this in my phone from my special trip to London last year to meet w Mr. Pearl,” she wrote in an Instagram post, which featured a mirror selfie showing Kardashian posing in a strapless nude bodysuit corset, which exaggerated her hourglass figure.

“I wore a corset like this for the Met Ball for my @manfredthierrymugler Camp look but the corset was misplaced that night and I want it so badly preserved for my archive that I flew to London to have another made for the archive.”At this year’s 2025 Met Gala, Kardashian once again pushed the boundaries of fashion, flashing her backside to onlookers in a black leather Chrome Hearts dress and matching Stephen Jones fedora.The Kardashians star wasn’t alone at the ultra exclusive event — she seemingly prepared for fashion’s biggest night with her 11-year-old daughter, North West. (Kardashian also shares Saint West, Chicago West and Psalm West with her ex-husband,

“Met🖤,” West wrote via TikTok at the time, documenting her own special look for the 2025 Met Gala which featured a hair transformation with blue braids, cowboy boots, Nike knee-high socks and a matching jacket and shorts set.has spoken—the see-through dress trend is still just as chic as ever. The actress put her spin on the trend at the Los Angeles Official Emmy FYC Red Carpet for

with a maxi boho dress. The black t-shirt-style dress was made of a mesh material with silver studs in a horizontal striped pattern. And, yes, it was completely see-through, revealing Song's simple black leotard below.

Song paired the on-trend dress with an array of chunky silver rings and a matching watch, while she wore her long hair down in loose waves in a center part.In 1912, the first influencer cancellation took place. (Well, unless you count Marie Antoinette’s.) Lady Duff-Gordon, a socialite and designer of the line Lucile, survived the sinking of the

but was rumored to have bribed the lifeboat’s crew not to save as many people so she could make it to safety. When she reached dry land, a trial ensued, with many of her Lucile-wearing stans in the audience.By those standards, today’s influencer scandals—like this winter’s tempest around Swedish influencer and Djerf Avenue designer Matila Djerf’s

—pale in comparison. But that story is proof that influencers have always been around in some form, and that their role as social lightning rods is nothing new. And with so many influencers now not just promoting, but designing, brands, it’s a markedly strange time for the industry. While in the past, a celebrity or model’s behavior could sink an endorsement deal, what happens when the spokesperson themselves also owns the means of production, so to speak?“Any time you put a name on a label, whether it is an influencer brand or a designer’s name, you risk that individual running into reputational issues and harming the brand in some way,” says Susan Scafidi, the academic director of Fordham’s Fashion Law Institute. While influencers are using their vast followings to leverage their own brands, that following is “built on shifting sand. There is always a danger that something will happen and the whole sandcastle will crumble.”