THIS YEAR'S EXHIBITION "CAMP: NOTES ON FASHION" WAS INSPIRED BY SUSAN SONTAG'S SEMINAL ESSAY "NOTES ON CAMP", DEFINING CAMP AS THE LOVE OF THE FRIVOLOUS, THE UNNATURAL, ARTIFICE AND EXAGGERATION.

CELEBRITIES SUCH AS KYLIE JENNER, JENNIFER LOPEZ, SERENA WILLIAMS AND IDRIS ELBA CHOSE TO WEAR VERSACE AT THE RED CARPET OF THE 2019 COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA AT NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.

DESIGNED AND CRAFTED BY HAND IN VERSACE'S MILAN ATELIER, THE DESIGNS DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE CAMP IMAGINARY. FEATURING INNOVATIVE MATERIALS, BOLD COLOR PALLETTES AND EXAGGERATES SILHOUETTES, THE VISIONARY DESIGNS ARE COMPLEMENTED WITH BEADED HEAD PIECES, JEWELLED EMBROIDERIES, FEATHER BOAS AND IRIDESCENT TRIMS.