Chamberlain on the carpet in the present day, it is easy to neglect that when she was first invited, she was seen as extra of a sideshow novelty meant to draw Gen Z eyeballs than an honored visitor.
In 2021, shortly after the explosion of TikTok turned a number of younger individuals into stars in a single day, the Met was abruptly flooded with a bunch of content material creators, together with Chamberlain (who, we should observe, was not a TikToker and had been well-known on-line at that time for years).
The arrival of Chamberlain, TikToker Addison Rae, and others drew eye rolls from many who groused that “influencers were ruining the Met." The New York Post wondered if the influx of content creators was leading the event to lose its luster, with one anonymous source telling the publication that its no longer “super prestigious” due to the brand new, allegedly uncouth crop of celebrities.
With three years' hindsight, although, the Put up's predictions have fallen quick. Relatively than the Met changing into irrelevant for daring to ask somebody like Chamberlain, the reverse has occurred. Chamberlain has slowly morphed right into a fashionista to observe, showing on the Gala yearly since and internet hosting the livestream for a number of years for Vogue.
In 2022, the mixture of her off-the-cuff and endearing interview type (who may neglect her change with Jack Harlow?) mixed along with her flawless execution of a two piece Louis Vuitton set on the carpet endeared her to a lot of her skeptics, with Teen Vogue declaring that it is “almost like we can’t celebrate the first Monday in May without her anymore.”
By 2023, the Wall Street Journal had declared her “a fashion darling.” That yr, when she arrived on the Met carrying an identical child blue set from Miu Miu, nobody batted an eye fixed.