Elliot Page arrived at the 2021 MetGala making a significant style statement.
The 34-year-old actor made his way down the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday looking sharp in a Balenciaga black suit and sneakers -- but it was the green rose that he sported on his lapel that got fans' attention.
This year's Met Gala theme is"In America: A Lexicon of Fashion," an exploration of the nation’s sartorial identity and a deep dive into American ingenuity, and Page, whoA number of fans believe the green rose he wore might be a tribute to Oscar Wilde, who first came to America in 1882 and often wore a green carnation on his suit jackets. The story goes that the famous author started the trend by asking a few friends to wear the flower.
"The green carnation became a queer symbol in 1892 when Oscar Wilde instructed a handful of his friends to wear them on their lapels to the opening night of his comedy Lady Windermere's Fan," wrote Sarah Prager in an essay posted on . "From then on, wearing a green carnation on your lapel was a secret, subtle hint that you were a man who loved other men.", who use the flower as their symbol, the green carnation was interesting to Wilde because he was "playing with one of his favorite ideas: that nature should imitate art, and not the reverse.
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