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  • 2021-09-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wear 'Tax the Rich' Dress to Met Gala? (en)
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  • In September 2021, social media users enthusiastically shared photographs of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) which appeared to show her wearing a dress with the words TAX THE RICH printed across it. The New York congresswoman, widely known as AOC, purportedly wore the dress at the Met Gala, an exclusive event popular among New York socialites and wealthy and well-connected individuals. For example, on Sep. 13, journalist Ilana Kaplan posted two photographs of AOC to Twitter, one of which showed her wearing a white dress with the words TAX THE RICH printed across the back in bold red letters. Kaplan described the outfit as iconic: Those pictures were authentic. AOC attended the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, on Sep. 13. She wore a white dress, designed by the Canadian fashion designer Aurora James, with her political message of choice printed across the back. On Twitter and Instagram, Ocasio-Cortez posted a photograph of herself, wearing the dress, alongside James, along with the following description: Getty Images also captured dozens of photographs of AOC and her dress at the event, providing further definitive proof of its authenticity: (en)
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