However, there are those singing from the same hymn sheet as Dion who are shattering those rules into tiny, irrelevant pieces. And they are having so much fun doing it that you can’t help but want to throw caution to the wind and join in.

Take the 2019 Met Gala, usually the year’s most coveted invitation for any keeper of good taste. The theme was camp, based on Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes On “Camp”. This year, the guests who truly shone on the red carpet (in every sense of the word, as camera flashes reflected off sequins and lamé) were the ones who embraced the theme of camp to such a degree that they looked ludicrously brilliant. Men wore dresses, women over the age of 50 wore leotards, plus-size women wore thigh-high splits, and they all looked positively giddy doing it.

How feel-good fashion became the ultimate trend of 2019