BODY IMAGE BATTLE

Fleetwood Mac Star Reveals What She ‘Hated’ About Her Body

This year’s Met Gala, which Stevie Nicks attended for the first time, was a celebration of the body.

Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks, 77, has opened up about her struggles with body image after attending the Met Gala for the first time ever. This year’s Met Gala theme, “Fashion Is Art,” was confirmed by Vogue in February and linked to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring exhibition, Costume Art. The show explores the dressed body across centuries of art history, framing the event as a broader celebration of the human form in all its stages. Speaking about the theme at the Gala, Nicks, who wore a top hat and a dramatic silk taffeta gown with a petticoat-style silhouette from Zara, designed by John Galliano, told The New York Times she has struggled to accept her overall body shape as she has aged. “I just hated actually, over the years, at 5-foot-1½, realizing that there was no way to stay really thin, so you’re not going to be that,” said Nicks. “To accept it, that’s hard. This life was not easy.” Nicks performed Fleetwood Mac hit “Landslide” at the Met Gala with Sabrina Carpenter.