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Published 11:05 14 Sep 2021 GMT
Elliot Page looked dapper at the Met Gala last night - as he made his first public appearance since transitioning.
Donning a black Balenciago suit, the 34-year-old Umbrella Academy star shined bright on the red carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday, in what marked the actor's first public appearance since coming out as trans back in December.
However, despite Page's mere presence at the event getting a lot of attention on social media, it was a subtle yet powerful detail in his attire that fans admired most.
Fans were quick to notice the green flower pinned to Page's fashionably oversized suit jacket, and Twitter was soon inundated with praise for the star as the meaning behind the carnation was revealed.
According to PinkNews, the stand-out green flower was a tribute to late Irish playwright Oscar Wilde, who was once sentenced by an English court to two years in prison for "gross indecency" after being found guilty for having a relationship with another man.
Wilde lived from 1854 to 1900, and after he'd once asked his friends to wear a green carnation to the opening night of one of his plays, it soon became a symbol for queer men.
Twitter was soon flooded with images of Wilde and Page side-by-side.
"The only plain black tux I will praise with the Oscar Wilde inspired green flower. Elliot Page I love you," one person tweeted.
Page's return to the red carpet comes just months after the actor spoke to Oprah Winfrey about the pressures he faced wearing feminine clothing prior to his transitioning.
Speaking to the iconic host on an episode of her Apple TV+ series, The Oprah Conversation, Page revealed that he had once "collapsed" during a movie premiere after being asked to wear a dress.
Prior to the event, Page says that his manager - who he assures is "like family" to the star - presented three dresses to the actor while in the hotel room.
Page continued: "And I just like, I lost it. I got so... it was like a cinematic moment. The kind of thing that would be in a movie."
After eventually choosing to wear a black and grey asymmetric dress for the evening, the turmoil became too much for Page once the screening had finished.
"And that night, after the premiere at the after-party, I collapsed. That was something that's happened frequently in my life, usually corresponding with a panic attack," he said, adding: "I’m sure the two correlate, and the whole period correlates."
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