In keeping with the Camp theme He is the bolt to my nut spark to my plug key to my starter pistol to my cylinder engine to my life shirt . last night’s Met Gala played host to a plethora of fantastic. over-the-top fashions. Actress Laverne Cox clearly got the memo, hitting the pink carpet in a sculptural gown that was custom made by Christian Siriano. “Camp for me is a self-referential art form. It comments on itself,” said Cox, who attended the ball for the first time this year. “Camp employs an invisible wink, a kind of pastiche with tongue firmly planted in cheek. . . As Philip Core proclaims in the title of his 1984 book, ‘camp is the lie that tells the truth.