The Met Gala !

BlueBell, absolutely right. Well said.

Heaven help anybody who had to sit next to most of them, their ludicrous costumes took up so much room. I think that Demi Moore's probably took up most space.
I just don't get the heavy thighed look that so many of them are going for now.

I hope the people who made the stupid costumes go out of business Notspagetti

Bloody ridiculous I think men are designing these and the stupid women are following like sheep they re trying to make woman look more and more ridiculous and more like pantomime tranvestites
( the guy in the light mauve suit looks nice) but they re all ordinary suits just in different colours not anything stupid
I think it’s got to the point where they re all trying to outdo each other in stupidness
Yuk stupid yuk

I couldn't help comparing it to the excesses of Versailles - and look how that ended!

Tbh, the ridiculousness of the outfits pales into insignificance compared to this :- l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Freel%2FC6phPCVIiu6%2F&h=AT0xBCkUDSP4hr9riNGpoLlQkSbK29VzDBlzM1CoPeEYD-nnmcXGBxvRrnsk85VHEAwRflV397CQTr6_j5YqPr2qpg2E2fB8LVPlvhyy-ffn654Tsf4Yd419rhIb7rHCBw&s=1

Seeing the photos, I have to say I think some of the women did look lovely in the dresses they wore; what really annoys me though, is that they're treated like goddesses - even being helped up the stairs for goodness sake - pick your hem up and walk up YOURSELF. So many 'yes' people with them.

Yes that's a better one

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Ha ha. OK Galaxy -
I do have others!
I think Gigi Hadid's was my favourite. By Thom Browne. Could go straight into the Met!
I love the way that it looks like she's climbing out of a floral dinner jacket! And think, like a wedding dress, it's lovely to take off all that heavy froth after the photos.

Really stunning. And here is an article with sketches and info about the making of it:

www.vogue.com/article/gigi-hadid-2024-met-gala

I wish they would credit the people who worked on these pieces of art... and hope they were all paid properly.

Are in any way linked that should say.

The idea that the suffragettes and women unable to walk because of clothes are in any men linked is tragic. Choicey choice feminism at its finest.

NotSpaghetti thank you for those pictures, beautiful dresses, so many hours of quality needlework involved.

The thing about freedom is that it’s just that. Freedom.

The suffragettes fought for the rights to vote for women.

Women ‘vote’ to wear what they like..
that’s the thing about freedom… what they wear may not be to your style or aesthetic, but who are you to judge and stop them?

The Fashion /Modesty Police have plenty to say about what women wear in Iran, and Afghanistan… are you a paid up member of the Fashion Police… are you happy in your Burqua?

Those outfits are mostly awful as well not spaghetti, sorry

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I agree, the outfits for both women and men were 'fantastic' and not in a good way! Some of them would have been appropriate in an episode of Dr Who.

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Has anyone actually looked at the outfits on show at this black tie event? If you haven't looked further than the headlines you won't have seen anything fabulous- you will have only seen the more outrageous and silly outfits.

Here are some "ordinary" outfits.

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Callistemon21

The Dolly Parton quote comes to mind:

*"It costs a lot of money to look this cheap"*

At the risk of annoying other posters by quoting, I have to say Dolly hit the nail on the head Callistemon21
I have never seen such a group of ridiculous looking women, no dignity or independent thinking just follow the herd to look outrageous.

^At the risk of annoying other posters by quoting
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There was a man who had fabulous floral beaded shoes this time with a black suit - they must have taken hundreds of hours of work. The suil had tails like a Dali moustache.
I like to see men getting in on the dressing up act

Strange, isn't it, that men wore suits even if they were rather different, but the women were, in the main, nearly naked.

Are the designers men?

One woman was well covered up (Sarah Jessica Parker I think) but managed to look like a lampshade.

I think the designers must dislike women as most outfits aren't at all flattering and ths women are daft enough to fall for it.

Callistemon21

The Dolly Parton quote comes to mind:

*"It costs a lot of money to look this cheap"*

At the risk of annoying other posters by quoting, I have to say Dolly hit the nail on the head Callistemon21
I have never seen such a group of ridiculous looking women, no dignity or independent thinking just follow the herd to look outrageous.

They won't be serious at the ^after-parties"! 🤣
This is all for the media.

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Its a fund raiser, why ate people so serious?

I love the Met Gala outfits (and the after-party ones). I confess that I could barely name any of the attendees but I do love the theatre of it all, the costumes and inventiveness.

I love that designers get to push the boat out and we see some truly magnificent strange and creative pattern cutting and stunning sewing skills.
There was a man who had fabulous floral beaded shoes this time with a black suit - they must have taken hundreds of hours of work. The suil had tails like a Dali moustache.
I like to see men getting in on the dressing up act.

I know people are ridiculed a d some outfits really are unwearable- but it's only for a short time and they change for the parties.

And it's a fund-raiser - I think I read $75,000 a ticket. The proceeds to the Metropolitan museum's costume department (rather like our V&A) which has some stunning collections.
www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/the-costume-institute

Also, there is always a theme - this year the dress code was “Garden of Time,” after a 1962 short story by J.G. Ballard, with moody florals, clock motifs, and even outstanding archival pieces all expected to fit the theme.

If some outfits look silly, who cares. There's still a lot of skill on show with all that skin!

Love Dolly Parton, a lovely human, so down to earth, there's no side to her at all.