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Rihanna Reigns With Pope-Inspired Dress at Met Gala
NY Times ^
| May 7, 2018
| Tariro Mzezewa
Posted on 05/08/2018 7:41:16 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Many celebrities flirted with the Met Gala theme this year the influence of Catholicism on fashion but no one took it on as fearlessly as Rihanna, who dressed like the female pope the Vaticans never had.
She wore a white beaded Margiela corset mini dress under a full skirt, with a beaded bishops hat to match. The outfit was accessorized with a pearl anklet and a bejeweled crucifix necklace.
Rihannas hat was reminiscent of the papal tiaras worn by popes from the medieval era until the mid-1960s. The last papal tiara a bejeweled, three-tiered gold and silver number worth at least $15,000 was worn in 1963 by Pope Paul VI. He gave his tiara to the worlds poor the following year in a dramatic gesture at the end of a liturgical mass held in St. Peters Basilica.
Still, the tiara isnt banished from Catholicism for good. It can still be worn for ceremonies that call for full papal regalia. It seems only fitting that Rihanna donned the lavish symbol for the most lavish costume party of the year.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholicism; metgala; pope; popefrancis; rihanna; romancatholicism
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I thought only one person could impersonate a Pope at a time?
Cultural appropriation, anyone?
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I would call that blasphemy.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:44:22 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I’m Catholic. I’m not particularly outraged. Frankly, I found it tacky and unflattering, so if that’s what she was going for, she Nailed It.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:48:30 AM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
In my most snark voice “She’s fatter”! If you’re gonna blaspheme, do it thin biotch!
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:49:11 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:49:18 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Disgusting. Can we imagine a libtard celebrity at the Met Gala wearing a mocking costume of a Muslim leader?
I don’t think so....
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:49:42 AM PDT
by
Enchante
To: C19fan
She’s more “Catholic” than Bergoglio.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:49:55 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It's not really offensive. It just looks ridiculous.
I guess you could call it cultural a-pope-riation. Am I right, gang?
To: needmorePaine
cultural a-pope-riation
Thread winner!
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:57:25 AM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: needmorePaine
It's not really offensive. It just looks ridiculous. When I saw her on the local news this morning I thought the same thing (still do). However, now I know that "Heavenly Bodies - Catholicism and Art" was the theme of the show. So, the costume makes sense thematically, while still looking ridiculous.
In any case, the most Heavenly Body in attendance was that of Kate Upton.
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posted on
05/08/2018 7:58:39 AM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: Tanniker Smith
To: C19fan
Ford Fairlane: “You wear a dress like that, you’ve got to shave....”
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:07:09 AM PDT
by
mykroar
(Congratulations President Trump)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The fabric is beautiful....the rest...not so much.
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:08:09 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Is she dating a muslim Billionaire from Saudi Arabia
To: C19fan
I would call that blasphemy.
The pope isnt God. So no, its not blasphemy.
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:13:31 AM PDT
by
semaj
(U\)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
No surprise that the NYT didn’t call it Cultural Appropriation. It is in fact making fun of the papacy, so the NYT favors that and applauds it.
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:13:40 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
To: C19fan
To be more accurate, sacrilege.
Grossly offensive and disgusting.
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:21:38 AM PDT
by
Deo volente
("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
NY Times doesn't know the difference between a Tiara and a Miter/Mitre. KMA NYT!
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:38:41 AM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Sadly, Rihanna is probably a better Catholic than is the communist usurper who currently wears the shoes of the Fisherman.
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posted on
05/08/2018 8:44:08 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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