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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 Vatican’s never had.

She wore a white beaded Margiela corset mini dress under a full skirt, with a beaded bishop’s hat to match. The outfit was accessorized with a pearl anklet and a bejeweled crucifix necklace.

Rihanna’s 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 world’s poor the following year in a dramatic gesture at the end of a liturgical mass held in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Still, the tiara isn’t 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?


1 posted on 05/08/2018 7:41:16 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I would call that blasphemy.


2 posted on 05/08/2018 7:44:22 AM PDT by C19fan
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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.


3 posted on 05/08/2018 7:48:30 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

In my most snark voice “She’s fatter”! If you’re gonna blaspheme, do it thin biotch!


4 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.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Cultural appropriation.


5 posted on 05/08/2018 7:49:18 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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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....


6 posted on 05/08/2018 7:49:42 AM PDT by Enchante
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To: C19fan

She’s more “Catholic” than Bergoglio.


7 posted on 05/08/2018 7:49:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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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?
8 posted on 05/08/2018 7:54:44 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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cultural a-pope-riation

Thread winner!
9 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.)
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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.

10 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!)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Agree.


11 posted on 05/08/2018 8:01:35 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: C19fan

Ford Fairlane: “You wear a dress like that, you’ve got to shave....”


12 posted on 05/08/2018 8:07:09 AM PDT by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The fabric is beautiful....the rest...not so much.


13 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!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Is she dating a muslim Billionaire from Saudi Arabia


14 posted on 05/08/2018 8:12:50 AM PDT by chemical_boy
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To: C19fan

“I would call that blasphemy.”

The pope isn’t God. So no, it’s not blasphemy.


15 posted on 05/08/2018 8:13:31 AM PDT by semaj (U\)
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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.


16 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.)
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To: C19fan

To be more accurate, sacrilege.

Grossly offensive and disgusting.


17 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)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
NY Times doesn't know the difference between a Tiara and a Miter/Mitre. KMA NYT!
18 posted on 05/08/2018 8:38:41 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sadly, Rihanna is probably a better Catholic than is the communist usurper who currently wears the shoes of the Fisherman.


19 posted on 05/08/2018 8:44:08 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Who_Wore_It_Better_050718 full news article at: https://bit.ly/2ruL9RU
20 posted on 05/08/2018 7:13:01 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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