Too bad the Protestors didn’t get in.
Of course the NYPD were going to protect the freaks there. It’s the one time they stood up to the protestors.
The arrivals looks.
I'm not going to try to break down the list, but Truly Stupendously Awful looks are in the minority. But the people who actually look good -- good as in classy -- are also in the minority. The usual pathetic categories are much in evidence: older women trying to dress like 30-something sex goddesses; fat people in tight, revealing outfits; men -- not all of them gay -- going for the queer freakshow look; the beautiful young women who would draw stares if you dressed them in a burlap bag wearing the desperate "look at me, look at me" costumes.
The Met Gala has become a parody of itself. The Kartrashians. Notorious society whores. The dozens of people none of us have heard of who are supposed to be "celebrities" of some sort.
Anna Wintour controls the guest list and is said to approve every outfit. I can only wonder how a list like this gets compiled. I suppose it's all a matter of the checks being written, which makes me wonder what the money people think they are getting from this kind of display. I don't fault runway models for wearing outlandish costumes on the catwalk; it's a job, they are walking mannequins, and if the check is big enough, I'm ok with it as long as there's not nudity involved. But follow the money. How does this sort of thing raise money for the Metropolitan Museum?
Once upon a time, the Met Gala used to have traditional big donors, high powered professionals and business people who could write big checks. Maybe those people still contribute, but they're not the people being photographed and put forward as the face of the event. The Hollywood people are a minority, and I wonder if they're looking at each other and whispering, "what the heck are we doing here?" Being invited to the Met Gala used to be a thing. Maybe the event is still coasting on its past reputation, sort of like elite universities that have gone over the side and are now discovering how fast their stature can erode.
Anna Wintour is 74. How much longer will she stick around? And I wonder if the Met Gala will reset once she steps down. Credit where credit is due: she has raised a ton of money for the Museum.