Posted on 05/06/2014 6:07:08 AM PDT by NOBO2012
Unless you live in a cave, or flyover country, you know about Lady Ms grand opening of the Costume Institute's new Anna Wintour wing at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Finally, a little well deserved recognition for the art and science of costumes.
This event will no doubt be commemorated for generations to come; Lady M and Anna managed to forever transform stinko de mayo from a Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican armys implausible victory over the Frogs in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 to a holiday celebrating the nuclear Wintour instead. I hope thats not racist.
Before I begin my official coverage of the event I need to show you something. Its very and I mean very scary. Butt I figured if I showed you this first, nothing that follows on will seem so bad. Okay, are you ready? Its Donatella, poor little dear, as she appeared at the Costume Institute ribbon cutting. She may have misread the invitation and, thinking it a costume party, come as an alien burn victim.
If this doesnt serve as a cautionary tale for anyone considering undertaking 25 years of constant reconstructive facial surgeries I dont know what would.
Okay, enough of the Debbie Downer this was a celebration! Imagine, a whole wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art named after a vacuous bitch whos major claim to fame is being a fashion icon. I KNOW! It does sound like Lady M, butt Im talking about Lady Anna of course. Because as it turns out not only is Anna a fashion icon, shes a virtual money spigot. She raised over $125 million for the Mets Costume Institute (and equally ginormous amounts for Big Guys campaigns), which is apparently the going rate for a wing of your own.
Lady M looked splendid, of course:
Somewhere Aunt Minnies windows are missing their curtains
I know youre dying to know who she wore:
Michelle wore a gorgeous green floral dress by Naeem Khan. It was made of silk organza and it looked stunning on her. The three-quarter sleeves were perfect for the breezy NYC weather and its clear that she loves this designer because this is the 15th time shes worn this label!
Ah, silk organza! Does that not just scream MO?
There were of course many celebs in attendance. Maybe its just me butt I must say that, as a lot, fashion designers do not age well. Trust me, you dont want to see closeups:
Dianne von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera
And former fashion icons dont seem to have weathered the recession much better, case in point, style icon Iris Apfel:
Although Iris unique sense of style certainly goes a long way towards explaining the countrys infatuation with its newer style icons style:
It was such a shame that Lady M was asked (politely, of course) not to attend the main event - the White Ties and Decorations themed ball dedicated to Charles James, an Anglo-American couturier whose stunning mid-century designs are the subject of this years annual exhibition. I know the official story is that it was about security, butt I dug a bit deeper and discovered that Anna was on record saying she wants more exclusivity and high fashion at this years Met Ball. What a bitch. There, I said it.
So I thought -what better way to honor MO, along with BFF Anna, on this occasion than by reprising my award winning documentaries (which got skunked at the Sundance Film Festival), Lady M: Fashion Icon and Boob Belt Fever: The Movie. I know theyre both over there in my sidebar for On Demand viewing, butt they havent been in the theatre for years now:
Lady M: Fashion Icon
Boob Belt Fever: The Movie
And since Lady M has rocked many a costume over the course of the Wons Big White occupation, I thought Id wrap up with just a few that weve enjoyed over the years: if Ive missed your favorite, feel free to add it.
We begin with the Fairy Tale Collection:
This is the Red Queen from all the Rabbit Hole parties weve had, and on the right, some weird, twisted Red Queen/Cinderella mashup:
Not to be confused with the actual Cinderella costume:
As an aside, I see Katie Holmes cheesed in on Lady Ms Fairy Tale Collection concept at last nights Gala:
From the Action Figures Collection:
Here we have the Neo-Com Mo, left, and the Post Modern Mary Poppins MO, right.
And from the children's favorite, the Clown Collection:
no wait, thats not a costume; here we go:
And finally, from the Indigenous Peoples Collection we have these multi-culti costumes from cultures of color:
I ask you, who has more costume bona fides than Lady M? Thats right, nobody. And still, the snooty patrons of the Anna Wintour Institute of Costumes Gala Ball missed out on her appearance last night just because they didnt want to get patted down in all their finery. So look what they missed: the all new Lady M. Both she and I have been working out relentlessly with Annas staff of Photoshop trainers to rid ourselves of those extra ounces of body fat thats been trapped in the colon wall like spackle or paste. Id say we succeeded:
So eat your hearts out, New York fashionistas. Its apparently enough to make even the Ice Princess cry.
Posted from: Michelle Obamas Mirror
I've never seen such a collection of disfigured, disillusioned females in one place.
From the Donatella Vampira, to those old fashion crones, and the old fart men with their disinterested gold diggers to the First Pinata Model. Even Katie Holmes sporting the abused cult-wife look is disgusting. Just damn.
More evidence there are two Americas. It is too bad the beautiful people aren’t content to leave us alone while they live their decadent and extravagant lives.
I will never understand the predilection of once vibrant women having collagen injected into their lips so much that it looks like....well I won’t describe it. It just is so distracting and ewwwwwww!.
I’ve recently watched some weight watcher commercials with Marie Osmond as the spokesperson. She’s had that exact same thing done, and all I can think of is how badly she messed up what would otherwise be a beautiful face.
It is some kind of mental sickness.
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