Where do you go to see the absolute ugliest clothes you’ve never even dreamed of before? Apparently, it’s the “Met Gala,” an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. These are some of the most hideous, ostentatious outfits I’ve ever seen … they may well give me nightmares tonight!
Since 2005, the event has been held on the first Monday in May. The first year of the Met Gala, 1973, the ticket price was $100. Inflation must have hit the fashion industry hard, though, because this year the price of admission was $50,000!!! And the costs of the ‘costumes’ can run in the tens of thousands of dollars or more! One dress from last year’s gala is said to have sold for $4.8 million!!! And children are going to bed hungry at night, people are living on the street in cardboard boxes … 😡
But anyway, I thought it would be a fun venue for this week’s Saturday Surprise, so take a look at some of the best worst of the outfits exhibited last Monday at the Met Gala … hold onto your hats! In my mind, there is only one question: WHY????
Has anyone checked to see if she has a pulse? She looks like a life-size Barbie doll!!!
I actually kind of like this one … he should have kept his head on, though!
WTF???
What IS that thing on her head???
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I’m perversely glad I found this post Jill, what a great opportunity to indulge in severe, judgemental, socialism and condemnatory grumpiness.
No they are not being clever or outrageous or stunning. No style, no taste, nothing but self-aggrandisement on a ridiculous scale.
Hurrumph!
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We are of like minds on this! And when I read about the costs involved, how much money was being thrown away on these “fashions” … I couldn’t help but feel socialist while wondering how many children could have eaten for a year with that money. I add my Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr … to your Hurrumph!
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‘Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr’ works for me 👍
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Fascinating the way that folks with money think they need to spend it …
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Ain’t it though?
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We have a word for people like them. It starts with ‘W’ and rhymes with bankers…
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Oh yeah! I’ve heard Roger and David both use that word before and yeah, it suite them to a ‘T’!
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Thanks for the entertainment Jill, so ridiculous. Do they actually take it seriously? I will have nightmares after seeing that cat!
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Oh yes, they definitely do take it seriously, though I imagine there are many laughs as they come up with these outrageous designs! Ha ha … the cat was the only one I kind of liked!
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Well, it was a distraction from other things…
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By the way, this comment was me, but it sent before I could “log in”…
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I’ve had that happen many a time! I’m still puzzled as to why we sometimes, but not always, have to ‘log in’ when we’re already logged in to our WP account. Sigh. More of WordPress’ “improvements” I guess.
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That’s a good way to look at it!
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Hilarious. I actually look forward to this event every year, just to see how outrageous the outfits are. 🤣
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Well, it’s at least as much fun as watching grown men hit a helpless, defenseless little white ball around with a big stick! 🤣
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“WHY??????????????”
Seconded. 😐
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Jill, these dresses and outfits may be art, but not something you could walk around in without getting it stepped on or tripping over. I think when you put it in the right perspective, it can be fun to watch how outlandish these things can be. Functional art, not so much. Keith
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PS – By the way, watching King Charles’ coronation, the dresses were a stark contrast to the ones above. Elegant and stylish for the most part. One of the announcers reminisced about the trouble Princess Diana had with her wedding train which had great difficulty getting shoved into the bridal carriage. Seeing the MetGala gowns reminded me of this.
By the way, I once was in a wedding that required a tuxedo with tails. You could not wear the tails in the car and to be careful sitting down. These poor women didn’t stand a chance of sitting. Keith
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I only watched a bit of it, but I noticed the same thing!
Ha ha … I can only imagine what a pain that would have been!
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Yeah, it was fun to see them, each one a bit more over-the-top than the last, but I cringe when I think of how much money was spent … but then, that’s me … a realist.
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“It’s pretty but is it art?” Rudyard Kipling
I want the red trench coat. Art for arts sake is good. It’s their money earned on their own talents and it is for charity. Ostentatious display could become an American custom. 🙂
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I guess art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder! I didn’t find anything pretty or beautiful in any of these (except maybe the kitty costume) and damn sure wouldn’t pay tens of thousands of dollars for any of them!
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Look at that coat! Me thinks one is becoming jaded. What if it’s someone else’s money?
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Not jaded, just more in tune with the simpler things in life … like jeans and a t-shirt! Someone else’s money? Then I would donate it to homeless shelters, food kitchens, and animal welfare groups.
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Epictetus would approve. Do you think artists create because they want to or do they have to for sanities sake? Spectacle is pleasing to the masses.
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I think that true artists create because they have to, because there is something within them that drives them to express themselves through their art. But then, there are the faux artists who, while they may have artistic talent, do not feel the compulsion to share their art apart from what it can gain them in the physical world (ie, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
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Gram Nash told me that each life is a work of art. Art is spirit expressed, creation, something from nothing. If it has value the creator deserves recompense.
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The cat costume made me chuckle.
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Me too!!! It was the only one I didn’t find disgusting!
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Most of these, “designer gowns” can’t and should never be worn in public, and, if you can’t wear these clothes, then what would be the purposes, of the designers’ coming up with, these designs? Perhaps, it is only, for show, which feeds to the designers’ own, pride…
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I agree with all you say, and would only add … why do people buy these gowns at the end of the gala for sometimes enough money to feed a family for several years??? 🙄
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It kind of makes me understand why revolutions take place.
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🤣
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My fave was easily Jared Leto
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Oh absolutely … without a doubt my favourite!
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Such a waste of money … that could have helped a lot of people.
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My thoughts exactly!!! Children are going to bed hungry at night, people are living on the streets in cardboard boxes …
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Because they can! But who else would want to? Total pomp– no circumstance!
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On the bright side, I saw no fur or skins except a bit of leather. We have made some advances…
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Yes the red trench coat has got me and to your well made point he wore Vinyl combat boots. lol
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Ah, vinyl. A curse upon our environment. (Is it better than the alternative? I’m not really sure.)
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Good point!
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I agree … all pomp … hideous pomp, but good for a few laughs, I guess!
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“I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” Emma Goldman
Why can’t we dance for just this little while? If my joy dies they win.
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“Denial of joy”??? Perhaps I’m an anomaly, for I would find far more joy in giving that amount of money to help feed the poor or help a struggling student afford college, or pay for a child’s necessary medical care than to spend it on a piece of extravagant clothing. Perhaps we each view ‘joy’ through a different lens.
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Perhaps? There are only two ways to see through a telescope. Peripherals are mere distractions anyway.
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Better to dance naked in the rain than one of those get-ups. Besides, I doubt those women could even dance in most of those gowns. Someghing would fall or otherwise come apart. Dancing would be a curse. 😇
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If you’ve seen me dance YOU have been cursed. lol
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I FULLY agree!!!!
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