Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Let's Play Dress Up at the Met

Okay, I know it is a cliche, but I enjoy looking at, and trashing, the attendees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Gala. Once a year everyone who is anyone (and many who are no one) show up to parade in some one's finest.
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It's better than the Oscar parade, because it can be more cutting edge. It also means bigger mistakes. If you want to look at 40 or so pics - here is the link. Many are beautiful - but let's not waste time on those - on to the fun.


This is January Jones from Mad Men in a hideous hot pink number. Too bad she leaned against a wet fence.



Rene Zwellwigger in a reasonable flattering Prom dress. Too bad about the hair (and face - but she can't help that since the lift that wouldn't die).
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Really - that is a bad lift, she is beginning to look like Anna May Wong from the 1930's Charlie Chan movies.


Kristin Stewart from Twilight. In all honesty, when she dresses up she looks a lot like my lesbian friends do in a dress - pretty, but annoyed and ready to clomp away on a moment's notice.
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PS: The "sheer in front" panel makes your legs look fat. And the "take my damn picture quick" expression is out of place at a gala where the entire point is to - have - your -picture - taken!


This is Christina Hendricks, also from Mad Men. She reminds of the slutty girls at Disneyland who used to buy child size T-shirts to make their boobs look big. We get it, you got big knockers - buy the right size!
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ps - it's not mentioned anywhere, but are those 2 teddy bears engaged in coitus on her shoulder?



Chloe Sigveny. Train. Wreck.
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ps - nice slouch