MET Gala 2017 Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds: MET Obligation You know I have opinions. And we’ll get to those in just a moment. But first I find myself having to say something… if not in Blake Lively’s defense, then on her behalf: We stay up all night to write, and it’s inevitable that sometimes I forget By Duana • May 02, 2017 12:00 pm
Style Janelle Monae & Chrissy Teigen: Best MET Feather Bombs Officially, my assignment sheet also includes John Legend, but can we acknowledge what we know? JL, you look great, it’s not about you, we gotta go. Okay. These dresses are kin to one another—not yin and yang, more like Big and Little Sis. But they’re both about By Duana • May 02, 2017 11:19 am
MET Gala 2017 Kerry Washington vs. Lily Collins: MET Dueling Bobs No, of course it doesn’t have to be a competition. But when two women both wear a distinctive hairstyle that’s nothing like their own (and is very obviously a tribute to Rei Kawakubo) you tend to wind up putting their attempts beside one another. One of the reasons By Duana • May 02, 2017 10:46 am
MET Gala 2017 Katy Perry: MET Costume You’re lucky, Katy Perry. You’re the co-chair of the event, which is also called the Costume Institute Gala, and that article about you in Vogue inspired a super-ranty episode of Show Your Work where we complimented you for being interested in learning more and being more. You’ve By Duana • May 02, 2017 09:49 am
MET Gala 2017 Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell: Best MET Story When we divide up the people we’re going to write about at LaineyGossip, some are for fighting over—wait for that later today—and some are just givens. Nobody would even have to blink before handing me Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys but you know what? I’m gonna By Duana • May 02, 2017 08:51 am
MET Gala 2017 Katie Holmes: MET Fudge I hesitated on that title. But I couldn’t think of another way to describe what Katie Holmes is doing in this outfit. You know when you try to get away with something? When you know what you’ve worked on isn’t exactly the answer to the question, but By Duana • May 02, 2017 08:30 am
MET Gala 2017 METLeisure: Riley Keough Do you want to know a terrible secret about me? I’m one of those people who likes to buy leggings and athleisure wear, but I don’t go to the gym enough to justify the purchases. I am basically the worst. I don’t always wear it everywhere, which By Duana • May 02, 2017 07:17 am
MET Gala 2017 MET Gala ‘Angelica’: Allison Williams “So So So… so this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level, what the hell is the catch?” Look, it’s not like I’m above throwing a Hamilton quote on the top of a piece for no reason—but in this case it’ By Duana • May 02, 2017 06:24 am
MET Gala 2017 Diddy Did the Met Gala Stairs Why no, it is not about the men, even more than usual. That is, Jaden Smith—but he’s, like, doing Performance Haircuts, and even the most adventurous dudes basically come in the same thing, except Rami Malek, who looks like he shops at the same clothing store as Curious By Duana • May 02, 2017 06:04 am
MET Gala 2017 Mandy Moore, Cold Comfort at the MET No matter what, there is Mandy Moore. In good times and in bad, certainly as long as I’ve been staying up late to write about stuff and long before that, there has been Mandy Moore. Yet I was almost perversely proud when the shots came out and people started By Duana • May 02, 2017 02:10 am
MET Gala 2017 How Elizabeth Banks Met Galas To Whom It May Concern: Please excuse Elizabeth from dressing on the Comme Des Garcons/Rei Kuwakabo theme tonight, as she has been dressing that way for the past several years due to her ongoing engagement as Effie Trinket. As such, her mesmerizing body-con sequined Rorschach painting and banana-coloured hair By Duana • May 02, 2017 01:20 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Strength, Style, in that order Hi Duana, I love your column and your writing. Hoping for the grace of your wisdom here.. My second child, a baby girl, is arriving in May. We have a taste for what we see as stylish, euro, slightly mid-east-influenced names. Naming our son was super easy - but I& By Duana • May 01, 2017 05:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Should It Be This Difficult? Hi Duana! We're expecting our second in May and we won't be finding out the gender. Though somehow we're in the same boat as when we were expecting our first- a full list of potential girls names and zero for boys. Last time we By Duana • Apr 28, 2017 02:13 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Why Lainey Cares* About Leslie Odom Jr. We’ve debated and gone back and forth, but I think the verdict is we are going to delay the taping of our #ShowYourWork podcast until after the weekend. Because the Met Gala is coming, and because Lainey and I are going to be in New York this weekend, and By Duana • Apr 27, 2017 02:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Rethinking, Second thoughts, and ‘Second’ thoughts Hello Duana, My daughter was born last year and we were one of those couples that didn't want know the gender. We had the boy's name set but we waffled on girls names. Adelaine? Sorcha (he vetoed)? Aurelia? Ariel? We finally settled on one...Claudia. But By Duana • Apr 26, 2017 05:28 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: Blake Lively ‘Popping’, Anne Hathaway ‘Confessing’, Harry Styles Flirting, Badass Moms and Bad Idea Vacations...and Julia! Every week we pledge to pare down our list of topics and inevitably squeeze in one more… or maybe two. This week was the hardest yet because it was ALL good… Because when we discuss Blake Lively shutting down a reporter who asked what Blake felt was an inappropriate question By Duana • Apr 24, 2017 03:14 pm
