Music Lizzo at the Met Gala: Most Authentic (Lainey: this post was written by our newest contributor, Melayna Williams. Melayna has written for Maclean’s and Vice and is the co-host of the Black Tea podcast. We are so happy to welcome Melayna to the team. We are still setting up her profile on the site but you By Melayna • May 09, 2019 10:13 am
Met Gala 2019 Zendaya & Law Roach: Met Gala Best (Lainey) Come ON. COME ON. As I’ve already said today, Disney princess is automatic Camp. Fairy tales are stories made extra. And what makes Zendaya’s look extra extra, as managed by Law Roach, of course and always, is that this is Cinderella down to the very, very last detail. By Lainey • May 07, 2019 02:53 pm
Met Gala 2019 Elle Fanning: Met Gala Best (Duana) It was an embarrassment of riches last night. This theme brought out one of the best overall showings in years. But while some of the people we loved are the ones we expected to (looking at you, Celine) part of the reason this look gets my best dressed is that By Duana • May 07, 2019 12:12 pm
Met Gala 2019 Kerry Washington: Met Gala Most Boring (Duana) I loooove Kerry Washington and I frequently love what she wears. Especially in her Scandal period her work wardrobe was so cashmere sleek that she got to play more on carpets – especially those where she was just a presenter or a guest. Relatively low pressure seemed to work well with By Duana • May 07, 2019 11:49 am
Met Gala 2019 Gwyneth Paltrow: Met Gala Most Boring (Lainey) When the theme is Camp, “worst dressed” isn’t actually the worst. “Worst dressed” might actually be the prize. By now, hopefully, we have a better understanding of the spirit of Camp, what it can be and what it most certainly isn’t. Is Gwyneth Paltrow on theme? Is she By Lainey • May 07, 2019 11:39 am
Met Gala 2019 Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade: Met Headgear Champions How do they do that? How do they make what could easily veer into cheesy couple’s costume territory look so dramatically badass? Look at these two. Just please experience Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade right now… I don’t have enough knowledge of various Catholic orders to have the By Duana • May 07, 2019 11:14 am
Met Gala 2019 Janelle Monae: Met Devotion This is true devotion to the theme. Janelle Monae has always honoured this carpet, in the most literal, personal ways. She is, more than almost anyone else, an artist whose clothing is an extension of her personality, and of the vibe she’s embodying. Right? Like it’s never a By Duana • May 07, 2019 11:04 am
Met Gala 2019 Celine Dion: Best Met Cheese I could have grouped Celine Dion with the other silver headpieces – and I actually suggested it to Duana, because our list was starting to get real aggressive, and I thought, maybe, since we haven’t slept, we might want to conserve energy. She told me that was blasphemy and she’ By Lainey • May 07, 2019 10:35 am
Top Reads Tessa, Natasha, and Kristen: a Warrior, a Doll, and a Knight go to the Met Gala There are always those people who talk about change like it’s a degradation of the standard that once was. Sometimes it’s true. Like, maybe your favourite restaurant isn’t the same anymore because they flipped the menu and, sure, that’s fair. But what about the people who By Lainey • May 07, 2019 09:45 am
Met Gala 2019 Solange & Zoe Saldana: the Curse of Met Gala Expectations Did Zoe Saldana look good last night? Of course. The rust-coloured, one arm sequined dress with the neck tie and matching stole fit her beautifully. Her hair was great. The giant purple flower was great. And at any other event, she’d be a contender. At this event, though? When By Lainey • May 07, 2019 09:15 am
Met Gala 2019 Ciara & Hailee Steinfeld: Met Extreme Confidence I love what Hailee Steinfeld wore to the Met Gala. It’s so very, very clear to me that to really kill it on the red carpet at this event, you need to have a sense of humour – which is ironic because Anna Wintour is the last person anyone thinks By Duana • May 07, 2019 08:56 am
Met Gala 2019 Sophie Turner & Joe Jonas: Met Best 90s The predominant style indicator of the 90s, if you were trying to approximate it in a drawing or sketch, is plaid flannel, plus combat boots. That’s the shorthand, and it should be, I get why it is. But when I saw Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, 5 days after By Duana • May 07, 2019 08:33 am
Met Gala 2019 Lupita Nyong’o: Met Unfair Advantage In the past couple of years stylists have finally been getting their due, and some, like Law Roach, are approaching pop culture figure status on their own. It’s absolutely time for people to acknowledge the work of stylists and for them to be stars in their own right, kind By Duana • May 07, 2019 08:03 am
Met Gala 2019 Katy, JLo, Gemma, and Gigi: the Met Gala silver headpieces No one can say that Katy Perry doesn’t put in the effort. When you walk the Met Gala carpet as a chandelier, that’s effort. Anna Wintour certainly appreciates that, year after year, Katy brings her brand of spectacle to the event. And never has a Met Gala theme By Lainey • May 07, 2019 07:49 am
Met Gala 2019 Yara Shahidi & Cara Delevingne: Camp Below The Belt I. Freaked. Out. Look, I’ll admit it. I thought the Camp theme was going to be too broad, and that most people weren’t going to want to risk enough to really come to play, or that the interpretations would be so vague they wouldn’t actually evoke that. By Duana • May 07, 2019 07:20 am
Met Gala 2019 RuPaul, Aquaria, and Violet, A Drag Queen Disappointment: Met’s Most Unfulfilled Potential RuPaul, Aquaria (Season 10 Drag Race winner), and Violet Chachki (Season 7 winner) walked the Met Gala red carpet yesterday, an important milestone. When I wrote yesterday about the Queer History of Camp, I said, “I’m a little disappointed, although we’ll have to see for sure tonight. With By Prem • May 07, 2019 06:37 am
