Beyond belief. Why didn’t they donate the money used for these obscenities to Gaza, isn’t that what they do during the day? Scream about the poor Palestinians?
The Met has shown no respect for its neighbors and neighborhood. They have caused undue inconveniences with the week of construction, the traffic, the street closures, and a total disregard for safety. It attracts mobs, and as last night, demonstrations. All this so some camera loving celebs can be photographed on the steps, It is elitist and inconsiderate and tasteless, It panders to the vanity of a few and disrupts the lives of actual New Yorkers. That the police , standing in the rain, must deal with this is insulting.
Personally I find this incredibly offensive - people are being disappeared, food scarcity is growing for families, healthcare has become a taboo subject and we have to fight to vote?!! Let’s dress up and parade around? Let them eat cake?!!!!
Never said they weren’t did I and your not helpful labels you have no idea of my belief system so you should not presume - stick to your own lane whatever that is - I offered a sincere opinion - take it or leave it no matter to me….you might consider rethinking how you react to others opinions - that’s what free speech is about.
Looking at the photo of Andre Leon Talley striding along, hands in pockets, and the same suit hanging lifeless - it's a shame that the Met didn't invest in better dummies to display the clothes.
Black dandies are quintessentially men in motion. The displays are, sadly, the opposite.
“[T]he thesis of the exhibition, per the Met’s website, is: ‘In the 18th-century Atlantic world, a new culture of consumption, fueled by the slave trade, colonialism, and imperialism, enabled access to clothing and goods that indicated wealth, distinction, and taste. Black dandyism sprung from the intersection of African and European style traditions.’”
I’m very happy to see the narrative around colonialism shifting! It’s been a bete noire (no pun intended) of the left for a long time but it’s probably responsible for more infrastructure, hospitals, universities, and economic development in the global South than any other single global trend. It’s nice to see the Met Gala (which I associate with the kind of people who talk a lot about decolonizing things, whilst buying products that directly require Congolese cobalt mining by child slaves) show a little gratitude for the efforts of generations of European explorers, missionaries, and administrators with their theme. Perhaps next year the theme will be ‘the importance of law enforcement’ or ‘the irreplaceable value of fathers.’ Bravo, Met Gala!
I love a good fashion-palooza as much as the next gal but I just can’t with this one. Those millions of dollars that are made off of all of the queens year after year should be going to a charity - not the Met. It’s obscene.
The Costume Institute? I hardly think that rotating “costumes” in and out of one wing of the Met can be considered giving to charity. It’s not like they have to purchase them. They are on loan from designers. It’s a bullshit racket.
Don't tell me it's a good cause. It's exhibitionism, incomprehensible to reasonable people who aren't interested in the bizarre fascination the "cognoscenti" have for parading around in what 99.99% of the work would declare an obscene waste of talent and money.
The money doesn’t go to the Met in general. It goes to one particular segment of the museum - the Costume Institute - a segment whose contents are on loan from private parties - not being purchased. There is absolutely no reason for them to be raising millions for that small segment of the museum, year after year. I would love to see an accounting of where that money actually goes.
Welcome to the hunger games! May the odds be ever in your favor. Salute the elites of The Capital, peasants.
This is the last hurrah of the elite. What a bunch of self congratulating sickos
Was about to make the same reference. My God these people are insane. What a travesty. Self-congratulatory bullsh!t.
Well, shoot! My thoughts precisely, Yuri. Beat me to it. Pure Panem.
Best comment of the day LOL
I appreciate that once a year, the really unhinged deviants gather in one place so we can do a census.
LOL made me think of Kamala's appearance at the Gala
Oligarchy at its best.
Grotesque
I find these galas obscene.
Circus of the lost.
Beyond belief. Why didn’t they donate the money used for these obscenities to Gaza, isn’t that what they do during the day? Scream about the poor Palestinians?
For the same reason you didn’t cancel Netflix and your Free Press subscription and send it to Gaza.
Haha, I’m not the Gaza supporter, all those woke leftard fashionistas are!! BTW, did you cancel your Netflix subscription?
The Met Gala?
What a night of making the world a better place….sarcasm intended.
Self-absorbed, tone-deaf.
Agree!
The Met has shown no respect for its neighbors and neighborhood. They have caused undue inconveniences with the week of construction, the traffic, the street closures, and a total disregard for safety. It attracts mobs, and as last night, demonstrations. All this so some camera loving celebs can be photographed on the steps, It is elitist and inconsiderate and tasteless, It panders to the vanity of a few and disrupts the lives of actual New Yorkers. That the police , standing in the rain, must deal with this is insulting.
Whatever happened to classy? 😢
Black Dandyism¹ is classy. The ones who got the assignment were best dressed. ¹that was part of the night's theme.
This event was just missing Katy Perry… in black face
Seems like sum'n Blake Lively would've done.
Maybe in your world.
This event seems a bit OTT…especially with the political climate we live in today. Very frivolous
Zendaya wore it better.
And she looked classy and beautiful.
Personally I find this incredibly offensive - people are being disappeared, food scarcity is growing for families, healthcare has become a taboo subject and we have to fight to vote?!! Let’s dress up and parade around? Let them eat cake?!!!!
Did you happen to notice that the royal attendees were all on your side of the political spectrum?
Never said they weren’t did I and your not helpful labels you have no idea of my belief system so you should not presume - stick to your own lane whatever that is - I offered a sincere opinion - take it or leave it no matter to me….you might consider rethinking how you react to others opinions - that’s what free speech is about.
My sincere apologies.
Accepted and appreciated 🙏🏽
Looking at the photo of Andre Leon Talley striding along, hands in pockets, and the same suit hanging lifeless - it's a shame that the Met didn't invest in better dummies to display the clothes.
Black dandies are quintessentially men in motion. The displays are, sadly, the opposite.
“[T]he thesis of the exhibition, per the Met’s website, is: ‘In the 18th-century Atlantic world, a new culture of consumption, fueled by the slave trade, colonialism, and imperialism, enabled access to clothing and goods that indicated wealth, distinction, and taste. Black dandyism sprung from the intersection of African and European style traditions.’”
I’m very happy to see the narrative around colonialism shifting! It’s been a bete noire (no pun intended) of the left for a long time but it’s probably responsible for more infrastructure, hospitals, universities, and economic development in the global South than any other single global trend. It’s nice to see the Met Gala (which I associate with the kind of people who talk a lot about decolonizing things, whilst buying products that directly require Congolese cobalt mining by child slaves) show a little gratitude for the efforts of generations of European explorers, missionaries, and administrators with their theme. Perhaps next year the theme will be ‘the importance of law enforcement’ or ‘the irreplaceable value of fathers.’ Bravo, Met Gala!
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I love a good fashion-palooza as much as the next gal but I just can’t with this one. Those millions of dollars that are made off of all of the queens year after year should be going to a charity - not the Met. It’s obscene.
The Costume Institute? I hardly think that rotating “costumes” in and out of one wing of the Met can be considered giving to charity. It’s not like they have to purchase them. They are on loan from designers. It’s a bullshit racket.
Fundraising to keep the museum operational sounds like charity to me. Maybe not quite charity but not too far off.
From my understanding the funding raised at the annual MET Gala is for charity.
It’s a fundraiser for the Mets Costume Institute.
Right. So it's a good cause.
Don't tell me it's a good cause. It's exhibitionism, incomprehensible to reasonable people who aren't interested in the bizarre fascination the "cognoscenti" have for parading around in what 99.99% of the work would declare an obscene waste of talent and money.
Never told you anything. In fact, as far as I can recall this is the first time we're interacting.
Sorry, I wasn't meaning it to"you". I was referring to those who believe it was for a good cause. Excuse the error in my posting this.
The money doesn’t go to the Met in general. It goes to one particular segment of the museum - the Costume Institute - a segment whose contents are on loan from private parties - not being purchased. There is absolutely no reason for them to be raising millions for that small segment of the museum, year after year. I would love to see an accounting of where that money actually goes.