NYC Gala, Catholic mockery

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This is the first time i have ever paid attention to the Met Gala. I saw more pictures today and some people wore fashion that had no religious theme. I don’t know how the invitations were worded so I don’t know how they recommended the guests to
dress.
 
Can we blame them. A homily on modesty in dress only comes about once out of every 15 years.
 
I liked the St Joan d’Arc costume

the only one i liked
 
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I don’t care for all this. I am not surprised.

IMO, the only lady to ever do it gracefully and respectfully, is Jessye Norman. The woman has an angelic voice, and deserves to dress like a saint.

 
some of the prints were very nice

i saw some nice images of the BVM on some dresses

i don’t know

this is above my paygrade
 
They did Asian culture, more specifically, Chinese a couple of years ago. There wasn’t much outrage. Probably equal to this, actually.

I think generally, there’s selective outrage for this sort of things. The 17 year old prom dress controversy kind of showed this. More people from the left (and right) actually supported her.
 
Mrs. Colbert was very elegant, I thought Ariana Grande’s dress was beautiful. She looked very elegant, and not too fluffy considering she’s so petite.

I thought Blake Lively’s dress to be absolutely beautiful.

Although, I’m not in a position to wear a dress like that, and I’d look silly wearing it at Panera Bread, I wouldn’t be upset if elements like the rich fabric and embroidery came back into style.
 
No one will wear their dresses again probably. I guess some might go back to the designers to display. I’m just guessing.
 
I was shocked to see all the negativity over that dress. I’ve seen dresses in the past of similar style.

My friend is Chinese and wore a traditional red wedding dress at her wedding reception. Hers was so elegant and ornate, but she couldn’t even purchase it. It was rented!

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I personally wouldn’t be comfortable if someone were to wear my culture’s ethnic wear to an event that has nothing to do with cultures/my culture to be honest. Especially more so if that person has never really shown any effort to learn about my culture prior to that or has said ignorant things about it. To me, it seems like they’re reducing my culture to pretty clothes/for aesthetic purposes, which is pretty common unfortunately (I’m Indian)

But I don’t know anything about the girl to make that decision, nor is it my culture in the first place, lol! It seems most Chinese people are okay with it, excluding the people who have probably been made to feel bad about their race when they were younger I guess? I think that’s why she has gotten some backlash in the first place.
 
Not so much a costume party, but each year the guests outfits are supposed to match the theme of the evening. The theme of the evening is dictated by the exhibition that the Met will open the next day in their Costume Institute. Not all guests follow this, though.
 
I see your point.

There are a number of lovely Indian owned shops not far from my home. I’ve seen beautiful garments in the windows. But I guess it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to purchase and wear a sari. I guess that would be cultural appropriation.

I’m much older than you are, but when I was young, an idea of a melting pot, where all cultures sort of meld was the norm. By the time I was in college, it was more of an idea if a cultural stew, ingredients mingling together and complimenting each other.

I’m of Sicilian origin, so the origin of my area has many different cultural components. Greek, Roman, Normans, Arabic, Lombard. A lot of the cultural components ended up in the foods.
 
I honestly don’t mind if people wear it, I think it’s the context that matters. I wore Malay ethnic wear to Malay weddings, for example. But I wouldn’t wear it for my birthday party, lol!

I’m in Singapore and we wear other cultures’ ethnic wear on certain days to commemorate multi culturalism and harmony. So the whole ‘only ____ can wear ___’ is rather new to me and many other Singaporeans. It’s probably a POC in the western world thing, I guess.
 
Yes. A year or ago the theme was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology”

Some of those outfits were very ornate and avant-garde.

Here’s kim and her husband;

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I can tell the article was written by a liberal Catholic with the way it links to an article bashing Conservative Catholics.

Probably required to be posted on the NYT. Always got to bash the Conservative Catholics.
 
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