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Met Gala Feh Carpet: Lena Dunham

May 8, 2013 By Jessica AT 10:30 am
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I didn’t think Lena Dunham was going to look all that punk — she’s wearing (and posing with) Erdem, and as much as I really LIKE Erdem, it’s not very punk:

But I also didn’t think she’d look so boring. Maybe she saw the flaming crazy that was Allison Williams and got on the horn and was like, “dude, PULL BACK. I don’t even want to get roped into ANY OF THIS.”

PS: I miss you, Zosia.

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Met Gala Fug or Fab: Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison

May 8, 2013 By Jessica AT 9:30 am
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Goodwin got big points Monday night for not even flinching when Billy Norwich — who was, and I can’t imagine he would disagree with me here, rather awkward and bad on the Vogue livestream Monday night (for the second year in a row, he was terrible! Hire someone who doesn’t ask “so, how long are you in New York?” as a legitimate question. That is not something viewers at home care about!) — called her “Ginnifer Godwin.” She just smiled and was totally charming. Of course, it’s possible she could NOT flinch, because her eye makeup was weighing her down, but whatever works:

I find the dress a little disappointing. The black harness part is leather, which…okay. And this is Tory Burch, who is never going to make a punk dress, ever. But the attempt feels so TWEE in a way that is almost more awkward (on a night that had a LOT of awkward) than just not even attempting anything at all.

Also not making the most of the evening was Ginnifer’s co-star, Jennifer Morrison:

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Met Gala Well Played, Hailee Steinfeld

May 8, 2013 By Jessica AT 8:30 am
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When I saw this on the live-feed on Monday night — where Hailee said she thought Avril Lavigne was her favorite punk artist and Teen Vogue‘s Andrew Bevan almost choked on his own tongue laughing at her (in a sweet, older-brotherly way) and yelping that AVRIL IS NOT PUNK — I was all, “cute, Hailee. You’re adorbs. Moving on.” And then I took a closer look:

The dress is leather; the star-bursts are made of tiny safety pins. This is adorable, age-appropriate, event-appropriate, and — best of all — smart.  Avril wishes.

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Met Gala Well Played: Sienna Miller

May 8, 2013 By Jessica AT 7:30 am
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I feel like a variety of people are looking at Sienna Miller here today and saying to themselves, “oh. That was easy.”

Because the thing is, this IS easy. It’s a great but EXTREMELY STANDARD and unadorned white gown, and she casually threw a(n amazing) studded leather jacket over it and screwed around with her hair a bit. The end. I mean, is anyone going to wake up in the middle of the night and whisper to themselves, “I’ll never forget you, Sienna Miller’s Punk Met Gala Outfit?” Probably not. But nor is anyone going to wake up screaming in the middle of the night “OH GOD SIENNA MILLER’S MET GALA OUTFIT THIS IS WHAT BURNING TASTES LIKE.” She just looks kind of awesome, casually, and also kind of understated, which is a refreshing change for a woman who once wore a bathing suit to lunch and used to tie her own shoes to her pants like they were mittens she was afraid she might lose in a snowbank. I love a refreshing change now and then.

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Met Gala Fug Carpet: Linda Evangelista

May 7, 2013 By Jessica AT 2:00 pm
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Speaking of people Unclear On the Concept (AKA, two-thirds of the people who showed up at this thing):

While everyone else was attending the Met Gala — well, ostensibly, anyway — Linda Evangelista was apparently attending her own wedding. At Medieval Times.

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Met Gala Fug or Fab: Kerry Washington

May 7, 2013 By Jessica AT 1:00 pm
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I fell in love with Kerry Washington a little bit last night. Hilary Rhoda was interviewing her on the livesteam — and, listen, Hilary Rhoda is lovely, but a gifted celebrity interviewer she is not. Can’t they hire Coco for this sort of thing? — and she mentioned that she loves going to the Met, because of how much she loves From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. You had me at “Frankweiler,” Kerry Washington. Can we get together and talk about awesome childhood books? What are your feelings on Harriet the Spy?

I think she looks great from the neck up. I LONG for them to allow Olivia Pope to look like this more often (Olivia has looked tired lately, although I guess with good reason. It’s more that I feel like if Olivia Pope got to look a weeeeee bit more Kerry Washington every now and then, her personal life would not be such a disaster). I appreciate the nod to theme with the fishnet in her cleavage (that sentence is much uglier than the actual dress) and the leather gloves, and you KNOW I love a pattern. Am I 100% sold on this little number? I’m not sure.

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