Met Gala Well Played, Christina Ricci


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It turns out I almost always like what Christina Ricci wears to the Met Gala – even when it’s cracked out:

And this is no different. This event seems like the very best time to trot out that Vivienne Westwood dress that looks very slightly as if its former life involved being an awesome set of curtains in a very rich man’s very over-the-top library, until it decided to mate with a can-can girl and run off to New York to make its fortune. (That’s a compliment: I love libraries, New York, the can-can, AND fortunes.)

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Met Ball Well Played: Maggie Gyllenhaal


I know the dog collar feels like something of a paltry ode to costume punk.

But you know what? This is great on her, and yes, I say that even knowing she’s got a little sideboob poking out. Maggie looks sexy and confident in it, which is a refreshing change for her lately, and the pixie cut is utterly perfect with it. Maybe she’s getting lucky and I’m just too exhausted from everybody else to raise a strenuous objection, or maybe I’m grading on a curve based on her last couple outfits. But I’m going to stand by myself here. And then maybe give myself a shoulder rub, because damn, those suckers are starting to burn.

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Met Gaga Well Played Carpet: Amanda Seyfried


I was going to put this to a vote, but I ended up talking myself into it. I think she looks kind of great — and while she said that she didn’t think she looks very punk, I actually think the pattern on this is tough enough to play along.

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Met Ball Fines or Fabs: The Mara Sisters


I actually really appreciate that Rooney didn’t do a full backslide into Lisbeth Salander for this. More like… a partial. But it works.

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Met Gala Feh Carpet: Lena Dunham


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 Ball Fugs or Fines: The Dueling Diors Again, a.k.a. Marion Cotillard and Jennifer Lawrence


It’s been awhile since the darling dueling Dior representatives had to share the same red carpet. Here, they had to pose together, so they got very different outfits, neither of which service the theme and neither of which makes me delirious with joy nor engulfed in hate-flames on the side of my face. In fact, I think Dior totally, disappointingly, punted. Let’s discuss.

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