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Met Ball Well Played, Amy Poehler

May 9, 2012 By Jessica AT 10:30 am
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"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala
"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala
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I just love you, Amy Poehler.  You’re so smart and funny. Sometimes I like to pretend we are friends. Now I’m going to say nice things about your outfit.

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Met Ball Fug Carpet: Marc Jacobs

May 9, 2012 By Heather AT 10:00 am
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When interviewed, Marc Jacobs gave some pat answer about wearing this because he wanted to pay homage to the unexpected, or something.

Can I call bullshit on that? Because a) Marc Jacobs in kooky nightshirt-looking dresses is not that unexpected anymore, even if they’re see-through; so b) I think he just wanted to show off his pecs. We get it, Marc. (AGAIN.) We still see you. In your underwear. Looking like Dermot Mulroney. I’m bored. It’s ridic. It’s The Chronicles of Ridic. You’re actually making me miss Lady Gaga, WHICH HAS NEVER HAPPENED.

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Met Ball Fug Carpet: Scarlett Johansson

May 9, 2012 By Jessica AT 9:30 am
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You know how on SNL, when Amy Poehler was still there, they’d do “SERIOUSLY?!?!?! With Seth And Amy”?* I sometimes do a version of that in my head, called “SERIOUSLY?!?!?! With Seth And Amy and Jessica” and it basically consists of whatever I’m thinking about whatever dumb outfit I’m writing about. To wit:

SERIOUSLY??!?!?!!?! You’re in the number one movie in the country and currently on the cover of Vogue and THIS is the best you can do for arguably Fashion’s Biggest Night? SERIOUSLY???!! A dress that manages to be both bland AND weird AND dated and half-assed bedhead? SERIOUSLY??!?!!!! SERIOUSLY.

*I have been informed — correctly — that is is actually REALLY?!?!?! With Seth and Amy. My defense is that in my HEAD it is called SERIOUSLY?!?!?!? because….that is how my brain works. CARRY ON.

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Met Ball Fug or Fab: Debra Messing

May 9, 2012 By Heather AT 9:00 am
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This looks better than it did when she was walking around on the live feed.

I happen to think Debra looks better than she did in her Will & Grace days — I think she’s one of those people, kind of like Julianna Margulies, who was always pretty but really clicked in her late thirties/early forties, and she’ll probably look exactly that good for the rest of her days, which will be endlessly irritating to those of us with early-onset crow’s feet. But she paints herself into such a boxy corner. All that gathering up in the navel region is giving her a weird shape, and I keep wondering if it’d work better if she wore it backward. Still, because this photographs much more flatteringly than I expected, I’m throwing it up to a vote. Because it’s possible I don’t know how to judge her anymore when she’s not swaddled in her Smash swobes and scarves, like a refugee from one of those old Top Model challenges where the winner got to keep everything she could put on her body in thirty seconds.

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Met Ball Unfug It Up: Alexa Chung

May 9, 2012 By Heather AT 8:00 am
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Looking at this just makes me itchy.

Long sleeves stuffed into a leather dress, paired with hot lights and camera flashes, is what I think of as the birthplace of sweat stains. This is from the Marc Jacobs collection with all the giant furry hats and Wicked Witch of the West shoes, and it was shown with a blouse underneath, albeit a floral one. Swapping in a white one is cleaner, and she did leave out the buckled hooves, so that’s something. But now imagine this outfit without any blouse under it. Might work, right? Might be funky and sexy and have a little attitude. Might be a great example of how to pull pieces from Mary Pimpins and have them make sense in the world. I’m not sure how the neckline would work, still, but I would’ve liked a chance to see it. With the blouse, she looks like she’s trying to be the librarian of Pleathertown.

Then again, I’m also a little devastated she didn’t go full Pimpateer and wear it exactly as Marc originally conceived it. Perhaps with the addition of a rapier. Anna Wintour’s face would have been epic.

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Met Ball Well Played: Solange

May 9, 2012 By Jessica AT 7:30 am
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Do you think Solange snickered to herself when she saw how over-the-top Beyonce looked?

And then silently thought, “less is more, sis. LESS IS SO MUCH MORE.” Because hello, gorgeous. This is, like, perfect. Color: perfect. Fit: perfect. Clutch: perfect. Bracelet: perfect. Hair: perfect. Make-up: perfect. I know she’s not MY little sis, but I still feel proud.

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