Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The Met Gala

I never paid attention to this event before.   

But I go nowhere and see no one and now any splash of color (that's not sports) catches my eye.  Especially when my first view is of Amanda Gorman

Us Weekly

There were a lot of crystals.  There were lots of nearly naked women and if there were any nearly naked men I couldn't find a picture to share.  I'm not sure how this is okay.

I know nothing about the event itself.  I have no interest in knowing any more.  It's enough that I spent some delightful minutes watching videos of people I didn't know smiling/grimacing/turning this way and that on the red carpet.  I browsed Vogue's coverage for a while, realizing that I knew very few of the celebrities.... and that I didn't care.

It was pretty and superficial and I didn't care about that, either.  I was amused in a novel fashion for a while and that, in Pandemica 2.0, is, apparently, enough.

(Have I mentioned that being a considerate member of society requires vaccinating yourself against highly contagious diseases..... like TB and polio and Covid-19?)

8 comments:

  1. I have often wondered how these folks with (a) full length sticky clothes (b) walking in the midst of huge yardage attached to their being, and(c) transparent clothes , manage to go to the loo etc if required , at the Met Gala. Perhaps they simply dont. Which is actually not good. Sigh.

    Suranga from Mumbai

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    1. There were some outfits that defied movement or bathroom breaks, indeed. It's walking on those super high heels that amazes me, though.
      Hi! From across the globe!
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  2. I must admit I also took great joy scrolling through the WaPo gallery of what people wore. I must admit I recognized more of the sportswomen (Naomi Osaka's everything was AMAZING)than the actors, but the bright colors (And Lil Nas X in three layers of gold including plate armor) and complete lack of existential horror was a nice change.

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    1. I knew the sport people - Megan Rapinoe was my favorite- but beyond that, dear niece, I am generationally challenged!
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  3. I guess I will have to do some catch up? I did used to watch What Not to Wear although no one who ever saw me in day to day life would ever guess that I had even the slightest interest in fashion.

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    1. Not having the slightest internet re st in fashion pretty much describes me, too, Olga. But the prettiness drew me in... you owe yourself some looks!
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  4. Well, that was fun, very entertaining. Thanks for the link. I sure didn't know who most of these people were, and like you said, I don't care either. I guess that means I'm old. Yup.

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    1. But we can appreciate their outsides without wondering about their insides and, as Intrepid Cat says above, the absence of existential horror was delightful!
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