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# Fugtrospective: Taylor Swift's Met Gala Gowns
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugtrospective-taylor-swifts-met-gala-gowns/
- Published: 2016-04-28T17:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-29T05:05:49.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:46

## 2008: Badgley Mischka

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2016/04/80995253-taylor-swift-met-ball-2008-510x736.jpg)

Ah, the days when Taylor Swift was a Country Blonde. This dress was, [in her Fugstory](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/taylor-swift-a-red-carpet-fugstory-12-2014/), one of the first major fashion statements where she was inching away from cutesy. The gold is gorgeous, and while I can't decide how I feel about the three-tone ombre nature of it, certainly it's visually arresting. And for a debut Met Gala, truly pretty damn good. The theme was the link between fashion and superheroes, and this DOES look also potentially armored, without being super literal. Well done.

## 2010: Ralph Lauren

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/FFN_flynet_metball3_050310_GG_50509620.jpg)

This theme was "American Woman," which... snore. And snoring, appropriately, is also something you can do in this dress, which is basically little more than a nightgown. It's not a HEINOUS one, but it's still a bit slight and unimaginative for the Costume Institute's night of nights.

## 2011: J. Mendel

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/FFN_MetGala_RAM_050211jpg_7250164.jpg)

This was the "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" year. And it DOES look bit like her dress got savaged. I think a dinosaur that only eats fabric took a bite out of her side.

## 2011: J. Mendel

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/taylor-swift-met-ball-2011.jpg)

The black lace risks looking gangrenous.

## 2013: J. Mendel

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/168198025_10-510x705.jpg)

Ah, I recall this Met Ball. I was in Germany visiting my sister, nine or so hours ahead of Los Angeles and thus six ahead of New York, and Jessica and I were on a very delicate tightrope trying to cover everything without repeating each other. The theme was punk, and a lot of people punted. This, for example, feels more like it could pass muster in the fashion/superheroes one. it's a great, dramatic garment on her -- she was tiptoeing closer to the edge, or just edge, here -- but I'm not sure she looked super punk. The deconstructed-looking one from 2011 fit the theme better in a way; maybe Swifty is a time-traveler who just mixed up her dates a lot.

## 2014: Oscar de la Renta

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/taylor_swift_met_ball_met_gala_488338773-510x712.jpg)

This is one of those dresses I WANTED to be transported by, but a) OdlR sent out two or three other AMAZING gowns that year on other people (Karlie being one of them; they arrived together); and b) this is a weird hybrid of a bridesmaid's dress and a wedding gown, and c) arriving with your friend means you can't lie down in the limo and WHOOPS suddenly your dress is an accordion.

## Taylor Swift

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/taylor_swift_met_ball_met_gala_488352285-510x677.jpg)

Messy.

## Taylor Swift

![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2016/04/taylor_swift_met_ball_met_gala_488338709-510x769.jpg)

Yeah, it just... it's fun to look at, just to try and sort out the construction of it, but I don't find it alluring so much as perplexing.

[Fugtrospective: Taylor Swift's Met Gala GownsT.Swizz here is the co-chair of Monday's Met Gala, the theme of which this year is -- ahem -- "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, highlighting the intersection of fashion and tech in today's world." (So get ready for a lot of LED dresses, basically.) Just for fun, as we prepare for whatever Taylor has in store -- for some reason I'm predicting a Tron vibe from her -- let's take a look back at all of her Met Gala ensembles. Pick your fave. \[poll id="12692"\] \[Photos: Getty, Fame/Flynet\]![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2016/04/80995253-taylor-swift-met-ball-2008-510x736.jpg)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugtrospective-taylor-swifts-met-gala-gowns-04-2016/)