NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Halle Berry attends the 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between' Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
There is some very, very cool work in this train. Really stunning. And then she turns around...
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Halle Berry attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
... and it's like HOLY NETHERS CATWOMAN. There is lovely work on THIS, too, but boy. What if that sculptural skirt went all the way around? Even if it went OVER the catsuit? And what if the top was entirely the way it looks over her boobs, rather than see-through? There are options, is what I'm saying. I think this could have still worked, and made a statement, without the focus on her pelvis. I mean, even an OPAQUE catsuit could have been fine. We know she's comfortable wearing one.
Nicki Minaj in H&M
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Nicki Minaj attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images For Entertainment Weekly)
And then there's this. How COOL is this.
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Nicki Minaj attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
It photographs very effectively from the side, too. I just find myself wishing she were poking her leg out of a skirt slit, or something, because...
"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Nicki Minaj attends the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images For Entertainment Weekly)
... from the front she looks like a cheerleader who's started her own magic show. H&M obviously tried to make something in her personal wheelhouse that also adhered to the theme, but what came out was something she could as easily wear to the VMAs, which seems strange. She's certainly wearing it well, but should she be wearing it HERE?
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Halle Berry and Nicki Minaj attend the "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images For US Weekly)
I love that both of them are in this shot.
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Halle Berry leaves from The Mark Hotel for the 2017 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between' Met Gala on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel) *** Local Caption *** Halle Berry
Let's pause for some hot wrangling action. Can you imagine being in charge of making sure Halle Berry's train arrives intact?
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Halle Berry leaves from The Mark Hotel for the 2017 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between' Met Gala on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for The Mark Hotel) *** Local Caption *** Halle Berry
The hotel a bunch of celebs used, The Mark, sent photos of many of them leaving, and it's SO USEFUL and cool, and appeals to the logistics geek in me. Helping the bloggers was the best trend of the night. I'd go stay there tomorrow if I could.
This is also a good time to remind you that Halle Berry? Is fifty. FIFTY YEARS OLD. Presumably she can still punch, and kick, and punch, but she's also straight-up perfection and looks a fraction of that age. HER BODY. Maybe in my next life.
