"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala

At first we thought this was pants, and admit it: it COULD have been. It actually might have been sort of cute as pants, in a 1950s CRAZY kind of way. Listen, if there is EVER a time to break out your 1950s CRAZY lace formal pants, 'tis the Met. Also: she could easily take flight on the wings of that bow. The Amazing Adventures of Butt Bow: Butt Bow Takes Flight!

"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala

Also, yes, this is a two piecer. A VERY high pencil skirt, and then a crop top. Facially, she looks great. I actually am sort of digging how ridiculous and girly this whole thing is, now that I've slept on it. The Amazing Adventures of Butt Bow: That Dude Behind Us Is NOT Impressed.

'Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations' Costume Institute Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

This is the best look at the scale of that bow. I might have fallen totally in love with this in the writing of it. I mean, you could make like four other dresses with that thing. It could clothe both Thakoon, there with her, and several other ball attendees. It is ADORABLY over the top. The Amazing Adventures of Butt Bow: Butt Bow Goes Overboard.

Met Ball Fug or Fab: Christina Ricci

I am distraught that none of our photo services had a shot of the back of this that we could use, because it was AMAZBALLS (AmazMetBalls?). It was a Butt Bow so TREMENDOUS and MAJESTIC that someone should write a children's book about it (Maurice Sendak, RIP) and call it The Amazing Adventures of Butt Bow: Butt Bow Goes to the Ball. (AHAH! Here is a shot of it.) [poll id="7592"]