It's also mean to turn someone's crotch into an optical illusion.
The expression on her face says, to me, "God, I wish Donna Karan were still working with me." This Marchesa is MASSIVE and bleak and so unbelievably unflattering to a tiny, tiny person. It should never have happened.
I legit want next year's theme to be CAFTANS: A LOVE STORY.

The Empress's clothes are....questionable sometimes. They just ARE, YOU GUYS.
I miss Leighton Meester.
Yikes.
Even though this is hilarious, the fact remains that it's still totally wrong for the event and kind of cracked out.
The shoes kill it for me.
I don't hate the dress as much as I hate the makeup.
This just looks unfinished.
This is SUCH a punt from a woman who generally is unafraid to do controversial and dramatic things. I wonder if she picked this because everyone HATED her Iron Man 3 dress so much, and she was feeling kind of defensive and overly safe, which... you're Gwyneth. NEVER feel overly safe, lady. This is bad for the night, and bad in general, I think, and doubly bad when you're freaking Gwyneth Paltrow.
I cannot believe we have arrived at a place where I need to tell Jessica Biel to stop wearing see-through pants. The third time was the HARM, not the CHARM, kid.
Because she gets it right once out of every 100 events. How do you look that good at her age, physically, and consistently NOT find great clothes?
I can't get over the shading on the right side of the photo that makes it look like her boob is weirdly low.
She may have lost her mind.

What can I say that hasn't already been said, except that it's mean to turn someone's arms into optical illusions?
Stella McCartney and her deal with the devil claims another young wardrobe.
She should have held out for that $10,000.
Nope.
The more i look at this, the more I hate it, and it reminds me of the dingy stretchy waist bandage I had to wear after my C-section to try and keep all my incision-protecting padding in place. Specifically, how that thing looked after I'd worn it for two weeks.
More like Renee Zzzzzzellweger, AM I RIGHT.
No.
The thing is, I actually love the dress. I just think it was a HUGE misfire at the Met Ball no matter WHAT the theme was. That's daytime; the Met Ball is Primetime Plus.