Madonna in Jean Paul Gaultier It feels like this should have been Madonna's night, but instead we got a half-baked pile of references that other people either individually or collectively did better. It's depressing to think that Madonna isn't even the best Madonna
Read moreGreta Gerwig in The Row WORDS. Although this is actually sort of perfect? She looks like a woman giving up her worldly goods AND her fashion to serve her Catholic imagination. Maya Thurman Hawke in DVF To me, this look says WELCOME TO THE REFORMATION. Why didn't anyone
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But y'all, Kim looked surprisingly good, and none of them was naked. Progress?
View GalleryKim in Versace I realize that Kim, as ever, continues to look more and more computer-generated and less like a flesh person. But I also think she looks undeniably beautiful here. When she walked the carpet on E!, it looked really glamorous, and for her this is actually RESTRAINED.
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I hope Selena and Letitia at least got a big check for this.
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Oooh, this post has SO MANY GOOD LOOKS. Get ready.
View GalleryBlake Lively in Versace This is obviously HIGHLY over the top -- and those panels on the sides might be sheer? -- but when else are you supposed to be Over the Top? IT'S THE MET GALA. You're SUPPOSED to show up dressed like a Hampton Court rug.
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With bonus chainmail, too. (Zendaya won the Battle of the Joans. By like A LOT.)
View GalleryZendaya Wears Versace I mean, this is exceptionally good. It's just...amazing. This is brilliantly done. Zendaya Wears Versace This is gloriously on-theme and really, really beautiful. Versace aced this in a way that I didn't think they could do. Donatella should be proud. Zendaya
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That actually may not be unusual for LV, but it's certainly still disappointing.
View GalleryMichelle Williams I love this. For another party entirely. (We are, in fact, doing a slideshow later for Things We Love For Another Party Entirely, but the LV situation couldn't wait.) Emma Stone This looks like someone sneezed on an old photo of Brian Boitano from the 1988
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Fly, Katy, fly!
View GalleryKaty, dramatically, had to arrive by convertible -- or else walk, I guess. Can you imagine? That would have been way too close to Jenna Elfman in Can't Hardly Wait. This was obviously a rejected prototype for Meghan Markle's wedding gown. She DOES at least look lovely
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With a Carolina Herrera cape.
View GalleryLena Waithe This photo almost does not need a caption. It's saying everything. Also, this draped beautifully. It handled the Met stairs, the carpet, and the limo, with equal grace. The suit underneath, also by Herrera, didn't often poke out from the rainbow so thank goodness
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