A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM!

And so, one more time, that once elegant evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art benefitting the Costume Institute has taken place again. Yes, it used to be in December and yes, it used to bring out the best of the best when it came to guests and yes it was a night to remember for all who attended whether for dinner or the “after party” which was the most fun of the evening even for those who sat for the dinner!

Sadly Ms. Wintour has turned this fairy tale night into a circus for D-list celebrities, wannabes, designers, never will-bes for the most part and least of all for the creme de la creme of those who really support the institute. It was insult enough when the ass kissing museum copped to name the Institute after Wintour, who clearly should have shown that she was indeed a lady and refused it and told the world that the Institute should bear the name of Diana Vreeland who turned the Institute into something to be reckoned with and turned the museum on its ear with Thomas Hoving!

So here you have the Cremora of Kreme or name that somebody... anybody and then ask why are they dressed like that?  Welcome to the debacle of fashion!

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ONCE UPON A TIME... THE COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA 2018

If you were lucky enough to live through the Vreeland/Hoving era of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, chances are you have incredible memories of the exhibits mounted by the legendary Mrs. Vreeland. Oddly, much like today the idea was to “democratize” the museum in a way that heretofore was a stuffy and stodgy and rather intimidating institution.

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Once Mrs. Vreeland came along there was the “opening night” event which occurred the evening before ach show was to open to the public. The event was a dinner which was reserved and correctly deemed one of the most important social events on the social calendar. The evening was the first Monday in December but aside from the royalty of every conceivable nature that attended with the rich and more than socially acceptable, there was an opportunity after dinner for the “younger set” including an endless supply of new or unrecognized designers who could partake in the festivities and show off their latest creations. 

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Yes, it was absolutely a time when the post dinner event became the photo op of the winter season. The reality was that it showed off the creativity of those who weren’t financially blessed and to so many it was an evening of unmatched social significance. Best of all it was a helluva good time … disco in the entrance of the Met ... twirling drag queens , models, designers (known and unknown) wannabes and just about anyone who could muster up $50 bucks for the privilege of attending. People did not dress thematically… they dress dramatically... maximum attention or if with a designer, the best they could offer to show off their talents.

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Last night was an event that has morphed into a sort of mega photo op for a small amount of A list celebrities and donors and a huge cast of B, C, D and lesser list of performers who think they are attending Halloween in May. Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination might well be a spectacular exhibition and if so, it deserves far more than a clown bus of, why is she here and WTF is she wearing group of primarily 20 or 30 somethings who don’t even have a clue about what the show is about and if asked my guess is wouldn’t have a clue the meaning of the word liturgical or what a miter is. So, instead of an event where the cream of the crop gathered, you get a clown train of fashion Grammy wannabes, models and fashion freaks all preening for their “moment” and lest us forget wearing a gown with a train!

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Yes, times have changed and yes I have certainly gotten older but the memories of attending those events have aged well and remained quite vivid for as Hoving wrote... When Mummies Danced   and the Met was a rockin! Now you have a case of narcissism overload balanced with a heavy donor list... most of them stayed away from the circus  of the so called stars… so Missy  you got your name plastered on the door undeservedly so and you are surely true to yourself in that everything you touch turns to mediocrity and shit.

the impossible conversation .. DIANA VREELAND

read the interview .

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the Met Fashion Fiasco 2016

Dressing well is a form of good manners … said Tom Ford... well Mr. Ford … welcome to the rudest place on earth

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Trendy is the last stage before tacky ... said Karl Lagerfeld... and so welcome to the tackiest place on earth

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It pains me physically to see a women victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion ... said Yves St Laurent... and so thank God he has passed or else he might have never recovered

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Where else was one able to see the worst of what fashion has to offer all in one place and all at the same time but if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Carine Roitfeld should be drowning in flattery as Beyoncé arrived as Carine and then there was Madonna who arrived as her former self from the 1980s. Miuccia reminded us that she has no intention of making women pretty and that certainly includes her ... hands down winner Miuccia... as for the low down whore contingent, well they were more than well represented in wildly expensive gowns but always remember that saying about a silk purse and lastly Ghesquiere should have taken  Karl’s words to heart

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And this concludes the arrival of the clown caravan that arrived to celebrate Anna’s party which happened to be at the Met and proved once again that she can easily be one of the world's greatest con merchants by making these clueless fools believe that they are among the chosen!

PS.. this was only a minor sampling of the fashion DON'TS that ate a $30,000 rubber chicken meal 

MET PARTY

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