Open Post: Hosted By The Looks From Billy Porter And Vogue’s Crowdsourced #MetGalaChallenge
The first Tuesday in May should find us oohing and guffawing over our keyboards as we play judge, jury and executioner to the celebs and the looks they served up at the previous day’s Met Gala. It is one of the greatest joys of my admittedly boring life. But of course, this year’s gala was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus. So while, miraculously, Jason Derulo still somehow managed to fall down the stairs, we’ve been robbed of an opportunity to make fun of The Kardashians. However, thanks to former and future HSOTD Billy Porter and his #MetGalaChallenge, wherein regular people were invited to recreate looks from years past using only materials they could find in the house, our eyes have something to marvel over that doesn’t involve Ben Affleck holding a sack of dog shit.
According to Vogue:
The #MetGalaChallenge, started by Vogue and Billy Porter, invited Instagram users to revive some of their favorite red carpet looks of the past at home—and the results certainly did not disappoint. Over the past week, many participants took on the fashion challenge, DIY’ing ensembles that are worthy of their very own paparazzi flashbulbs (no easy feat, considering how many stores are closed).
Most of the standout looks are recreations from last year’s Notes on Camp themed event which proved, yet again, to be the perfect opportunity for celebrities to show their entire asses, sometimes literally, but usually by ignoring the theme or proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have a tenuous grasp on what words mean. Lady Gaga was one of the few that got it right last year with what Michael K called her “blond Betty Boop on crack striptease.” Here’s a popular Disney cosplayer’s scarily detailed interpretation.
I like it, but do you have it in a size small?
Here are a few more standout looks such as Celine Dion’s too classy to be Showgirls showgirl look.
Here are a couple Cardi B is for Blood Clot looks.
Who could forget Janelle Monet’s blinking eye Christian Siriano extravaganza, reinvented here in sizes large, small and extra small.
Here’s what is probably my favorite recreation. Choke on this, Ezra Miller.
Some looks from last year which weren’t “camp” as originally conceived, became camp with reinterpretation. Take for example this homemade “wet” look Kim Kardashian.
I gotta say, Vogue kind of fucked itself by co-signing the #MetGalaChallange. The Met Gala doesn’t need celebrities! We now know what we’ve always suspected—that all it takes is a lot of duct tape and a hot glue gun to make a Kardashian.
Pic: Instagram