Last night was the New York Metropolitan Opera's Met Gala. It is a costume event rather than a red carpet movie star event. It is one of those American extravaganzas - big money, big celebrities. A ticket is $100,00, tables were $350,000 and brought in $42 million. I wonder what happens to all that money. Here's the answer: the Costume Institute has to fund itself, so the gala is its source of income. There's a lot written about the actual operating budget (Reddit contributors say $5 million) versus the pot of money raised.
The theme was Fashion is Art. Take this dress - made of 15,000 glass balls with a little machine that spewed bubbles. Isn't that so amazing. I can't get that many ornaments on a Christmas tree each year.
Here's an all-time creepy hair display. Beyonce - and her daughter whose name is Blue Ivy (age 14) - have enough of those hair extensions to further creating the nest in a mountain cave that is lined with the feather/fur-looking dress. I wonder what happens after the show - how do they remove them all? The weight would be exhausting.
More creepy follows. This is Doechii wearing "something" - the article said there was more fabric on the top of her head than in the dress. And look at her on her tip toes. She looks like one of those harem slaves in a Hollywood 1950s Aladdin movie.
And time for an artful dress - doesn't it look like a painting with all that texture! Too bad about the wearer's expression - zombie-like.
It is amazing how creative we can be with clothing. We wear utilitarian clothes each day as though dressing is a chore. It is delightful to see what our human creativity can express.
And here we have the expressions of nature with a happy spring tree moment today.
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