Marilyn's Photos - May 6 2025 - Red Carpet Fever

 

There was a "red carpet" event last night - the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Met Gala.  It raised $31 million.  Its theme was black style.   There seems to be a lot of red carpet events.  So I thought I would ask google how many there are in a year. This is one of those questions that AI doesn't like.  It doesn't want to do the work of counting.  It is trained to "lift",  steal and plagiarize.  But actually do some real work?   So its answer to how many red carpet events in the U.S. each year? "It's difficult to pinpoint an exact, official number of red carpet events in the US annually. However, it's estimated that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of red carpet events each year, ranging from major award shows to film premieres, fashion events, and other high-profile gatherings. These events often include the Met Gala, Golden Globes, Grammys, Oscars, and Emmys."  Do you notice the bit of pompousness?  "exact, official" number - did I ask for that?  No. Why would an AI answer emphasize such a thing?  I consider this a way of avoiding the real question.  Ask the question again, and AI doesn't show up with an answer.  Maybe it has gone off counting the number of major red carpet events.  Then there's an odd self-consciousness with the headline "Here's why it's difficult to get a specific number."  Getting creepy to me. Last night's Met Gala showed off the epitome of surreal clothing that shows up all over the media.  You can scroll through the 100 pictures to see what I mean - go to VOGUE HERE. Scroll down to the pictures at the bottom and you can see lots.  People with names such as Dapper Dan, Charli XCX, Usher, Doechii, Dynasty Ogun and Soull Ogun, Doja Cat, Central Cee. That's Andre 3000 in the piano below. Don't you want to look up these names to see how the got them?  The Met Gala/Vogue presiding royalty is Anna Wintour - she was there.  She's now 75 years old, and was not wearing sunglasses in the picture. I guess she's had surgery to fix those lines under her eyes that were the supposed reason she wore sunglasses for decades.  In 2019 she told CNN they were useful because "you avoid people knowing what you're thinking about" and about 3 or 4 more reasons, all a bit pathetic justifications.  And then the final one was that she'd just had eye surgery.   Looking at the picture, there might be a bit of surgery going on. Here are two outfits to figure out - the first is an "overcoat" that was removed later.  The second is what it looks like.

The last of the cherry blossoms on the weeping cherry tree on Niagara Street.  There was so much moisture in the air that everything was dreamy and hazy. Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblogspot.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwell.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

Sep 7 2024 - The Red Carpet

 

What is the tradition of the "Red Carpet."  We take that expression for granted now, particularly with TIFF underway.   Wikipedia comes up first saying it gained momentum in 1902 when the New York Central Railroad began using plush crimson carpets to direct people as they boarded their 20th Century Limited passenger train. This is believed to be the origin of the phrase "red-carpet treatment". By the late 1920s the red carpet had become synonymous with Hollywood and film premieres.   And it grew and evolved from there, eventually becoming the outdoor place to parade celebrity stairs as they entered some public event.  Everybody makes money from the outside Red Carpet now - fashion designers particularly.   Red carpets make their appearance for political dignitaries as well.  Red has that eye-catching quality.  That's why stop signs are red.   And the true world record for the longest red carpet?  It is now7 kilometres in Pasadena, California 2019 having overtaken  6.358 kilometres long achieved by Bogaris Retail in Spain in 2018.  Previous records were in Beirut, Italy,  And 219 dogs attended the red carpet premiere of the Paw Patrol movie, so broke the World Record for most dogs attending a film premiere.  There's a selief-taking world record on a red carpet by Dwayne Johnson. I am loathe to look it up.

Continuation of the water series - this looks like a water creature rising from the depths.

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