Beyonce in matchy-matchy Givenchy at the Met Gala: cheap-looking or cute?

Beyonce was one of the most photographed women at last night’s Met Gala. Probably because she was the co-chair, I guess. And probably because, from the looks of it, she posed the longest and the hardest on the red carpet. She wanted to make sure every photographer got every angle on her ensemble. Like Kim Kardashian (HA), Beyonce wore Givenchy. And like Kim, everything was very matchy-matchy – matching dress and gloves and boots. I don’t know what’s happened with the house of Givenchy – responsible for many of Audrey Hepburn’s most iconic looks – but I honestly wondered, “Huh, is this House of Dereon?”

So, let’s talk about it. Is this punk? Eh. It doesn’t work on the “punk” level at all, nor does it work on the “well, at least it’s a pretty dress” level either. The combination of a sequined, cropped bustier with belt and the “paisley fire!” fabric just seems kind of trashy and the whole thing – like Kim’s look – is just too matchy-matchy. I think the dress would have been more interesting if she paired it with straight-up black leather dominatrix boots and straight-up black leather gloves. That would have been a more interesting look at least. But this is just so… yeah, House of Dereon.

I don’t know where Jay-Z was? He was probably there, but I guess he didn’t walk the carpet with Bey.

Photos courtesy of Andres Otero/WENN.

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  1. T.Fanty says:

    The point a lot of people seemed to miss was that punk does not = cheap. A splash of leather (or in this case, crappy appliqué) is not really punk.

    • LadyMTL says:

      I agree with you 100%. Punk isn’t just “stick some leather on it and put on a funky belt” and it’s done.

    • L says:

      This.

      I know it was punk meets ‘couture’ but WTF? None of these outfits (except Madonna) have even come close.

    • TX Laney says:

      I think a lot of the designers struggled with the punk theme but some did knock it out of the park. Personally I thought Miley’s look really captured the theme and I loathe the girl

    • Fue McCormick says:

      I think Madonna and Miley looked the best. (PS: I’d like to see someone knock Beyonce off that pedestal that she’s put herself on.)

  2. Pastyousayyouneverknew says:

    Dress was not that great to begin with but the gloves and matching boots really killed this one.

    • annaloo. says:

      Bed, Bath & Beyoncé – Tacky, tawdry and totally cheap looking

      • Kristine says:

        This. Terrrrible!!

      • Kristine says:

        This. Terrrrible!!

      • honey bucket says:

        The dress pushed her chest up so high you could see she had implants. The dress was
        interesting and she is lovely. The Met is a party where people dress to impress and get their photo taken.
        The worst dressed were Madonna and Kim K.
        Both of their choices in dress were bad.
        Most of the women looked great!

      • BooBooLaRue says:

        LMAO-very shower-curtainy.

      • Suzanne says:

        That’s hysterical…she looks AWFUL. What the hell is that get-up?

    • gogoGorilla says:

      I am really scared the matchy-matchy is going to become a thing. Ugh.

      • Dredz says:

        It would have been better with some black heels. Beyonce looked overweight and her thunder thigh was a distraction. Also she overdosed on shimmer powder, making her look sweaty.

      • Mita says:

        That the whole point of the dress, its hell. It looks like someone lit a match…..and well you know the rest lol

  3. Dawn says:

    Oh Bey what can I say? You got the leather right but the Punk movement did not use long gloves and those poses are making me want to puke. No girl you aren’t all that. Better than the KrapTrashian but not the queen of good taste either.

    • Kassandra says:

      Her taste level is just non-existent. Above all she is SO BORING!! I would love for Beyonce to re-invent herself, even temporarily for an event like this. Imagine her in an edgy dress with a faux-hawk (maybe even *gasp* DARK HAIR) and actually doing some fun, care-free poses instead of these awful hands-on-waist-smile-on-face poses. Everyone would be talking about her transformation and versatility, but instead she opts for Jersey Couture/Dereon Disaster. She has a great body and zero fashion sense, what a waste

  4. dorothy says:

    At least she can walk up the stairs this year without assistance. Last years dress was a disaster.

    • Micki says:

      You beat me to this comment! LOL

      Still she manages to go over-the-top most of the times. Too much drama for me.

  5. Mingy says:

    say something nice; at least she could walk up the stairs on her own this year.

  6. Amelia says:

    That’s a really unflattering dress.
    I know Beyonce’s photoshoppers would like nothing more than for us peasants to believe that Queen Bey is perfection in every way shape and form, but this dress is not doing a great deal to reinforce the myth.

  7. LadyMTL says:

    Yeesh that’s ugly, and I’m not a Bey-hater by any means. I think if she had ditched the gloves and done something a bit more wild with her hair and makeup she could have punked it out a bit more but with this…it’s just a massive yawn.

  8. Robot Rosie says:

    Hideous. Boring. Tacky….
    Disappointed in Givenchy.
    But now we know why KK wanted to wear gloves!

  9. Lia says:

    I think she pulled it off because she usually wears outfits like this. And the fabric pattern isn’t that bad unlike that grandma’s fabric Kim wore

  10. rashers says:

    I dont hate it.

  11. Manchurian Global says:

    She could have almost pulled it off without those fug matching boots. Or the gloves. Or the weird leather bustier.

    Never mind.

  12. Eleonor says:

    Well at least this year her ass is covered.

  13. Yellowshaba says:

    I can’t stand Beyoncé’s down ward hands on her hip pose. Bugs the hell out if me. The train of the dress Is cool the rest is supafug

    • Kaylah says:

      OMG! Thought it was only me. I hate the way she poses! That hand on the hip pageant thing is so flipping annoying! Just put one hand on your waist and call it a day. I always feel like reaching into my phone and smacking her hand down with a wooden ruler.

  14. Elceibeno says:

    Fashion was horribly disrespected at that party. Bad, bad celebrities.

  15. lady mary. says:

    She reminds me of those Show girls , at the beginning of a boxing match in vegas ,not punk in the least

  16. Kayla says:

    Awful awful awful.

  17. DanaG says:

    I think it’s ugly and way too busy. What is with all this matchy matchy? Punks didn’t match anything. Nothing punk or even edgy here just stupid looking. Her and Kim would have clashed bet we don’t see pictures of them together. LOL

  18. Sirsnarksalot says:

    Fug on so many levels.

  19. AnnieC says:

    Oh my God! That is the most disgusting outfit ever! Hahaha! Beyonce truly is fashion blind! At least she couldn’t block these *ugly photos* from the worlds photographers! Hahaha..!

  20. JenD says:

    I hate it, but it looks like a standard dress she would wear.

  21. Jane says:

    The dress looks like it was made out of cheap black and gold lame (lamay) spandex. Ugly dress and did she and KK agree to the matching gloves thing as they were both equally horrid.

    Hepburn is probably rolling over in her grave at the horror that has become Givenchy.

    • sarah says:

      I want to know if she was pissed/embarrassed that KK had such a similar look! I feel like she would think KK copied her gloves and be mad!

  22. Merman says:

    My eyes >< !!!

  23. Nev says:

    She doesn’t have the fashiony attitude. She was never a fashionista. Nah.

  24. LL says:

    This is just as ugly as the outfit she wore last year. But I expect something tacky when dealing with Beyonce.

  25. marie says:

    I didn’t have a huge problem with it until I saw the boots, just no.

  26. Birdie says:

    Awful.

  27. truthSF says:

    Is it just me or is Beyonce getting thicker? She looks bigger here then when she was “pregnant”. 😉

    And is that cellulite on her thigh… OMG! One of Beyonce’s photoshopper is about to get fired for not erasing any (natural) flawed body parts

    • don't kill me i'm french says:

      i saw her in concert 2 weeks ago in Paris: i thought she was pregnant

    • Tania says:

      I’m going to agree with you both. I think she is pregnant. She looked thinner at the MET gala immediately post baby than she does here.

  28. paola says:

    I hate the way Beyoncè poses in front of the camera always in the same way: hands on the hips trying to not squeeze the arms against the body to make they look slimmer. she just looks ridicolous.
    and that dress with matching boots is beyond horrible, also tacky and cheap looking.

  29. Katie says:

    Ugh. She would.

  30. Fefe says:

    This was horrible… It’s true when people say that money doesn’t come with good taste… She’s so talented, I like her, but her outfits are never inspiring…

  31. Faye says:

    The top is stolen from an 1800’s barmaid outfit, and the bottom looks like a biker gang emblem. Not her best look (and not punk at all).

    Her face looks gorgeous, though.

  32. Proves to show you that having great fortune does not buy good taste.

  33. Kaylah says:

    I actually really like the dress. When I saw the pictures from the back the train is amazing. Those boots! My lord! Even some regular old spiked Louboutins are better than those ugly ass boots! Ditch the boots and this would have been a win.

  34. Aiobhan says:

    I actually love the skirt…just not on her.

  35. mkyarwood says:

    Worst.

  36. Anastasia says:

    I thought the dress was just alright. Then I saw the boots. NO. They are a huge no. They took a meh ensemble and made it awful. The gloves aren’t helping, but dear God, those boots. What an atrocity.

  37. Ellie66 says:

    My gramma had a couch in the 1970s with that same orangey paisley pattern with matching love seat. Lol! That dress is horrid In every way. Beyonce is a beautiful woman but damn girl needs to stop letting her mother pick and design her clothes. Yikes!

  38. Viv says:

    Somehow her skirt looks a little like an explosion of 90s Versace throw pillows. People used to cover their sofas like that. Crazy people.

  39. Jolinda says:

    Are those stretch marks on her boobs or am I seeing things???

  40. Jolinda says:

    I like her makeup and hair.

  41. joy says:

    It looks like a rorschach(sp) ink blot test!

  42. Jayna says:

    Cheap, awful, boots tacky. Oh, Bey, what were you thinking? The punk theme could have been so amazing, but it shows you how boring Hollywood is these days. No edge, no rebellion. Safe, safe, safe. Thank God for Madonna this year and SJP.

    And I did love Anne. Her gown worked well enough and the total 180-degree change of her hair color for the gala I love, total shocker and unexpected, and long on top, swept back and over to the side looked fantastic.

  43. Riff says:

    Beyond tacky.
    BTW Audrey Hepburn’ s dresses were designed by Hubert de Givency himself. No surprise these outfits are disappointing. The Master passed away and the Maison is a cash cow in the hands of its finance dept.

  44. gatinha says:

    oh god this is bad. i feel like this was on the reject rack for Jeniffer Lawrence’s wardrobe in the catching fire hunger games movie

  45. Jegede says:

    Gross.

    I’m not a hater but that dress is like a Cavalli/Versus bastard hybrid that does not know which end is up.

    I do LOVE the fact that she pulled ish last year, of showing up 30 minutes after everyone to grab the headlines……only this time Madonna pulled a fast one and showed up AFTER Bey.

  46. truthful says:

    I don’t hate it but I was thinking about, what could have made this really POP and its leather.

    oh and lose the gloves

    apparently, Ye asked Richard what was Bey wearing and thought he’s run with it.

    its all a bad idea

  47. HolaGatito says:

    I am a HUGE Beyonce fan but this is just horrible! The dress is horrid and unflattering. Ugh.

  48. Shelly says:

    Awful. Worst look of the night. Gaudy, tacky, cheap, just ugh.

  49. MisJes says:

    Worst dressed, hands down. What the fug was she thinking?!

  50. Diva says:

    One of the worst dressed

  51. Starksmum says:

    It looks like the Tier 13 gear my World of Warcraft avatar was wearing 2 years ago.

  52. Frenzy says:

    Thought that dress was from the House of Derion! Hahaha

  53. Mar says:

    This and Gwyneth were my least favorites

  54. MrsPatrickBateman says:

    Do you think Kim was absolutely loving the fact that Bey also wore gloves and shoes that matched her dress? They’re twinsies!

  55. TxGal says:

    OMG! The woman has money and she still ends up dressing cheap. She has no taste for fashion and is always dressing up in horrible, tight-up dresses.

  56. neelyo says:

    Her hair! It looks like she pulled that weave out of the gargabe.

  57. Nava says:

    I would love to have Bey’s dress….. as an area rug…..sheesh…….

  58. serena says:

    Dear god how awful. She looks so proud but this dress is one of the biggest fail of the night.. and that alone says all.

  59. CosmicGirl says:

    Hideous!

  60. TheOriginalVctoria says:

    She makes everything she wears tacky and ugly because she is tacky and fake and a poser. And it sucks because her figure is dynamite. I don’t even know what could fix this outfit.

  61. TheOneAndOnly says:

    Sorry, she’s minimally talented minus her massive team, as a poster on another beyawnce thread put it Why does anyone even like her; and because she is manufactured and devoid of personality, she’s not that attractive;
    Any 90s supermodel makes bouncy look tacky and ordinary.

  62. littlestar says:

    House of Dereon indeed. Her whole ensemble is just so ugly!

  63. Mourning the Death of Music says:

    That’s not pretty at all.

  64. janie says:

    I have to say that Bey looks as tacky as Kim. Beyonce always looks the same? She’s got a rockin’ body, but it’s the same stuff over & over.

  65. phlyfiremama says:

    Truly awful. I immediately thought it was Dereon~just so tacky. Yuck. Givenchy? I weep for the future of fashion…

  66. Jules says:

    Ugly, boring.

  67. HoustonGrl says:

    When I first saw this pic, I though “Huh. I guess Beyonce was a good sport and let her mom design her dress.” Hideous and Tacky. This makes her (amazing) body look dumpy.

  68. DGO says:

    This does not flatter her figure.

  69. kirksey says:

    originally I just assumed that her had mother dressed (again!) and this was just another dereon train wreck.

    I’m shocked to learn that it’s from a legitimate designer smh.

    it probably could’ve been a little more appealing if she would’ve left the gloves and boots at home

  70. KellyinSeattle says:

    Bey’s corset-type bustier looks like she’s going for a Wonder Woman look, but she could never beat Lynda Carter! Nice rack, though.

  71. Emily says:

    That is one of the ugliest dresses I have ever seen. It causes me actual pain. And it is NOT PUNK.

    Not that Beyoncé could ever do punk anyway — she embodies the System. But then, music is nothing but a corporation these days, just like Hollywood and fashion, and expecting anything new or truly creative from them is foolish. We need the equivalent of the British Invasion and Motown, and we’re not gonna get it from people like Ms. Las Vegas Upholstery up there.

    • xxx says:

      Agreed!!! Interestingly enough, her sister on the other hand… Got churned through mainstream at a young age, hated it, self-released a song called “F*ck the Industry” right before her label FINALLY released her album, then left mainstream and went Indie. Has her own fashion sense, is different and cool. She didn’t look punk either but she looked much better than this!

  72. Timber says:

    She always looks cheap. She obviously has no taste at all since she has gobs of money to pull off a classy look.

  73. lisa2 says:

    I don’t like the dress. And it does not say PUNK.. something else but not Punk. Even the makeup is not Punk.. just her normal look. I think as someone up thread said it seemed the designers didn’t know how to address the challenge nor did the many actresses at the event.

    In all fairness I don’t see the PuNK era as a big fashion statement.. but there really were only a handful that actually did seem on par for the nigh.

  74. xxx says:

    Exactly!! This reeks of House of Dereon! What the hell has happened to Givenchy? I think the great man is turning in his grave right now.

    Beyonce has always had an awful sense of fashion, I haven’t like any of her Met Gala outfits, ever. Show me Solange any time over Beyonce!!

    This is just… horrendous.

  75. rlh says:

    Very House of Dereon…awful! Her hair is terrible. Complete fail. She has terrible taste, just like Kanye. Getting famous via pop culture plus having allot of money does not equal fashionable.

  76. Ally8 says:

    OMG, Hubert de Givenchy is spinning in his grave.

    That is the tackiest, I-tied-my-90s-Versace-scarf-around-my-ass dress I have ever seen.

  77. Meanchick says:

    Me no likey.

  78. Veronika Knowles says:

    It has come to my attention that I, Veronika Knowles- 2nd cousin twice removed of Beyoncé, need to explain this dress choice. See this is all Keri Hilson’s fault. Keri called Beyoncé and told her to come to the laundromat to eat some froyo. So Bey threw on this dusty Givenchy rag and left – what a surprise to find out it was actually a Met Gala! Keri Hilson, such a card!

  79. Buffoon says:

    Hmm. She does actually look somewhat fuller in these pictures. Do you think Bey might actually be pregnant this time? Those gloves could be there to hide her arms (and obvious weight gain).

  80. homey says:

    Not feelin this is Givenchy either. Today I feel psychic because I can vividly hear and see bey all over this “couture” shouting and directing and belittling any professional designer. I see it clearly in the crystal bar of cringe worthy moments.

  81. RHONYC says:

    #1. wtf is up with the seams of her gloves with random white threads dripping from it?

    #2. LMMFAO @ the 2 photogs above the 1st & 2nd steps!

    the dude is like, “whatevs…boring, NEXT!” and the chic next to him is like, “you have GOT to be muthaf*cking kidding me with this bullshyte!”.

    😆

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