Just before this yearâs Met Gala, Page Six said that Anna Wintour had told everyone privately that selfies were âbannedâ at this yearâs Met Gala. Wintour had arranged for a documentary film crew to take the official video of this yearâs event, and Wintour wanted to hold on to that exclusive. Word was that Wintour also hates the culture of selfies and everyone posting photos from HER exclusive event. Of course, many, many Met Gala guests broke the âno selfieâ rule, including Madonna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian and many, many more. So, will there be hell to pay?
You’d think that anyone who has seen The Devil Wears Prada would know not to tick off Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour – but for some stars at this year’s Met Gala, the urge to snap selfies was just too strong to resist, irrespective of the potential consequences. Before last week’s star-studded event, Ms. Wintour made the controversial decision to ban sharing inside photos on social media, however though certain A-listers couldn’t resist posing for a few personal pictures and posting them on Instagram.
And the Vogue boss is not happy about it. According to VH1’s The Gossip Table, Ms. Wintour is deciding exactly what punishment to dole out to the celebrity rule-breakers – and it may mean next year’s Met Gala will be a Kardashian-free zone.
‘Anna is very aware of all the celebrities who ignored her request,’ an insider told the VH1 show. ‘She does not know what sheâs going to do yet but sheâs deciding.’
Another source added Anna asked all of the attendees in question to take down the offending photos in the next 24 hours, or they won’t be invited back to the glam gala. That leaves stars including Kim, her little sister Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne, Madonna, Kerry Washington, and Lily Collins with just hours left to scrub their accounts of the evidence if they want a shot at returning next year.
If it was just one or two celebrities defying Nuclear Wintour, I would say go ahead and make an example of them and âbanâ them. But so many celebrities were posting selfies before during and after the gala and it just seems rather pointless to âpunishâ them. I mean, most of these celebrities have social media accounts just for this kind of thing â to brag about their swag, to show their fans cool behind-the-scenes photos, etc. Although I will say this⊠there are a lot of people who believe that Anna should do âsomethingâ about the reality show people at the Met Gala. I personally donât mind that Kim Kardashian was there and Kendall Jenner has been featured in Vogue. But there was no reason for Kris Jenner to be there.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Instagram.
I’d like to see Cher’s middle finger pointed in Anna Wintour’s general direction.
This. Why is this Wintour woman still relevant? I don’t know anyone who buys Vogue.
Maybe she is in that little world though.
Seriously. Time to take Wintour down to the most common denominator, where she belongs. WHY does anyone still accord this woman any personal or professional power?? What idiots.
I do not care, celebrities are the vainest group of people on earth. Kim Kartrashian even published a book about her vain obssesion with selfies called “Selfish.” SO you can see where I am coming from. Celebrites are vain selfie junkies.
You can’t stop the selfies, nobody can stop the selfies,
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
Though you try in vain it’s much easier.
No, you can’t stop the selfies, nobody can stop the selfies,
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
’cause that’s easier to do.
Met gala’s turned into Coachella, another has-been.
Well said.
Yep.
wasnt there a day when Anna wouldn’t dare invite Kim and then she invited Kris this year? Its a joke when Kris Jenner is on the guest list.
My understanding is that she allowed people to purchase tickets for $25K this year (as opposed to being by invite only). Did anyone else hear that? It would explain the level of “celebrity” at this year’s event.
I think before Kim got with Kanye she would never have invited them. But ever since the two got together the Kardashian/ Jenners are all in, because for whatever reason Wintour seems to be fond of Kanye.
You could always buy tickets to the Met Gala but Anna Wintour has still a final say
Great comparison.
Anyone else find it odd that Wintour does seem to be fond of Kanye? I’ve never understood this? Makes me wonder what he has on her? He’s dabbled in fashion and it’s all been terrible so why is she keeping him and his reality trash in-laws around?
Yep.
The Met Gala has always been a fundraiser that you could buy a high-priced ticket to.
So yes, fame whore Kris Jenner could be there
Oh FFS, they’re not selfies! A selfie is when you take a picture of yourself, not when someone else holds the phone or camera and takes the picture for you! Wintour needs to get over herself and realize that her grand event just isn’t as relevant as it once was. And this year we only paid attention to see if there would be an Elevatorgate, Part Deux.
This is exactly what I was going to say – these pics aren’t selfies. Now, maybe there were some people there taking selfies, but the photos shown here are “normal” pictures.
Reminds me of this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHNx2VVDDnE
God, I love John Oliver.
@Esthetix John Oliver is the best and this clip says it all. Thanks!
They’re photo shopped group shots. Notice the “not normal” quality? Everyone looks perfect. Phone photos are not like that!
It’s one of my pet hates!
If the person holding the camera is not in the photo, it is called a photo. If someone in frame is holding a camera: it’s a selfie.
She banned social media, but for some reason the media focused on selfies (probably b/c they are so immature and ridiculous). But all social media was banned, so these pic count.
Then she should have banned all smartphones as well.
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing. I haven’t seen true “selfies” in any of the pics posted here. Now, I’m not going to go sifting through celebrity instagrams (shoot me now!) just to find an offending pic. Wintour has staff to do that for her. đ But the pic with Madonna/Katy/Gagme, and the Kimye pic with Cher and Mark Jacobs – those aren’t selfies.
Thank you!! I kept scrolling thinking I would see the selfies at the bottom.
Same thought! I think someone needs to clue Anna in on what is a selfie and what is a photo…….
Wait. Was it a selfie ban, or a photo ban? Because I feel like all the sudden people are referring to any photo with people in it as a selfie – these are just regular pics
+1. Every picture taken with a cell phone is now called a Selfie. However, I think the guests knew Anna wanted exclusive rights to photos for her documentary. If the Gala was free and not say $25,000, people may have listened to her.
But none of those photos are “selfies.” They’re just photos. Or are we using the word “selfie” to include any photo with people/celebrities in them?
She said no selfies, not no photos. Her mistake.
yes, thank you!! I thought a “selfie” was me making a face into my camera, not a group shot taken by someone else.
I wonder if there were photographers walking around for people to have group shots? (and then, like, buy later) Maybe that’s tacky. People are people, and they want pics of themselves with their friends!
I think a selfie is any picture taken of oneself for the purposes of uploading to a social media account and bragging/attention, whoever’s holding the phone.
She did say no to any cellphone photos and use of social media inside the event, that includes no tweeting and Instagraming. She especially loathes selfies, but basically she didn’t want people to be on their phones all night. That’s what she banned. Not just selfies. Everything. Might have more to do with cellphone etiquette than anything else.
I hate the word punishment, but it’s just basic human decency to respect the rules of someone’s event just for a couple of hours. It seems to me people have become so addicted to their phone that they cannot fathom not to take a picture to capture moments of their lives.
Some rules may appear ridiculous, but once you accept an invitation, it’s only polite to comply.
But if you’re paying to be there, it’s not quite the same as an “invitation.”
I agree but there were rules and they were ignored. I doubt this will cause too much friction, fashion is no longer as relevant or as exclusive as it used to be. Anna needs those celebrities in order for Vogue to survive or who else is going to be in the magazine? I hate that an event that is associated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art has cheapened so much.
I don’t understand… neither of these pictures are selfies. Unless Madonna has REALLY long arms, someone else clearly took both of them while the subjects posed.
Are we just using “selfies” to mean “any picture of oneself that one posts on social media” now? (I’m not just asking Kaiser… maybe Wintour meant the same thing.) Because I thought the whole point was that they’re taken by yourself, of yourself.
AHHH, okay… I’ve found it:
âThe use of phones for photography and social media will not be permitted inside the gala.â
So they DIDN’t specify selfies, and these pictures are definitely violations.
Incidentally, I thought this article might mention Casey Neistat, who snuck a selfie STICK into the gala and posted the video later.
the examples posted aren’t ‘selfies’ — they were taken by someone not in the photo.
That’s what I was thinking. These are just candid shots from the event.
The Met gala is at a point where La Wintour has a choice to make. It’s evolved into a combination celebration of high art/celebrity culture, a gawp-worthy event for the hoi polloi (i.e.: ordinary janes like me). If she wants to return it to its original brand of refined exclusivity, she has some serious retooling to do.
I think that ship has sailed. In any case, the goal of the event is to raise money for the museum and it existed before Anna took it over. If they are raising more money selling tables then I say GREAT! đ I love the Met.
We used to go, back before it became this celebrity explosion. Now, we still support the Met, we just don’t go to the Gala.
paranormalgirl, hear ya big time on that. I just saw a video clip of the exhibit and it looks beautiful. Definitely going.
Too late to do anything now, she already cheapen the event by letting the Kardashians in
But I would love for her to try and watch Kanye have a tantrum
I think she cheapened her whole reputation by putting them on Vogue…….if I was a big enough celebrity like Madonna or Cher or etc I wouldn’t care, I’d dare her to do her worst.
Selfies?! She should be worried about people who don’t stick with the theme. The Met Gala used to be one of the few places that people could wear avant-garde couture. Dresses that are works of art. Now it reminds me of the Oscars.
I noticed that too, HH. Very few people followed the theme of the event. It looked like any other Hollywood event to me. Except now they’re letting in reality “stars” and desperate losers who are addicted to attention. The Met Gala has completely lost it’s cache thanks to Wintour. She only has herself to blame IMO.
I’m not a big follower of fashion, but the Met Gala is one of the few events that I do enjoy seeing what everyone wears, regardless of my distaste for Anna Wintour. In this case, people might have rightfully worried about looking like a stereotype and appropriating someone else’s culture, and so they opted for a safer bet. My favorite looks were the ones that took a patterned silk but interpreted it in a different silhouette.
Yeah… this year I kind of let it slide. However, avoiding the cultural appropriation could have been as simple as wearing a Chinese designer. But other years were just ridiculous, especially the pink rock year. Plenty of people just wore a pretty dress and added dark eye shadow. Absolutely no trying. The fact that Miley Cyrus was one of the fee on theme and well-dressed is a sign of the times.
It reminded me of a Halloween party.
So after Anna bans the celebs who refuse to take down their selfies from social media and all the celebs who will boycott or ” have commitments ” so can’t attend next years’ Met Gala. Who exactly will be left to attend? Anna needs to retire
We all know nothing is going to happen.
Sigh. There is nothing exclusive about this event. Nothing.
When it turns into an event where at least 20% of the female attendees… show up in see through mesh dresses. The shine if off it being the event of the year.
It is a red carpet, where every desperate for attention female celebrity, comes to show off their hoo-ha. Barely covered up in bedazzled see through dresses.
If Anna wants to forbid something. How about forbidding showing up naked?
Maybe cut the event to half as many people. Get some decent a/c in the building. So poor Goop can come back and not visibly sweat though her dress.
For it to be “the event of the year”… Anna needs to stop letting it be a random cattle call for every fame-ho.
There needs to be a raffle. An exclusive raffle.
For something truly amazing. Something truly exclusive. That can not be purchase. Period.
Have Hermes or Louis Vuitton make a one of a kind purse or piece of luggage. That no amount of money can buy. Just something made for the event. Just for Anna and the Met event. There is only one of them ever made.
Then only allow every guest, one ticket to enter to win it.
Then watch how ugly those women behave, to get a ticket for the next Met Ball.
Make sure to have only half as many people invited. That is a game changer. That is the event that people will fight to get into. I love a good rich people fight. Over an invitation. That requires you paying a big chuck of change, to accept.
That is the event that I want to see. Where it does matter suddenly, that you don’t get the gold ticket to attend.
I bet Goop would cry, if she suddenly couldn’t get that ticket. Since she sh*t talked the event so bad in the past.
Haha, I love watching your train of thought on this one.
Now I want you to write a screenplay about an exclusive Hollywood gala… you seem to have all the right ideas for real drama.
Yes!
Can this be a new Netflix series or screen play? This sounds great!
Thank you, Hautie. Sounds about right to me. From your mouth to Anna’s ears.
Lorks, does this woman need to get over herself or what? Hideous, hideous personality and God-complex.
Thank you. THANK YOU! I can’t stand hearing about this stupid “exclusive” (exclusionary) garbage. Of course she has the right to invite or disinvite anyone she chooses to her private event. I need to exercise my own right not to click on articles about her though and save my blood pressure.
Haha Amy, I know! đ x
I can see why Kanye does’nt smile that often….YIKES!
What are you talking about? Kanye has a great smile. His jaw is kind of messed up though because of that really bad car accident a few years back
She’ll put Amal Clooney on a cover.
Had the same thought⊠especially when Georgie Porgie began his fashion-mentioning media campaign the other day.
That’s what you get when you whore your party out to celebrities instead of inviting REAL fashion people.
But two models posted selfies: Behati and Adriana Lima.
@cc I love kanye’s smile! I guess because I have chubby cheeks it makes me melt. I honestly think Kanye is a very handsome man. Bat poop crazy but cute. And as far as the met is concerned it’s a total joke. I used like seeing all the out there fashions now it’s just a parade of boring.
The met has becom a joke…the craziest cartoon is that little buster brown wig down between those big orange shoulders.
Baby with the bath water situation.
Baby with the bath water situation. She catered to these people and now has to deal with them. Of course they don’t care about her rules and care more about photos and posting to Instagram.
Vogue is offering a special “Gala Edition” to their subscribers, for the bargain basement price of $11.95, I got the email yesterday. No wonder Wintour didn’t want “unauthorized” pictures from the guests!
Anna lost all credibilty when she allowed Those Who Must Not Be Named to be plastered all over Vogue. Who gives a f*ck what she thinks anymore? Given the decisions she’s been making the last couple of years, it seems she has lost her mind.
Indeed she has. The Met Gala is a joke with the people she invites now. American Vogue is the worst. The Kardashians are ruining everything.
Not to be the old crank yelling at them to “Get off of my magazine rack!”… but I mourn the American Vogue that sought out innovative perspectives, introduced its audience to a different kind of style vs. embellishment glamour, and helped foster gorgeous, artsy, iconic fashion photography.
Celebrities should boycott the met gala to teach Ms.Wintour a lesson. She needs them more than they need her.
Admit it, goop is right about this event. There’s nothing special about it anymore.
Maybe that’s why Chanel decided to do their show half world away
Anna has created her monster and now it’s bit her where her ass should be.
Her theme was weak and invited ignorant interpretations of Chinese culture and fashion. Her own poppies are a great example.
She needs to not organize this event. Someone with a hairstyle from the present millennium ought to step up.
I lost all appreciation for the Gala once the Kardashian’s were invited.
Who even cares anymore? She trashed Vogue and has done the same thing with the Met Ball. It used to be such a wonderful and exclusive event. The dresses and Tux’s were so fun to see. It’s nothing but trashy riff-raff, what did she expect? They make their living in the media with selfies and other photos. They’re the same bunch who think rules don’t apply to them, they could care less about anyone but themselves.
Suspend them from the next 4 Met Galas.
And by then, Tom Brady will be free to attend in their absence.
I honestly didn’t recognize Kanye with that smile on his face.
I had to scroll back up to look again. Totally didn’t recognize him at all.