Beyonce in latex Givenchy at the Met Gala: stunning or uncomfortable?

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I’m going to give Beyonce some credit… post-Lemonade, she seems more accessible and vulnerable, and in turn, that’s made her more likeable. She was working that same kind of vibe at the Met Gala. She went solo, no Jay-Z, no Solange, no Tina. She came at a decent time (as opposed to being the last one to arrive and “making an entrance”) and she happily posed solo on the carpet. It was nice. Beyonce’s latex Givenchy gown ended up being one of the most notable of the night. I’m struggling to figure out how this is on-theme of “Manus x Machina,” except maybe latex is a man-made “fabric”? Sure. Some people thought Beyonce’s dress looked like it had a rash, and some thought she was making some kind of statement about safe sex. Personally, I feel sorry for her because I bet she was hot as balls at the gala. Poor Bey. Also: the eye makeup was a bit too heavy for her face, but I love all the jewelry.

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Idris Elba in a Tom Ford tuxedo is doing things to me. God, he looked amazing, and I’m so glad he served as co-chair this year. I hope Anna Wintour brings him back many, many times. Bonus Idris tongue.

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And here’s Anna Wintour and her daughter Bee Schaffer. Can I just say? I think it’s really sweet that this has become an annual mother-daughter outing for Anna and Bee. I also enjoy the fact that Bee consistently wears pretty Alexander McQueen gowns, regardless of the theme. Anna wore Chanel, and she looked pretty good too.

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  1. paolanqar says:

    You can see the sweat running under the dress and it’s gross as hell but maaaaan that body looks insane in that dress.

    If the theme of the night was ‘a night with Gerard Butler and Lindsay Lohan’ that condom-dress covered in warts would be perfect.

    Genuine question: why makeup artists brush her eyebrows to make them look spiky and pointing to her forehead?? Whenever I see her eyes I get mad.

    • jamie says:

      As someone who wears latex dresses frequently, I am AMAZED that she we this. I am not a Beyonce fan even 1%, but I would bow to her. Even a small tank latex dress is INCREDIBLY HOT, without the full length everything, the lights, the amount of people around, etc.

      It’s ugly as sin but major points for not passing out.

    • Lama Bean says:

      Someone on Twitter or IG asked if she was wearing a dress made of Becky’s skin. 😂😂😂

      • Nancy says:

        LB: I saw that too. She put that word into everyone’s mind set and everyone is still scatching their heads. I don’t care who rebuts it, it is a slur and I guess she’s happy with herself. Hate the big puff sleeves, not a good look.

      • Cran says:

        My favorite comment from The Daily Mail “Another meme shared on Instagram and twitter pointed out how much the Formation hitmaker’s dress resembled the cell structure of the endoplasmic reticulum, giving those who are fond of both biology and celebrities a giggle.”

      • Paula says:

        Exactly, Cran! I’m a biologist, and this dress is a walking science fair project.

      • Birdix says:

        Anne of Green Gables would love those puffed sleeves! And would probably have a lot to say about the rest of the dress as well.

      • Veronica says:

        Nancy, are you going to make this comment on every post where Becky is mentioned, establishing your outage at this slur-but-not-really? Our can we look forward to an age where you stop classing a throw away name that occasionally attached to vulgar slang in the same category as words with legitimate social power to degrade minorities?

      • Solidgolddancer says:

        THANK YOU @VERONICA!!

    • crab says:

      I think it’s hideous! It looks like a giant condom!!

    • Saks says:

      I guess Becky with the good hair styled her. Her make up is just terrible and that dress looks like a serious skin condition…

    • Myrna says:

      I noticed the sweat, too, on her hips and above the crease of her arms.
      I had a latex short raincoat long ago – pearly robin blue – it was fierce.
      I nearly fainted in it one night standing outdoors for an event on a rainy, muggy evening.
      No kidding…had be escorted to a car with A/C…
      Can’t imagine how uncomfortably hot she must have been.

  2. Snazzy says:

    Idris deserved his own post … I am terribly disappointed that he got lumped in here.

    As for Bey: she’s a beautiful woman with a killer bod and unlimited resources, and that dress looked like the body bag cover of someone who died from syphilis in the 1800’s. No bueno.

    • Destiny's Vile says:

      I think all the nasty sweat that was soaking through her “dress” pulled focus from how nice her body could have looked in a more flattering outfit. And it just seemed like she smelled really unpleasant. Bey’s hair wasn’t doing her any favors either–too long, too blonde, too much. IMO, her natural texture and darker as opposed to lighter tones have always looked the most flattering on her. That whole look last night in a box to the left. ■

      Idris was lovely to look at, tho. What a treat for the eyes.

    • Lizzie McGuire says:

      YES! Idris deserves his own post I was looking for one so to talk about how good he looked. Meh on everyone else.

      • lucy says:

        Thirding the Idris-gets-his-own! He looks stunning and delightful. Cannot be said of BK.

  3. lower-case deb says:

    i really like the concept and cut of the dress, but the way the colors and pearls and red flower patterns come across in pictures, gave me violent flashbacks to my super oily face back when i was going through puberty.

  4. Jenny says:

    Ugh, no! I hate her dress but love Bee’s. Although I do understand Beyonce’s dress fits the high-fashion occasion better perhaps. AW’s dress is incredibly boring, she usually wears better choices for this gala but maybe slim pickings this year?

    • Janis says:

      I love Bee’s dress too expecially the square neckline. OMG, I want that glorious dress. Without the train of course.
      Beyonce’s dress looks so uncomfortable and the detailing on the front make her look like she’s breaking out in hives. It also looks like she would leave a river of sweat behind her wherever she goes. Ugh.

    • Taxi says:

      I’m happy AW has finally covered up her crepe-y, saggy arms. She usually wears sleeveless or cap-sleeves & it’s gross.

  5. roxane says:

    Anna Wintour’s daughter is absolutly beautiful, both dresses are not so bad alought I prefer the Chanel dress, even if i don’t see the link with the theme.

    • Lizzie McGuire says:

      I really liked her Chanel dress & it fit with the theme both of them did. I wonder if she was bothered by all the metallic gowns & how no one understood what the whole point of the theme was. Anna side-eyeing everyone should be her next documentary “How No One Understood The Theme at The Met Gala”

  6. Sixer says:

    Idris is the world’s hottest man.

    Beyonce looks as though someone has drunkenly thrown up on her. I fully realise that I am an ignoramus whose fashion backwards outlook negates any worth in any fashion remark I may make but… seriously? What the what? There are people who like that dress?

    *retreats safely back into ignoring fashion as much as possible*

    • lilacflowers says:

      I think you have described the pattern of that dress perfectly.

      • Sixer says:

        There are carrots in it, right? And we all know that carrots feature strongly in drunken nausea.

    • Lama Bean says:

      I’ve seen a comparison to raw seasoned chicken breast that made me lose my mind.

    • Nancy says:

      I just watched him in Obsessed on BET over the weekend. He is an attractive man. The movie proves though that Ms. Beyoncé is a singer, not an actress.

    • Dhavynia says:

      Lol looks like the mess my 4 yr old makes with his chicken/carrots/ mashed potatoes dinner

    • Kitten says:

      Is this your your way of saying The Bloke is officially mine?

      But yes, Idris is sexy as hell.

      • Sixer says:

        Actually, you can have The Bloke for the time being. I’m currently involved with Idris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and a punk singer beloved by the Sixlets (possibly borderline jailbait for me, but I’m hoping nobody notices). Three is as much as I can manage.

        I reserve the right to steal him back at some point, however!

      • Janis says:

        @Sixer
        You sure to have your hands full with those three.

    • SloaneY says:

      You are absolutely carrot. I mean correct.

  7. Crocuta says:

    Beyonce’s dress looks like a jar of that cheap, artificially flavoured candy. Plus the material, yuck. I like her nails, tho.

    Also, very much love Bee’s dress.

    • Alix says:

      I think it looks more like a Bedazzled condom, but what do I know. I thought Bee’s dress was one of the best of the night — simply gorgeous.

    • lana86 says:

      that dress on Beyonce is vile…

  8. Rachillnz says:

    Foul

  9. Lola says:

    Bey was one of the worst dressed in met Gala in my Opinion. Neither color nor design were nice . Big Maybe ( I think it was 3D Printing design dress).

    • Ally8 says:

      Totally. Especially from the back: spangled condom. Ideally, Kim K and Beyonce should have been wearing each other’s dresses last night. More suitable to their personas / past fashion motifs.

  10. D says:

    I wonder if she squeaked when she moved? Someone called the dress a “bedazzled condom” lol.

  11. Tifygodess24 says:

    I’m sorry but all I see is a condom. A pretty decorated one though. So does that helps? I guess just another example of how no one really blew me away last night. You shouldn’t see a dress and think of safe sex.

  12. vauvert says:

    As so many commented on Dlisted, Bey’s dress looks like a terrible condom. And her makeup is such a fail that I kept thinking that’s someone trying to look like Bey.
    I ignore AW, she could wear rainbow tears and unicorn smiles and all I would see is a cold hearted has been who has tarnished Vogue beyond repair. On the plus side her daughter and her dress are lovely.

    Still not getting the lust for Idris. Talented man, and quite stylish when he wants to, but world’s hottest? No…. (ducks to avoid pelting tomatoes) and whenever I read about his very messy personal life it makes me feel sorry for him.

    • mme says:

      Messy does not begin to cover his personal life. He changes the ladies like clothes. His 2nd wife admitted that they had to divorce after 2 weeks because staying married would be bad for his heartthrob image (what he told her!) I never even knew he was married at some point. He’s also not together with his baby mama and their children is barely a year. Word on the street was that she didn’t wanna stay in the background.
      OTOH, I hope Jayz cried into his pillow when he saw Idris and Bey posing together (Watch my fat ass twist as I bounce to the next dick, boy)

    • Lama Bean says:

      I’m with you on Idris’ personal Life. Hot ass mess.

    • Kitten says:

      Beyoncé looks so different when she doesn’t line her lips.

      I don’t hate the dress as much as everyone else does, but the makeup is atrocious.

      • EliCaroline says:

        THIS!! Beyonce is a really beautiful woman, but this makeup was so bad. She needed lip color.

    • elle says:

      When I saw him as Stringer Bell on The Wire years ago, I had to find out who he was, because the man was HOT. Now, not so much. His hotness leeched out.

      Bey’s dress does nothing for her… is she holding her bag where she is to hide whatever is going on there in the front? BAD makeup, too.

    • Emily C. says:

      I think Idris Elba’s an amazingly hot man, but I am getting a bit tired of him because of the overwhelming insistence that everyone must feel the same way. I don’t think there’s any sexier actor today, but that’s only my taste. The insistence that we all must desire him is starting to get on my nerves. I rarely agree with the consensus on hotness, so I know what it’s like to be on the other side.

  13. what's inside says:

    Suffering for fashion – check.

  14. Kate says:

    The dress is awful. The material could be interesting, the shape minus the hideous shoulder puffs is great. But the embellishments, ugh. The end result looks like my grandmothers couch threw up on a Buffalo Bill original. Her make-up would be perfect if she was wearing one of the futuristic silver dresses others were wearing, but paired with this dress it just seems like her make-up artist and stylist don’t have a clue what the others doing.

  15. als says:

    Does Bee Schaffer have a specific occupation or is she there as her mother’s daughter?
    Her dress was easy one of the best and one of the most spectacular so she definitely has access to the best.

    • Josephine says:

      She’s probably there is her mother’s companion for the evening, and maybe she supports the Met. She has a degree from Columbia and does not work in fashion, but works in television on the production side.

  16. delorb says:

    I like the dress. Would have loved it without the sleeves and the color. If you’re going to go down that road, go all out.

    • Josephine says:

      I like the dress as well. I like when people where something interesting to the Ball as that was the tradition before everyone and their mother started showing up. It’s super weird and has that horrid little tinge of 80’s but I like it nonetheless for inexplicable reasons! Plus, when a dress makes your bod look like that, it’s a winner. No photoshop needed for her.

    • Birdix says:

      I like it too. The skirt below the knees is so pretty as is the décolletage. To my eyes she looks amazing.

  17. mellie says:

    I love Beyoncé’s hair/makeup, but I just cannot with that dress. Maybe if it didn’t have puffy sleeves…I dunno. It just looks miserable to wear. Anna and Bea look really great, I like Anna’s dress much better than last years poppy concoction.

    • Alix says:

      Anna looks good, but I’m always somewhat bored by her choices.

    • lucy2 says:

      I agree, I hate Beyonce’s dress, but I’m liking the hair and makeup.
      Bee’s dress is very pretty.

  18. Louise177 says:

    Beyonce’s dress probably would have worked if it was a different color, metallic, to fit the theme better. Like everybody is saying she looks like she’s wearing a condom.

  19. Ankhel says:

    Why does she has such bad herpes, when she wears a condom?

  20. Eleonor says:

    I like it.

  21. stara says:

    Solange did attend

  22. guest says:

    why does every single person there have bad make up? They all look sweaty or like there faces are greasy.

    • imqrious2 says:

      It’s the new highlighting trend, called strobing, using liquid highlighter to make the face look “dewy”. Personally, I think it just makes you look greasy and sweaty!

      When I was a kid (back when dinosaurs roamed the earth), we used a pale pink shimmer shadow, and a small blender stick (that came with the shadow), and just used a swipe of it on top of the cheekbone, and one swipe under the eyebrow arch, and BLENDED! All you saw was a *faint* shimmer when it caught the light.

      Today, the word “understated” is gone from the vocabulary…sigh…

  23. AlmondJoy says:

    The dress is hideous but I usually never like anything she wears.

    THAT BODY THOUGH. This could be me if I worked a little harder in the gym and stopped eating Talenti and went on tour where I danced my butt off 😩 I need that body!

    • nikkisixx says:

      she has one of the best bodies in the business. amazing legs, butt, boobs and waist. i get sad when she gets called out for photoshopping her ig pics. with her figure, she shouldn’t be so insecure.

      • AlmondJoy says:

        She does have one of the best bodies in the biz. You think she photoshops her pics? Not sure but it’s probably bc of the pressure she feels to be perfect. Sad. Reminds me a lot of her song “Pretty Hurts.” The video was heartbreaking.

    • Lilacflowers says:

      But do you really want to give up Talenti?

  24. DanaG says:

    First thought when I saw Beys dress was condom covered in sprinkles. It is just awful and I cant believe it was the best out of the ones she got offered or she wore it for a dare it is that bad. Idris should off had his own post he just does.

  25. Mimz says:

    Beyoncé looks bad. terrible. Latex is no high fashion, sorry. And that’s from someone who likes her and her music, but girlfriend was never a fashion girl. The makeup is making her look 15 years older trying to look 7 years younger.
    Just a whole lot of NO.
    Now, Idris, bring yourself and that tux to my house and we’ll have a little chat 😉 😉

  26. GingerNYC says:

    Is it just me or do recent Beyonce pics make it look like she paid the Kardashian butt fairy a visit? I know she has always had a solid serving of dat ass but it just looks like there is a little extra something-something going on back there these days.

  27. Rae says:

    A big no to the walking condom.

  28. Pitag says:

    I wonder if Anna is just trolling everyone with this ridiculous themes, she is not even dressing up, and of course her daughter is not either. I guess I would do it if I were her, “look at what I can make these fools do” ~evil laugh…
    Is Bey covering her beehive? Why wear a dress like that and then worry all night about it? But what do I know, I just recently upgraded my wardrobe to mom jeans lol

    • Kelly says:

      Good point. This year’s Emperor’s New Clothes event tops the ridiculousness of last year.

    • Waketheneighbours says:

      The theme wasn’t futuristic robot. It was man v machine in relation to fashion. Bee’s dress is beautifully hand embroidered ie the man part of the equation. She was more on theme than the vapid hordes of ordinary minds who thought it was Jetson’s formal.

      • Tara says:

        That’s true. Bey was on point with the theme. I really just wish they would’ve chosen a different medium(?) for the dress. Maybe latex is the only “fabric” 3D printers can do so far?

    • Tara says:

      What is the theme? I haven’t seen it mentioned…

    • Bridget says:

      Don’t forget, the themes actually reflect the Museum exhibit. The Gala celebrates and raises money for the Costume Institute, and each year’s Gala includes a tour through the new exhibit.

  29. Diana B says:

    Someone at buzzfeed said she looked like she was wearing a disease and I agree. That dress is just ridiculous but when has Bey had taste for these things? This is on par wirh what she usually does. At least there’s no sheer fabric, that’s a step up.

  30. Samtha says:

    Terrible dress and makeup, but DAMN, that body!

  31. Sisi says:

    it seem that beyonce’s dress is a combo of natural & synthetic. The print seems sakurablossoms, and the pearls are a natural decoration on a plastic dress.
    Would have looked better if there had been more colorcontrast in the colors though because yeah, it kinda looks like a rash this way.
    There don’t seem to be any seams, so it’s a geometric design marvel in my opinion. It takes a pretty talented person to draw that out, so there’s definitely a marriage between craftmanship and machine at work in this look.

    I can appreciate that she tried something different. It’s a thousand times better than last years ponytail of horrors.

    • Bridget says:

      I really love the idea, but the execution is a major misfire. I can’t help but wonder if it were ANY other color if it would have turned out better. As it is, it’s disappointing, because I think latex was a great take on the theme.

  32. Kelly says:

    Wow, worst fashion sense ever even given the parameters of the theme. I bet Anna Wintour wanted to kiss Idris Elba’s feet when he walked in. He may be a cheating trouser snake, but damn, that man knows how to dress.

  33. Magnoliarose says:

    Beyonce looks like she’s wearing blistered skin and her styling is blah. She has never been chic and she never will be. Her clothes choices are always terrible so I give up on figuring out the reason.
    Idris is yum.
    Anna with all of glacier glory looks good and her daughter looks lovely. But it is clear the Wintour era fashion domination is over.

    • teacakes says:

      yeah, she’s no Rihanna – she has good costumes (which, ironically, is the Met Gala wheelhouse to a T) but no real sense of style.

  34. serena says:

    Why in the world would anyone wear latex?

  35. QQ says:

    Honestly Beyonce’s dress is making my undercarriage hot NOW, but the craftsmanship is spectacular to be Honest

    Actually this year I quite liked Anna’s and Bea’s things.

    May Idris come through ever year

  36. ohdear says:

    Beyonce’s dress fits the theme well, as it was “old-style handmade versus new age technology in fashion” (including 3 d Printers, the use of synthetic materials and the addition of feathers and such instead of the handmade artisan fashion on the past).
    I still can’t enjoy her or care about her. Solange was way more interesting on the red carpet.

  37. Emily C. says:

    Beyonce’s fashion sense is almost always terrible. This is the worst yet though. It looks acutely painful to wear and is one of those rare outfits that’s actually painful to look at. The comparisons that jump to mind are positively disgusting.

  38. Carmen says:

    I love Bee Schaffer’s dress. I can’t stand Wintour in anything.

  39. J-Who says:

    She reminds me of the black version of Jessica Rabbit. Oh, well, at least she’s wearing actual clothes this time.

  40. kri says:

    Idris. Oh, DAMN. As for Beyonce, her body looks amazing, but that dress…maybe in another color? In black it would have been amazing, with silver appilque? #Annawintouriscoming and her daughter are dressed beautifully.

  41. Beckysuz says:

    I’m just here for Idris. Lordy that man makes me all manner of tingly.

  42. Betti says:

    I LOVE Bee’s dress. Liked Bey’s dress but not that it was made of latex, if it was silk it would have been fab.

    • Tara says:

      It would have. Before I looked closely and saw it was latex, the only thing I didn’t like was the poofy shoulders.

  43. Dlo says:

    Beautiful

  44. jeanpierre says:

    Killer body. Tisci is just the worst. I don’t hate the shape of the dress but This ham-like color is dreadful and the material too. The make-up is also a fail.
    I don’t like Anna wintour’s dress, plain boring. Her daughter is very well styled and pretty though.

  45. The Original G says:

    Those sleeves look like corn blisters.

  46. Marny says:

    I think Beyonce looks amazing! This color looks great on her and her makeup is amazing. As far as I’m concerned, the material is the only HUGE downside. This dress in another material but everything else the same would be one of her best looks ever.

  47. Lucy says:

    Both Bey and Bee looked great, and theme-appropriate!!!

  48. tacos and tv says:

    Kinda loving Beyonce’s look. Kinda kinda. Idris, keep that tongue warm, baby. You are all kinda of yum.

  49. lucy says:

    Dress looks like someone vomited breakfast cereal onto a naked plastic 80s bridal mannequin.

    Making it worse is the curtain dangling from her anal region.

    And yes, the heavy eye makeup is hideous. It matches the fingernail daggers, fwiw, though. Because the Met Gala is all about the fingernails. (:-P)

  50. SM says:

    Bee looks gorgeous. But how is that on theme?

  51. Tara says:

    I like it, but why is it a woman has to be vulnerable in public to be likable?

  52. iheartgossip says:

    WOW! Beyonce has REALLY messed with her face. She looks like a Beyonce impersonator.

    Idris is delish!!

  53. TOPgirl says:

    Ohman. Beyonce dress looks yuck! Yes the sweat don’t help. Her makeup looks dark and gloomy….like sad.

  54. Reece says:

    The only thing notable about it is that it’s made from latex. Otherwise it’s a style and cut that she’sworn multiple times/multiple events.
    Btw is she Duchess Kate-ing her crotch since she’s basically wearing a condom?

    I like Anna and Bee’s dresses.

  55. SilkyMalice says:

    Anna Wintour had sex?!

  56. MrsK says:

    That’s some multitasking, Beyonce. Going to a gala and getting a sauna simultaneously. I wonder what kind of makeup they use that kept her face so nice and dry. She must’ve lost 5 lbs during the evening.