I felt guilty about admitting this yesterday, but I really enjoyed Kim Kardashian’s Balmain at the Met Gala. Like, out of all the Balmain gowns, I thought Kim’s was the best and most interesting. Does that mean that I thought Kim looked amazing? Eh. She looked better this year than in years past, but that’s not even the point. The point is that in 2016, Kim is one of those people we’re really excited to see, because everyone will have a really strong reaction to whatever she’s wearing. In just a few short years, Kim went from persona-non-grata in elite fashion communities to one of the most-discussed women at the biggest fashion events of the year. Page Six even had a piece about how Kim and her family “ruled” the Met Gala this year, and, according to one source, “they really work that room now…they really take it over. It’s like their party. Kim Kardashian went over really well. I gotta say, they worked the room the best. If you had to pick one group who ruled it, it was the Kardashians.”
And that’s not all – Vogue Magazine (Vogue.com) named Kim and Kanye “the Met Gala’s Best-Dressed Couple.” I wouldn’t go that far, Vogue! I thought Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik were more interesting, although it was mostly Zayn, not Gigi. You can read Vogue’s write-up about Kimye here. Kanye read it too, and he even happily tweeted about it yesterday:
I’m really excited to get our first best dressed at the met … This Gala is like the Grammys of style! pic.twitter.com/POCtXJUGzN
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 3, 2016
He also tweeted out his thank-yous, like being named Best Dressed was an actual award and he was making an acceptance speech. He tweeted:
“Thank you Anna for the invite thank you to the whole Vogue team… thank you Olivier for making 4 dresses for Kim to choose from which we chopped 2 in half… and thank you for turning my personal jean jacket into a couture piece… also to Kim’s hair and makeup Lorraine jewelry and the whole style squad at Balmain and the Yeezy team…. We just had fun with the “future” theme !!! It was a fun night all together …”
It’s sort of cute to me. This is Kanye at his most vulnerable, when he’s desperate to be accepted by the elite fashion people and tastemakers. Like, being called best-dressed by Vogue really, really means something to Yeezy.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN.
Congratulations to 2002 Ricky Martin and C-3PO, I guess. Kim did look nice, and I like his contacts.
His investment in Kim’s fashion is really cute, I have to admit, and the speech was adorable.
Yeah his little thank you speech is pretty damn cute.
It sounded pathetic to me. “They like me. They really like me!” It’s not that serious, Kanye.
Hahahahahahahahahahahdead.
Is that a serious comment Locke Lamora or were you joking?I have to assume you were joking
I find his obsession over what she wears and how she wears it frightening.
It seems really controlling to me and I don’t think his choices are worth the steer
Loved her here but thought he looked very meh…like a western high school dance outfit
It’s called fashion! Look it up. 🙄
Just have to wonder how much that cost?
Huh. I thought Kayne’s eyes looked cool but ripped jeans and a Richard Simmons jacket gets best dressed? And Kim’s dress was fine for her, but…I guess I just don’t get it.
yeah, ripped denim (that looks like it came from Wet Seal or some other teenybopper store) and a bedazzled jean jacket is what “best dressed” means these days?
A BEDAZZLED CANADIAN TUXEDO?!
I did not hear him thank Canadians for the double denim inspo. Rude!!
Not sure when the “Canadian tuxedo” was coined and why, but as a Canadian it gets my goat each time an uneducated boor shows up at a gala / black tie event in denim (rhinestoned AND ripped, in this case) and the term gets used.
I know, it’s all in good fun, but I am on on my 8th day of no food and 5th in the hospital so I am grumpy.
Kim’s dress reminded me of a 1950’s horror movie, “It Came From Outer Space”, starring Zsa Zsa Gabor.
@vauvert – hope all is well with you! 🙁
my apologies, vauvert…I meant no offense…in my neck of the woods, we called it a “Guido Tuxedo” or “zhay on zhay” but on this site, everyone seemed to call it a “Canadian Tuxedo”…I guess because the stereotype of Canadians is that you’re laid back and a bit “country”?…
in any case, I’m sorry about that, and I hope you’re feeling better soon!
(ETA: I actually do remember people calling it a “Texas Tuxedo”, which is probably the most accurate.)
@vauvert what? Sending thoughts and prayers your way!!
Oh no, vauvert, I’m so sorry you’re sick. Please get better soon, my friend.
Since I never throw anything out until it disintegrates on its own. I’m sure I could rummage around and find authentic ripped denim pieces that are now high fashion. Do I get extra points for safety pins in place of buttons?
They must have been judging only from the waist up.
Lol! He looks like a demond here.
I thought he looked horrible and under-dressed. Kim’s dress was nice. Vogue and Wintour have jumped the shark.
Oh you said it, Santia! LOL. Vogue and Wintour HAVE jumped the shark! But I thought that back when Anna put Kimye on the cover a while back.
If he had actually matched the jacket with sparkly pants, it would have been really nice. Ripped jeans, not a winner. Except to Anna Wintour for some unfathomable reason. Is Kanye her secret love child or what? Her obsession with him and weird approval of everything he does is so strange. “Look, mommy, I smeared dirt all over this piece of paper!” “Ooh, mommy’s little Van Gogh! Let’s buy a new refrigerator to tape it on!”
When the guest list is this pathetic this is the result. Anna Wintour is a joke now. Kim looked nice and he looked ok. Best Dressed is huge stretch.
AW’s daughter, Bree should have received the Best Dressed, but I guess nepotism accusations would have been heard.
They were, I agree!! Happening.
Kanye’s bedazzled Jean jacket belongs on the Home Shopping Network.
Oh, love the bedazzled jacket, it is fabulous, want one! (Better than his beige/khaki crap, lol).
Meh, he put on a pair of jeans and stuck in a pair of club kid contacts. I get annoyed that there were gents in white tie, who put in the effort sartorially speaking and he gets the praise. I did think Kim looked good, though her gradual morphing into Janice from the Muppets is scaring me.
The Met Ball is a theme event. White tie wasn’t exactly on theme. Even if it was, it’s not an exciting sartorial choice, just a very safe option.
Same for ripped up jeans. He wears them all the time. This is nothing special for him.
Actually, white tie and tails are what the invitation directs for men so the vast majority of them were not on theme.
I think white tie was the dress code on the invitation, actually.
@ Tiffany….it’s not white tie, it’s Avante Garde, darling.
LOLOL @ Janice from the Muppets. That post is the gift that keeps on giving.
Hold the phone. He wore a pair of jeans.
I can’t with Kim’s fake beachball butt. Her bodice looks like Jiffy Pop-y.
The skirt is poorly fitted. The stripes are vertical in the back of the skirt. The stripes are slightly on the bias in the front. 2″ inches of skirt width in front with no slit and I would have been on board with this.
If that’s a really polite way of saying Kim was asking a LOT of that dress, then I agree. 😉 Seriously, though, your suggestion is right on, if ultimately futile.
She decided a long time ago that if it doesn’t look two sizes too small and require industrial lubricant to put it on, so any fashion advice to the contrary probably just goes in one ear and out the other. At light speed.
Ah yes! thanks for pointing that out. I afraid her butt was giving me a seizure
I’m seriously beginning to think they have photos of Wintour in some compromising positions and are not afraid to use them.
Right?
What is this power they have over Vogue?
Could it be that Vogue sees incredible value in social media, much like Chanel and other designers choosing “models” with the most followers?
Is this the new savvy business model?
It’s perplexing, but I imagine that mega business knows what it’s doing?
I agree!!! Something seems SO fishy with them and Vogue. Man, that would be the best story of the year if it were ever uncovered!!
You took the words right out of my mouth!
Anna (rightly) banned the Kardashians from the gala for years. Kanye was their ticket in, I think. He must have the goods on Anna, I can not imagine anyone else getting best dressed at a formal ball, while wearing ripped jeans.
I must be getting really old cuase I feel like my grandmother. I just don’t get it. They looked terrible to me. I can think of a dozen people who looked more appropriate. I think Wintour must be suffering from dementia. Or she is trying too hard to connect with the millenniums. What is the world coming to? Trump is ruling in the polls and people think ripped jeans were the best outfit?
His outfit was not appropriate but that’s why he won based on his concept of future fashion .
“His concept of future fashion”? Ripped jeans are the future? Is that really the future of textiles used in fashion? Where is the technology that laser cuts fabric? Something made of a 3D printer maybe? He has nothing beyond some ridiculous contact lenses and a shining jacket. Dressing on theme is not the same as dressing up for a costume party.
I think the answer, CRTB, may be as follows:
“When he opened the 4th seal, I heard the voice of the 4th living creature saying ‘Come and see.’ And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death and Hades followed with him.”
Kim and Kanye best dressed? Trump as POTUS? UK banks once again offering 100% mortgages? Listen, let’s just go ahead and appoint Palin as Secretary of Defense, call it a day and cue End of Days from stage left.
I’m with Lindy79.
Lol. to all of the above.What a weird relationship Kanye and Anna have.
I was thinking something is up. She’s lost more credibility and it makes no sense.
Agree. To say that the K klan owned this event is an alternate reality. The Balmain dresses are all the same.
Ugh.
Maybe it’s Lucifer’s Homegirl that has the goods on AW. Or maybe she has connections that could take the establishment down. Whatever it is, honest judgement has no say in this decision-making.
AW used to be the elites elite then with the Kardashian Kover she became a joke. Now, imho, she’s simply grotesque. I’d have her step down a.s.a.p.
Maybe they caught her shopping at K-Mart.
Maybe they have a picture of her – gasp – smiling? This duo as best dressed would make a cat laugh, if not a Vogue editor smile.
I was going to comment something like that. I would like to know Tim Gun’s opinion on this:D Vogue just reached a new level a ridiculousness I can’t even take it seriously!
I watched Tim Gunn on the Fashion Police. He said that Kanye essentially threw on a Balmain jacket over a tshirt and ripped jeans and it was totally inappropriate and insulting to the Met. I 100% agree with him. It pisses me off that Kanye shows up to events dressed in raggedy clothes and people fawn all over him. Ripped jeans are not high fashion. They’re not fashion, period. They belong nowhere except the garbage bin. I seriously think Kanye is trolling everybody.
A Kardashian is best dressed says Vogue, Donald Trump is running for President. I knew it would happen, reality tv is taking over. Run for cover.
This is the beginning of the end. Lesson: you don’t need substance or talent.
😧😫
Tomorrow is cats and dogs mating together,then I have the 4 horsemen riding in about sunday at 12;00pm in the calendar
Stop it or I won’t come out from under this bed!
QQ you win the internet for today! Lol! I’m expecting a plague of frogs falling from the sky just about any minute now.
@gnat has the right idea. It is comfy under my bed
The whole world has gone mad.
You know, I’ve never watched a Kardashian show and I’m usually shaking my head at this family from what I read here, but there is something refreshing about a mother in her 30s that doesn’t possess the stereotypical model body being named best dressed over the 20 year old supermodel.
I disagree because it is Kim Kardashian. They picked a couple who would cause polarizing conversation and nothing more. Kim probably cares more about being named best dressed than any of those supermodels anyway. She focuses almost entirely (to the point of embarrassment) on being oh-so-attractive and sexy.
But she’s her own version of a model body isn’t she?
That’s not her natural shape, it’s an incredibly and repeatedly enhanced layers of plastic surgery, fat injections, and lifting.
I can’t get positivity from a body that doesn’t really exist.
Yeah, you’re both probably right.
I’m fascinated how the size of a butt changes in relevancy over the years. I remember a movie with Richard Gere (Looking For Mr. Goodbar) when he was young where he said “guys don’t make passes at girls with big asses.” Lol….I think JLo was actually the trend setter. Now it appears all the girls want big butts. I’m happy I have a little one. Takes up less room.
Well, If Kanye and Kim didn’t win then it wouldn’t have been totally predictable. We can’t have that now,can we?
The end is nigh. And wrapped in aluminum foil.
You crack me up.
Lol 🙂
LOL
and thats exactly why Vogue magazine doesn’t mean what it used to…
Sad but true.
Sorry I responded before reading your comment but I feel like I am from an alternate universe.
also, is there any such thing as ‘best dressed couple at the met gala?’
where is the list of winners from years past?
or did they make this ‘award’ up to give yeezy a boner?
Genuinely laughed out loud…
And agree!!
Several years ago reality stars couldn’t even get an invite to the Met Gala and now the Kardashians rule the event? And pandering to Kimye by naming them the best dressed couple when Kanye wore jeans and a t-shirt (compared to tuxes and white tie by other men)? Vogue began swirling the drain when Anna put Kim on the cover continues to go down. Sad to see a once proud and elite magazine sink so low as to glorify reality stars.
I agree!
Vouge is now Star magazine. Keep Kim relevant to sell magazine. It is a sad day in fashion when these two are considered the best dress. All of those people who actually put some thought and effort into what they wore must be livid. Little did they realize that they could have just worn jeans and a tee shirt
It’s been losing its significance for some time. Anna needed to retire several years ago but they hold on to her because of the past. The fact that no A list guests attended speaks volumes.
Compare Idris Elba to Kanye or Zoe Saldana to Kim.
And Vogue says Kim and Kanye are best dressed?
I really don’t know if this ‘best dressed according to the gala coordinators’ is really even a thing…I can’t find any info about years past officially saying a couple was ‘best dressed’
I feel like this is just made up for a headline.
So who was the best dressed overall ?
Trump and the Kardashians are taking over. Looking for the escape pod.
Beginning of THE end
Bought and paid for.
Just like her butt.
Ridiculous – her dress was fine but between his jeans and jacket… There were several other truly fashionable and well dressed couples.
No
Oh Anna how far you have fallen. They were not the best dressed by a mile and I liked Kim’s dress I mean it’s a bit repetitive on balmain’s part but this is what they do.
I mean just no there were so many better more fashion forward people. Kim and Kayne didn’t understand the theme it’s just a mess. No!
Did they not have any other couples to choose from? Kim’s dress is better than the other one’s she’s worn but not by much. They just give me the matchy prom couple vibe.
Lindy wins! Best comment!
Jiffy pop for everyone!
Vogue are such a hack. They did not have Claire Danes or Jourdan Dunn in their list like what kind of logic is this
No Claire?!! No Jourdan?!! wtf!!
Vogue is officially over the hill, this desperate scramble for relevance while going more and more downmarket, is painful to watch.
And everyone was really praising Claire Danes dress.
Ridiculous.
Is Vogue turning into People now? I can’t wait to see who they name the Sexiest Man Alive!
It would be Kanye (shrugs..). But seriously, what happened to Vogue?!
I appreciate the gracious speech (as gracious as Kanye can get). Still, I said it yesterday and I’ll say it today—I didn’t like what either of them wore. Kim’s wasn’t pretty to me, and Kanye looked plain silly.
Well, just imagine the speech if they hadn’t won best dressed. Anyone care to speculate? “Ima let _____ enjoy their moment of best dressed, but we stayed up all night bedazzling my personal jean jacket…..”
BAHAHAHA
On another celeb itchy thread, someone suggested her backside was like a disco ball. Yes, yes indeed.
Pansy says “no they weren’t.”
Wow. Fashion must really suck at this point.
He looks like a stoned Husky with those stupid lenses. Her dress at least covers most of her, so that’s a plus. Best dressed??? On what planet? Does Vogue not have a board? Anna W needs a vacation or therapy.
Stains the cupcake dog did those eyes better Kanye
“Stoned husky.” Best comment today!
Yes, I get tired of the “I’m so bored, so whatever about being here I’m sexy” look.
He looks like he was having trouble seeing out of those contacts or they were bothering him to the point of distraction. Though, I thought high also.
The FAUX blue eyes mad me laugh my ass off… Oh, for the love of gawd!
Seriously spit out my water at “stoned husky”. You win!
I think Vogue does not have the same importance in fashion that it once had and this just proves it.
+1
Yep
Yes, and this is what Rebecca Romijn was talking about exactly about Vogue not being a trendsetter anymore
Ripped jeans, cowboy boots and a Liberace jacket made best dressed? I’m outta’ here.
On Liberace, the jacket would have deserved to win. The man had real style! And no ripped jeans for him.
They must be blind or insane, surely?!
Ripped jeans at a gala?
It doesn’t matter what this couple does anymore. They could cure cancer for all i care. I’m just sick of them and their PR machine. Go away, please.
I don’t really see what there is to like? She has worn a dress like this before- it’s boring and predictable at this point. Her trying to contort her body in some fug, blingy dress and him in some skinny pant with an atrocious jacket.
Ok this proves that Kanye has some blackmail material on Anna. First a cover for his worst ever and always dressed wife. Then an invite to the Met Gala where she came dressed as a floral couch. Then they got the cover of Vogue. Anna supports all of Kanye’s shows. And now this!!!!
Does Kanye have pictures of Anna torturing kittens?
+1
Or Vogue is desesperate
Agreed. Totally.
I feel bad to Kanye because he took the title seriously. I personally believe the title had nothing to do with fashion; they were picked because the names “Kanye” and “Kardashian” are huge click bait. Let’s face it – we all clicked on this article when we read the headline. That’s what Anna wanted: for the whole world to read the Vogue article.
That´s because Kanye takes himself too seriously!
In his mind, HE is the center of the universe.
LOL!!!!
What a FREAK show!
Everyone’s right. Between these two clowns and Trump, we are doomed
The story about this gala is who WASN’T there. No A listers except Beyonce and the hosts. Maybe a few others. It makes Goop’s comments seem like foreshadowing. Gisele always goes but made an excuse to skip it. No Lifestyle blondes except Kate Hudson and that speaks for itself. None of the usual suspects. No one wants to be associated or support this lame direction Vogue is going. Just like how celebs avoided the VS show and pulled out.
No Reece or Cate or Charlize or Rhianna? Plenty of people have projects to promote and they know the press will cover this event all over the place.
Wintour needs to retire. She is no longer on the pulse of fashion and they need a fresh direction.
It’s one of the least tackiest things I’ve seen her wear. That’s all I’ve got.
Best dressed? What a joke. Yes, people clamor to see Kim, but it’s more to see what train wreck is going to happen this time.
This is a joke. Has to be a collosal joke.
So I guess Vogue has lost all credibility and Anna has lost her damn mind.
Hate Goopy all you want but what she said years ago about the Met was on point
It used to be so exclusive. Now its like full of D-listers and ruled by Kim K and her family
Oh you’re right. She must be on Anna Wintour’s bad list however.
Hasn’t Anna Wintour/Vogue lost its credibility to judge fashion years ago? I longer seek nor look through the pages, yet alone buy a copy of Vogue
Well, that’s a surprise. Said nobody.
I’m going to stay positive. These two are made for each other. And, I think his quote was cute, like he let his guard down during a genuinely happy moment.
Anna needs to retire, she has long since lost all credibility and she’s turned vogue into a joke. Just like her embarrassing self.
Agreed. The fact that Kim, Kris, Kendall and Kylie were all at the Met Gala speak to how far the mighty have fallen.
srsly.
If R2D2 and C3PO dressed up like michael jackson Circa 1987, then got hammered and went bowling (where C3PO fell down in the process and ripped his jeans),I imagine this is exactly what it would look like.
Kanye’s look is vaguely reminiscent of a budget Robert Redford in The Electric Horseman.
LOL best comment! Thanks for a laugh!
Kim is too tiny, curvy, and too short waisted to wear anything with a defined waistline. #curvygirlproblems
Vogue has fallen off forever now thanks to Sour Wintour. Wintour is, on purpose, attempting to tank Vogue before he reign is complete.
Vogue has lost touch with high fashion. They are now celebrity-slob kissups.
Say what?!?
Apparently Vogue only saw Kim and Kanye and no one else.
Vogue just needs to stop. They don’t even look like they are going to the same event. For someone that is so fascinated with her body, Kim has no sense of what looks good on it. Perhaps it is because she makes the most $$ with no clothes on….oh the irony!
oh really-not-wow, just proves why I no longer read/care about Vogue, not that I did, but god, I have great taste, see ya
It’s ALL for you, Damien!
Diane Kruger and Josh Jackson used to be the Best-Dressed Couple. But since Kruger/Jackson didn´t attend MET this time (rumors have it Diane and Josh are not a couple anymore or “on a break” because of DK´s “thing” with N.Reedus) now Kim and Kan got their chance to be “the best”.
Oh, gosh. Just looked at the back view. Y’all are right, it does look jiffy pop-ish. But not really so bad, the dress seems made to look that way. I think if it weren’t Kim with her strange history, nobody would even think to mention it.
Even from the back and certainly from the side, my first impression was that her derrière is looking smaller. I wonder if she’s trying to undo what she did? The pregnancies might have convinced her that injecting fat cells into your backside has unpleasant consequences when your body wants to gain weight. It would be nice if it were reversible. But if so, she probably would want to do it slowly so it’s not so noticeable.
I can’t imagine that it’s a good idea to go into her forties and fifties with all that artificially placed extra fatty tissue. Has there been long enough experience with the procedure to know how well or how poorly people age with it? Or has Kim done it to such an unusual extreme that nobody knows?