Kendall Jenner in La Perla couture at the Met Gala: sexy or bland?

The Met Gala 2017

Kendall Jenner is currently under contract with La Perla, so the lingerie house decided to venture into (insert sarcasm quotes) “haute couture” this year. This was the result: Kendall in a dress that was just glittery netting. I saw some fashion-professionals bitching about Kendall’s vibe and her posing on the carpet, and I sort of see their point, which was: this dress requires a sort of coquettish sexiness that Kendall just doesn’t have. She posed on the carpet like she was posing for bargain catalogue work. While there’s nothing wrong with having a more wholesome, girl-next-door vibe, don’t wear a dress that you can’t properly “work.”

The Met Gala 2017

The Met Gala 2017

Mary J. Blige also wore La Perla. This just looks like lingerie to me, even more so than Kendall’s. It doesn’t have anything to do with the theme and it’s not even a cute dress in general. The point of this is probably “Mary is a single lady again and she’s sexy!” If that’s the point… sure. I’ll go with that.

Paris Jackson also wore Calvin Klein, like Goop. Paris is a little bit don’t-look-at-me-look-at-me-don’t-look-at-me, but this was her first Met Gala and… whatever. Sure. I don’t really care enough to have an opinion on her dress. I’ll give her this: her hair looks great here.

The Met Gala 2017

The Met Gala 2017

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  1. MunichGirl says:

    I think Mary and Kendall look tacky.

    Not a fan of Paris Jackson’s dress but she has a gorgeous face.

    • Dtab says:

      Totally agree on all counts….Paris has a stunning face

      • ABC says:

        I remember when she was just a little girl, we had those ever so rare ‘sightings’ of her with the veil over her head. Gosh how old am I… Beautiful girl, wish her nothing but the best for the future, she’s not had the easiest of starts in life.

      • bwwana says:

        Paris is absolutely stunning, just beautiful, I just wish she was not covered in those cheap looking tatts, but whatever.

    • Originaltessa says:

      She’s absolutely beautiful. Mesmerizing eyes.

    • Lady D says:

      The lady standing behind Paris must have 7 phones in her hand, and yes, Paris is gorgeous.

    • Megan says:

      Mary needed a better dress to showcase her great figure.

    • Trillion says:

      face is mesmerizing. But a big NO on the underboob. Please, god, don’t let this be a thing.

    • Amanda says:

      God Paris is gorgeous.

  2. Kiki says:

    Kendall had the best outfit hands down!

    • Goats on the Roof says:

      Since when does underwear and fillers constitute an outfit?!

      • bunny ears says:

        BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Your comment just won the internet today.

        (Kendall looks soooooooooooo tacky and inappropriate.

      • teacakes says:

        oh GOD Goats, I’ve just spat water at my screen

        That’ll teach me to consume liquids while reading CB comments.

      • bella says:

        For real! I just can’t!!!!!!

    • anna says:

      yeah i find it curious how she doesn’t look naked even though she basically is. it’s a well constructed piece of netting at least. her whole look really goes with it, long limbs, lean body, dark hair and not too sexy. on someone with bigger boobs this would have been bad.

      • Barrett says:

        Do you not eat for a week for Kendall’s dress? What if you get nervous and get the runs? Ok I said it. Her bum looks great but what if Mother Nature calls. Dear god!

      • applepie says:

        How can a pretty young woman wearing so little look so unsexy? You got to hand it to her! I love her body and the dress. Put it on someone like Jourdan Dunn or Lilly Aldridge and we’d all be loving it.

    • Bridget says:

      It looks too much like they saw a photo of JLo’s infamous green dress and they said “we can do that”

    • sendepause says:

      Kendall is wearing the saddest see-through outfit I´ve ever seen.

    • Elisa the I. says:

      +1, Kendall looks amazing and I usually find her a nothingburger par excellence.

    • susiecue says:

      I like it a lot from the side, but the front looks a little ice-skater-y to me. She’s workin it tho

  3. Chelly says:

    Sheer, see through, slit, call to emergency surgeon on-call, mama Jenner approved…or should I also call her Kardashian?

  4. Indira says:

    I would have expected to see Kylie in a dress like that, not Kendall – but maybe I give Kendall too much credit ^^

  5. Erinn says:

    I like Kendall’s hair and makeup. Honestly, I think she’s the prettiest of the K’s.

    Paris’ hair is great – and I love that she always makes sure to play up her eyes. They’re gorgeous!

    • Nancy says:

      I agree. That’s why Kylie looks so pissed off all the time. Kendall is a model and it shows, while Kylie…….she has lifeless eyes, dead eyes, eyes of a doll, well actually I stole that from the guy in Jaws but it’s true. Jealous little sister Kendall, Kendall, Kendall!!! When the K’s go down and they will, Kendall will still be walking the runways. *Paris is pretty. But, I think she has a long way to go before she is healed.* Another non-celeb, famous for nothing but being MJ’s daughter.

      • INeedANap says:

        Kendall is only a model because of her family name. Tall, skinny white girls can be found at any Starbucks in America, and Kendall has neither the compelling presence nor the walk for the runway.

        It’s strange that you get on Paris’ case for nepotism but not Kendall’s.

    • Jegede says:

      @Erin – On that I agree with you, Kendall’s face is beautiful.

  6. rachel says:

    How boring Kendall, seing a Jenner/Kardashian wearing as little clothes as possible or see through… Sight. Oh and her face looks crazy, my god.

    • Anitas says:

      Another day, another “____ shows her ass” type of headline about them. What a legacy.

    • Lizzie says:

      It is amazing how a person can wear a fishnet and still look like a snooze. Rose McGowan did it first and did it better

    • AnnaKist says:

      I agree with you, Rachel. Her face…what’s going on there? Fatter lips are obvious, but the left side of her face is weird. That huge cheek, the flatter eyebrow and her eye looks strangely small/squinty. Her outfit is nothing new, as she and her little sister do this look all the time.

  7. Josephine says:

    The dress made me think that Kendall has a very plain face indeed. I think it’s too mature for her or her styling isn’t right. I don’t hate the dress, but she doesn’t have enough presence to wear it.

    But that Paris Jackson is a stunner.

    • chaine says:

      Kaiser is so right. Kendall’s vibe is very much, the approachable girl that will throw around a football with her guy friends at the park wearing a dirty t-shirt and soccer shorts. She has no real modeling talent, and she just doesn’t wear the ultra-sexy, nearly-naked Kardashian looks comfortably or well. She would be great as the girl-next-door in a Pepsi commercial! or no… wait… maybe not…

  8. QQ says:

    Give this girl a Pepsi Or a Heineken, Either way the chick is ZHIRSTY

    Mary too listened to Lemonade, someone said Lala Was at 6 inch yesterday .. But So was Mary

    I never know what to do when in a given post I start questioning “Why is Paris Jackson” (cause shades of icky zoo staring at these kids all their lives like their dad, right?) but then i invariably am not grated by anything she says, she isnt offensive, acquits herself better than most and is very charming… This is a cute look for a young woman at the Met.. Im with it, Officially INTO Paris Jackson BUT IN PRAYERS for Paris Jackson?

    • mkyarwood says:

      She’s still got some kind of grounding from somewhere, you can tell. I hope she translates herself into a life with more normalcy, instead of just being swept along by the celebrity machine.

      • QQ says:

        Huh?…I guess you put it into words.. there is something good/sweet/charismatic about her

  9. Sarah says:

    Paris is extremely beautiful.

  10. skyblue says:

    I wish Kendall hadn’t ruined her lips. She stood out with thinner lips in my opinion.

    • Steph says:

      She looks really different now. Kinda plain. I think she did something else to her face.

      • Llamas says:

        It looks like she got fillers too. She looks ridiculous. Her lips look like a toddler smeared lipstick of marker all over their face in a bid to look like mommy.

  11. Aiobhan Targaryen says:

    I think Mary looks fine. Not a stellar dress in the slightest, but just a fine black dress.

    I cannot believe Kendall is basically nude on the carpet and is still boring as all hell. Actually, I can. She really needs to stop trying to be something she is not.

    Paris actually looks cute here from the neck up. The dress is a little to plain for this event, but she looks good in it.

  12. Odell says:

    Kendall deserves the nickname Kendull.

  13. Harrierjet says:

    Back in the day Rose McGowan wore a dress thingy (how else could you describe it?!) when she was with Marlyn Manson. 19 years later Kendall Jenner wears something similar and no one bats an eyelid because it is boring! So. Boring. She looks ridiculous but how many times can you write that?

  14. Ayra. says:

    Kendall looks like post-surgery Khloe in the second picture.

  15. Nicole says:

    Kendall looks so tacky and boring. All the Ks missed the mark yesterday.
    Paris I don’t like the underboob but her face and hair are really gorgeous

  16. KikiGee says:

    Just turn up naked already.
    On a plus note, Paris looks beautiful.

  17. Svea says:

    What did she do to her face? Ach am so disappointed. She was the only one not plasticized.

  18. Brunswickstoval says:

    Paris looks beautiful but I really hate this “under boob” thing or whatever it is going on where women show their under boob cleavage. I can’t put my finger on why but j just hate it.

    • Swak says:

      Don’t like the underboob thing either. Probably just my age. 😂 Paris is a beautiful, intelligent woman.

      • Carmen says:

        I read an interview where she was featured. I got the impression she has a lot of issues she needs to work through. She impressed me as being really lost and confused.

  19. Tw says:

    Kendall followed the family tradition and had some asswork. You don’t lose weight and gain a bigger ass.

  20. JeanGrey says:

    Mary is going through some serious BS with that bum soon to be ex husband. She chose to step out in her freakum dress. I would have it no other way for my bff in my head.

    Kendal looks cutie cupie doll ish. She needed more sass to sell that garment.

  21. Anilehcim says:

    I’m so tired of seeing Kendall’s nipples or ass cheeks. Girl, you are BORING and no one cares about your desperate attempts to be edgy. The “girl next door” factor that Kendall gives off is, in my opinion, simply due to the fact that there is nothing special about her modeling. Is Kendall pretty? Yes. Would she ever be a “high fashion” model without connections? Hell no.

    Paris Jackson is a seriously gorgeous girl!

  22. Snoopy says:

    I liked the back of Kendall’s outfit but it’s basically her butt. If I had that body I would probably be shaking my naked boobs and butt in everyone’s face

  23. Gardenia says:

    I think Kendall recently got a chin implant. It changes her whole face. That and the lip injections. Too bad. Her natural lip shape was cute. These K girls really have zero self esteem, except maybe Kourtney, I guess.

  24. KatM says:

    That family must have the plastic surgeons on speed dial. She is a beautiful young woman but they need to stop with the “enhancements” to their face and bodies. They are young women. There is no reason for this. Kylie especially.

  25. serena says:

    I feel like nowadays sexy means showing as much skin as possible, which is basically going naked in Kendall’s case. Not a fan of this look or her bloated face.

    Paris looks nice, sure she didn’t ‘dare’ enough, but her styling is so damn stunning.

  26. Lucy2 says:

    Sick of seeing the Kardashian/Jenner people naked on the red carpet. Or at all. Her hair and makeup look nice though.
    Mary…love her but no.
    I dislike Paris’ dress, but she is quite pretty. I can’t get over how much she reminds me of Madonna’s original face. I worry about her venturing into the public eye though.

  27. MellyMel says:

    Paris has the most stunning face.

  28. Libra girl says:

    Kendall looks beautiful. The only normal, not tacky sibling out of the whole family. Natural and pretty.

  29. jugil1 says:

    Paris looks nice here.

  30. Neverwintersand says:

    Paris is amazingly beatiful. She has my dream face, as did young Courteney Cox also! Those stunning blue eyes!

  31. Isabellaluna says:

    Paris is stunning – and her face resembles a young Madonna.

  32. loveotterly says:

    I don’t understand how Kendall managed to get a VS contract and La Perla. Aren’t they at odds with each other? Even though they are different target markets it seems really off brand to represent both. Anyone?

  33. Jegede says:

    I hate both their ‘dresses’, but Kendall and Paris have great faces.

    Diverging, but lovely nonetheless.

  34. kimbers says:

    Mary looks like utter crap in that monstrosity. She’s better than that.

    Kendall is not a good model and the fact she cant rock that thing proved once again she cannot model. She’s too basic and boring 8n her appearance.

    Paris always looks high and out of place in everything she does that i kinda pity her.

  35. Otaku Fairy says:

    Kendall doesn’t give off a sexy, confident model vibe but I do like her look here altogether- the hair, the makeup, and the outfit.

  36. MB says:

    I think Kendall looks amazing.
    I also think that the hypocrisy of the readers here is never more evident than when talking about the kardashian / jenners.
    In this post everyone is giving Kendall a hard time for wearing something a bit more out there and non-conventional, and over in the Kim K post everyone is saying “ugh, how boring, as usual” just because she is covered up (no doubt she would have been raked over the coals for showing some skin if thats the direction she chose!).

    so sad.