Another day, another rant about Marchesa. Three ladies chose to wear Marchesa to the Met Gala, and I hope they’re all regretting that decision. Let’s start with Sofia Vergara. Here’s what I don’t understand: if you’re not going to do anything with the theme, at least wear an interesting dress or a pretty dress or something incredibly flattering. Sofia’s Marchesa is ill-fitting, unflattering and flat-out cheap-looking. This looks like a wedding dress from 1995.
I actually think the idea behind Poppy Delevingne’s Marchesa was on-point. Deep red and black, an explosion of poppies for the top with an elegant full skirt. But the execution leaves something to be desired. Am I hallucinating or do the poppies not match the skirt? It seems like the red of the poppies are a few shades lighter than the skirt. Plus, everything just looks cheap. Like a child’s art project.
And here’s Ellie Goulding in Marchesa. I could see wearing this to a music awards show. But the Met Gala? Eh. I don’t know if there are any Goulding-loonies out there, but I think everything about Ellie is pretty overrated.
And here’s Sofia’s costar Reese Witherspoon in Jason Wu. This dress doesn’t have anything to do with the theme, but it’s a pretty/boring dress by a Chinese-American designer, so I guess that works. I think everything about this is “safe.” Of course, I wasn’t expecting Reese to wear a crazy flame headpiece, but she could have mixed it up a little bit more. This just looks like what she would wear to an awards show.
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Reese is my worst dressed, no question. Because it is so BORING. I mean, Beyonce was a mess but at her dress was interesting
What was it you said? I fell asleep looking at Resse’s dress.
You know what? I appreciate the understatement of Reese’s dress. With everyone planning to go over the top I think that’s one of the best ways to get attention…by doing nothing. Whereas Taraji looks like she attempted but flatlined.
But the whole point of the MET gala is to go a bit over-the-top. This isn’t the SAG awards.
Reese is becoming the new Aniston.
Plenty of women wore red and called it good. It’s what you get when you pick a theme that means you run the risk of doing something vaguely stereotypical and getting torn apart in the press. Result? Lots and lots of boring red dresses.
+ 1000, Reese is boring as HELL. The lack of effort almost insulting.
I think Ellie’s dress is kind of cool, and work have worked if the theme was 1920s: All That Jazz. But I’m an Ellie Apologist– I love her earlier music.
Reese doesn’t look bad but it is boring. She could have done something interesting with her jewellery. Jade, gold? The dress plus the diamonds reads generic awards show to me.
Apparently Poppy Delevingne said she went as opium. Ellie’s makeup is really bad, why did so many people have terrible fake tans?
Opium huh? Haven’t had that since college…
That dress worked on her for some reason–really pretty and interesting.
Everything else here is so meh. I don’t hate Sofia’s dress but she’s just SO boring and SO predictable In her fashion choices.
Oh dear, really? I thought she was playing on her name being Poppy. The opium thing is veering into dangerous territory …
Well, it’s um…historic? /cringes at that parallel
All these dresses are disappointing. Ellie is overrated indeed and she always looks tacky. Sofia Veragara is getting married?
Reese is so predictable
Sofia could have done so.much better. Whatever happened to their stylists?
Love Poppy’s gown
And yes Ellie is overrated
I like Reese’s dress, but I’m a ‘play it safe’ kind of person, so I would like it. I think Sofia just sticks with that same top shape always, a fashionista, she’s not. I would kind of like the red poppy dress…if the skirt wasn’t quite as full.
It also looks like Reese’s shoes may have had Chinese knots on the toe but I am only going by the photo here. At least that would be a nice nod to the theme.
Sofia looked radiant in an all-loved-up way, and the gown was light and flowy and had nice movement. So that’s the only thing I liked about it. Not the bodice, though, as it looked like something you could get in an off-the-rack bridal shop.
It seems like half the guests went dressed as the living embodiment of the Opium Wars. Seems a rather strange choice.
Doesn’t it though? Surely there are other flowers that don’t remind the Chinese of British colonial exploitation. What about peonies?
Sofia and Joe are simultaneously the most boring yet also annoying couple ever.
Ha ha..TOTALLY.
Although I’m not fan of hers, I have empathy for all the sh*t she’s had to go through lately.
Her bodice was huge, wasn’t it? The dress was okay, but didn’t stress the theme much.
Sofia really does look like she’s wearing a wedding dress lol I think Reese looks insanely hot here.
I was thinking more prom/formal dress.
Maybe we are saving the best for last. Fan Bingbing, with her on theme stained glass window cape deserves her own post. She was magnificent!!
I weirdly kind of like Poppy’s. Can’t explain why. Sofia’s does look really cheap. Reese’s is pretty, though not exciting.
+1. Even though it’s not a very flattering fit for Poppy, I still find myself liking it somehow.
Poppy Delevingne’s Marchesa dress was fantastic, and I’m not a Marchesa fan.
Ι like Poppie’s dress!
Ellie looks hideous…Hate her look here. Terrible dress,terrible hair,terrible tan.
Sophia Vergara always wears this style, it’s boring.
Ellie is not overrated in my book.
Not in mine either. She’s one of my favorite singers.
I love Ellie and her music, but this was a terrible choice. Ugh, Marchesa.
Reese, the most boring bland celebrity. At least til Jennifer Garner comes.
Reese is very boring for something like the Met Ball. It shocks me.
She was boring last year too. Her style is too safe for something like the met gala.
Sophia is wearing the same dress she always wears, so it is business as usual for her. Ellie’s dress looks like something one would wear to a country music award show , not the met ball. It also looks matronly, it was a mess.
Not my worst because I’ve seen what Katy Perry wore, but definitely one of the most boring. It’s a department store prom dress, not a Met Gala outfit.
I like Reece’s dress, but it would be perfect for a film premiere, it’s boring here.
Seriously, does no one remember the opium wars? Or the devastation they caused to the chinese? How is it ok to gloss over all the poppies people are wearing to a Chinese inspired party and someone saying they came dressed as Opium?!
I agree, and some of the eye makeup is questionable as well.
Yes, but poppies are also beautiful flowers. And in Poppys case it was probably more of a joke…since her name is Poppy….
I agree she probably thought it was cute because of her name but it’s not the most sensitive reference. Opium den cliches were one of the big things used to drum up anti-Chinese sentiment in the West.
Does Sofia ever wear her hair or make up differently?! Seems like she always looks exactly the same, tight and sexy strapless dress with her boobs and booty popping out, which looks great on her but is soooo boring for someone who supposedly has so much personality, mix it up a little!
What happened to Ellie’s face? It looks like it’s started melting.
I give Sofia a pass. She’s had a rough few weeks with her stalker ex. Girl has to be worn down.
Reese played it way too safe.
Love Poppy’s dress!
Me too for Sofia.She did a great interview on Howard Stern yesterday.Very likable.
I hate Sofia’s dress. This is nothing new though, I think I just don’t like her style. This looks like the type of dress she usually wears, just a different color.
Yea but to pick the worst dress out of your “style closet” and at the wrong event…it’s just too much wrong going on for me…I’m disgusted.
Something nice- at least she looks genuinely happy.
I’m so bored with Sofia. She always wears the same silhouette type of dress and that hair. Always flat ironed and parted in the middle. She needs to change it up a bit once in a while. What a total snooze zzzzzzz
Does Reese have the same dress in a variety of colours? I think I’ve seen this look on her before. Sooooo boring.
I don’t think Sofia Vergara was the worst look of the night. I mean, look at Kris J… now, not to be rude, but that was awful. Same with Alexa Chung, that dress looked like a curtain.
I’m not Chinese, so forgive me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the red/black combination considered bad lick in Chinese culture? Like, red represents luck and black represents death and the combination is very unlucky. Red is usually paired with gold or green. I think that’s actually a misstep for a Chinese themed event.
White is actually the associated with death colour. This is why so many Chinese brides (and other Asian brides as well) wear red.
If it wasn’t for her EDM stuff and constant remixes, I’d have no idea who Ellie is. That said, if my husband plays “Burn” one more time, I might be convicted of homicide. Ugh.
Reese is a big ole snore, She needs to shake it up a bit. Sofia Vergara is just as bad. I loved Sofia’s dress but she could have done something more dramatic to her hair than leaving it long like cousin IT.
I think the top of Poppy’s dress has two different coloured poppies, and the skirt matches one of them.