Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen bring goth realness to the Met Gala in vintage Galliano

MET Gala 2015 'China: Through The Looking Glass' - Arrivals
As Kaiser covered earlier today, disgraced designer John Galliano is gradually clawing his way back. He designed Amal Clooney’s Maison Margiela Met Gala gown and did both Cate Blanchett’s Oscar look and Rihanna’s Grammy’s suit. So was it a kind of nod to Galliano’s past greatness that Mary Kate and Ashley wore his designs on the Met red carpet? Did they work with Galliano to score these dresses or did they just pull some gowns out of the back of their mausoleum of a closet, smear some kohl on their eyes and call it a day? They’re like the twins from The Shining – you never quite know what they’re up to.

Met Gala - 'China: Through The Looking Glass'

Behati Prinsloo was in a dark navy Tommy Hillfiger velvet and mesh open back gown that showed just the right amount of skin. She carried a fan purse, had tassel earrings and matching tassles down her back. Many of you are pointing out that her eyeliner is questionable for this event.

Also in Hillfiger and absolutely killing it we have Karolina Kurkova. Her legs, her shoes! This was a lot of people’s favorite look of the night and for good reason.

MET Gala 2015 'China: Through The Looking Glass' - Arrivals

I’m adding Georgia May Jagger in as she really fit the theme well too. Her dress may be kimono-inspired, and kimonos are traditionally Japanese but they do have their roots in Chinese culture too. She’s in Alessandro Michele for Gucci and that’s Michele with her. This is Michele’s first year as Gucci’s creative director and he’s getting praise for bringing the label in a fresh, youthful direction. Jagger’s gown was a standout last night.

MET Gala 2015 'China: Through The Looking Glass' - Arrivals

MET Gala 2015 'China: Through The Looking Glass' - Arrivals

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  1. mia girl says:

    The Olsen twins seriously creep me out.

    • Shambles says:

      I read somewhere that on red carpets, they quietly say they word “prune” to themselves to get that weird, hollow-cheeked and pouty-lipped facial expression that they’re both sporting here. It might be total bullish!t, but it’s kind of hilarious and now I can’t unsee it.

      Behati is one of my faves of the night. She looks perfect.

      • Wren says:

        Yes! I read that too somewhere and now I can’t unsee it. Something about how saying “prune” produces the “proper” sorta-smile while relaxing the face and poofing up the lips. It was so weird I remember it.

      • perplexed says:

        This expression makes them look old.

      • Bob Loblaw says:

        I agree with perplexed, it’s a very aging pose, they’re young but they look like a pair of old ladies especially with the weird mouth thing. It’s not flattering, if that is why they do it.

    • Mimz says:

      I have to agree.. also they are 6 months younger than me and I look 15 years younger than them.
      They seriously creep me out.

      Love Karolina Kurkova’s dress she looks AMAZING.

      Georgia looks good too, if not slightly bored and sad to be there.

      That’s all…

      • jugstorecowboy says:

        They are 10 YEARS younger than me and look like my aunt.

      • Mimz says:

        It’s like everytime I see them (in pictures, let it be clear), they look sickly. I’m not concern trolling or skinny shaming or whatever but they just .. look… out of it. Like they are visiting us from another galaxy or universe or whatever. And they don’t speak our language. They just gaze with their piercing eyes absorbing everything…

        Ok enough hahahaha

      • L&Mmommy says:

        Right? I understand quirky but my God those twins look really old for their age. I’m almost 4 years older than them but they look 15 years older than me. And they seem to be doing this to themselves on purpose. It’s not a good look.

      • Rachel says:

        I was thinking the exact same thing. They look so old! You have to work hard to look that old at their age.

      • oneshot says:

        until a couple years ago, Ashley used to look her age and still looks a lot fresher than Mary-Kate, but it looks like years of carb deprivation have caught up with both of them. Hard. (harder on MK though, sad considering her past struggles)

      • JenniferJustice says:

        The try-hard sunken hollow face poses don’t help. Egads! They look like mean old school marms.

      • Michelle says:

        I agree with everyone here saying how OLD the twins look. That was my first thought upon seeing these pictures. Didn’t Mary Kate have a drug issue? I could be wrong but I thought she did. I remember reading that her security team went to Heath Ledger before the cops of EMTs did to cover up his drug use because they supposedly used to party together. If she had a drug problem, that would explain her haggard appearance.

        They’re extremely creepy. I don’t understand why so many consider them fashion icons.

      • Kosmos says:

        I have to say, Behati looks great–understated yet gorgeous with the proper accessories, a real winning look !! Karolina is also amazing, of course, but Behati would be among the few Best and elegantly dressed for me.

    • Lori says:

      Have they done something to their faces? cheek implants or some sort of prosthetics or something?

    • Judyk says:

      Creepy would be an understatement.

    • meme says:

      something’s not right with them. and their faces look so strange now.

    • Erandyn says:

      They make me think of Golden Era Hollywood divas; rich, eccentric and past their prime (think Sunset Blvd), pushing 70 but with enough plastic surgery to pass for an alien looking 45.

    • ann says:

      They always look like they need to wash their hair

    • sills says:

      They look like something out of an Edward Gorey book. (The Ashleycrumb Tinies?)

    • seesittellsit says:

      Second that – they each need a roast beef sandwich and a chocolate milkshake, far more than stylists. Jesus, they look like characters out of Penny Dreadful . . .

    • Nimbolicious says:

      Ugh. Ghoulish. They look like they’ve been exhumed……..

    • Kiki04 says:

      Forget them ever being on a Full House reboot, they look way to old to be anyone’s younger sister…..or older sister……..or mother……..

    • Greenieweenie says:

      I think they were damaged by a childhood spent in makeup chairs and being forced to look alike, so they reacted by cultivating a sense of individuality (against mainstream pop culture) and a lot less makeup (no hairbrushing! Poor MK. That skin. Step away from the smokes, hon.)

  2. Sarah says:

    I really don’t get the Olsen twins at this point. They are grown women and yet they always come to things together. They always pose in exactly the same way. They have atrocious style. Why are they a “thing” still?

    • RobN says:

      I don’t get them, either. Despite being gazillionaires, I always feel a little sorry for them; they just always look so incredibly miserable. The Miss Havisham vibe just makes me sad.

    • Loopy says:

      I think people appreciate the fact that they don’t follow the pack, which is refreshing especially for child stars. They have been around since they were babies, yet seem so unaffected. Sure you could call them ‘weird’ but prefer them than the new ‘brat pack’.

    • Josephine says:

      I don’t know if this is true, but I have heard that they are actually respected in the designer world for their designs (not for their own choices at these events).

  3. Kiddo says:

    Hillfiger dress kills it. The Alessandro Michele for Gucci is meh.

    The Olsen twins look like they are playing the evil stepsisters in Cinderella.

    • mia girl says:

      I’m thinking more like Death Eaters in the service of Voldemort

      • Shambles says:

        Lmfao. Lucius Malfoy meets Bellatrix LeStrange.

      • Mrs. Wellen Melon says:

        Dudes, it’s May. Nature rejoices and shouts, “Put the black clothes in storage until October!”

        Nature thirsts for color, dudes.

  4. Kitten says:

    More like Meth gala.
    But seriously, what is going on with the Olsen twins?
    Maybe they’re just tired, but they do not look healthy to me…well I guess Ashley looks ok but MK looks drugged.

    Karolina Kurkova on the other hand, looks awesome.

    • We Are All Made of Stars says:

      @Meth Gala- lol, you win the internet, everyone else go home!

      KK looks like a stewardess that is too tall for the airplane.

    • L&Mmommy says:

      Wasn’t there a Lainey blind about some starlet who would be holed up for days with her bf smoking meth or something and people guest it was MK and Olivier. MK does not look well.

      • Kitten says:

        I read a while back that the ED thing was a cover-up for a meth habit. I have no idea whether it’s true or not but I do know that Jodi Sweetin of Full House had her issues with meth addiction.

  5. Greek chic says:

    The olsens look like grannies.I am sure they smell like mothballs.

    Karolina looks amazing! Gorgeous dress, amazing body and her shoes are to die for.
    Georgia May looks fabulous too. Love the colors.

    • SnarkySnarkers says:

      No idea what or who Georgia May is? I’m assuming shes of some relation to Mick but she looks lovely! The man shes with however also (see Gong Li) looks to have smelled a fart or Goop is close by.

      • Greek chic says:

        She is the daughter of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. Pretty girl.
        Her date is…weird.

      • Jayna says:

        She is Mick’ and Jerry Hall’s daughter and is a very successful model.

  6. Chaucer says:

    I have serious love for the Olsen twins and everything they wear. Sort of a gothy Grey Gardens. MK isn’t looking so healthy lately. Hopefully she’s alright.

    Can we talk about Behati’s eyeliner because wtf?

  7. Greenieweenie says:

    The eyes, Behati. Since eyes are used by idiots to mock Asian people in general…I dunno. Is Behati paying homage to the almond-shaped eye? See, THIS is where sensitivities matter. Chopsticks don’t matter. Someone wearing clothing from another culture doesn’t matter. I grew up with lots of East Indian boys who dressed up like pirates at Halloween. Should we all shriek cultural appropriation? No. It’s harmless. But here? That eye shape? How is that not like blackface? Less emotionally-charged, sure. But it makes me uncomfortable.

    • Who ARE these people? says:

      With all the cultural richness to celebrate, with all the amazing fabric, color, symbols and style inherent to Chinese clothing and Chinese costume over the centuries, why did some women choose to “go Chinese” through an alteration of their facial features? Making slant eyes is a problem, like pulling up the outer corners of their eyes using their fingers. At least the women that were subtle about this made it seem more like an homage, like a desirable trait rather than a blatant stereotype.

      • Greenieweenie says:

        I was thinking about why this bothered me, but Rhianna’s and Lady Gaga’s eyebrows didn’t. And it’s because their eyebrows are just an aesthetic preference. You see them on Chinese masks and in drawings. But Chinese women don’t shape their eyebrows that way. So it’s not a caricature–it’s a reference. But the eyes? That’s a feature. Like skin color. It’s just not the same thing to me.

    • GiGi says:

      Yes. ALLLLL the ladies with the eyeliner at a Chinese themed event – it’s too much… it’s awful.

      I get my nails done at a place where most of the people working are Asian. They have one girl working there who is white. BUT! She lines her eyes like this and dyes her hair jet black… it’s very, very weird and off-putting.

      • Amy says:

        West, that sounds creepy and agreed ladies. I also found myself shaking my head at how many women went for the exaggerated eyeliner/cat eye makeup. It’s fairly obvious they were trying to slant up their eyes as if that was necessary to honor the theme.

  8. Amy says:

    My God her shoes! Her shooeeessss (busts out LunchMoney soul version) I said her shoeeeesssss!

    Now THAT’S hitting the theme target!

    Love it. Also can someone explain to me what the one Olsen twin did that fcked up her face so badly? Cause they ain’t identical no more.

    • Kitten says:

      I know MK suffered from an ED for quite a while but this is looking like meth face to me. Sorry, I know my accusation might be unfair, but that’s what I see here.

      • Shambles says:

        I see it too. Fergie has been open about her meth use, and that’s who Mary Kate is reminding me of. In the face, and especially the neck.

    • Marrria says:

      I NEED!!! those shoes but I’m a poor student. I could cry. Seriously. 🙁

  9. Birdie says:

    Mary-Kate’s skin is awful, wow. Her neck looks old and wrinkly. What is going on with them?

  10. QQ says:

    The Olsens Look Like they came to collect Souls … excepting Behati I was Happy with everything else in this post including the Dude’s jacket

    • Loopy says:

      Lol ‘look like they came to collect souls’ I really like these quirky girls they are so comfortable being them.

  11. Beckysuz says:

    Karolina’s shoes are giving me all kinds of feelings

  12. Melissa says:

    The Olsen twins look like they are wearing casket linings.

  13. Bridget says:

    Galliano helped curate the exhibit at the Met and the folks wearing Dior pulled from the archives are likely wearing his work.

    And whatever work MK did to her face really highlights the difference between hers and Ashely’s faces. I never noticed how much bigger her head is.

  14. capepopsie says:

    The Olsens are SO boring, as usual.
    I´m sorry, but that´s it.

  15. Jayna says:

    I was waiting for someone to wear something short and rock it. Karolina looks amazing and on point for the theme of the night.

    And I love Georgia May’s gown. There are so many reds on the red carpet, that this is different, the combination of colors and love the print, and I also love the kimono-inspired style.

  16. jen2 says:

    KK’s dress and shoes are absolutely on point and on theme. She just got everything right and she did not have that try hard look on her face like the other look at me, look at mes. You actually wanted to look at her. The eye make-up on that other one is in poor taste though her purse was cute.

  17. dfgsdfg says:

    OMG the Olsen twins looks like shit !!! are they on meth ???

  18. Tracy says:

    I thought Behati looked gorgeous, unique without trying too hard, simple, elegant but with a twist. Georgia Jagger looked cheap…and the dress looked like some polyester mess from Mrs. Roper’s closet. But those Olsen twins…eek. What’s happened to them? They both looked 50, like they did their hair themselves in the dark, and their clothes are always too big. And neither should ever wear mascara or liner below their eyes again. These outfits look like Dowager Fashion from the 1800’s.

    But Karolina….all she has to do is show up with those legs and she shuts it down. She could be wearing a Hefty bag. Wouldn’t matter.

  19. serena says:

    Jagger’s dress was definetely more japanese-inspired, than chinese. (and yes, I know japanese roots are chinese).

  20. Suzy from Ontario says:

    When I see the Olsen twins I think of an old lady who lives alone in a creepy old mansion. I think that’s what they are growing into. Georgia May Jagger looks like she’s wearing a dressing robe.

  21. Jayna says:

    Mary Kate’s hair and Ashley’s hair always looks so thin and lifeless and no shine. Either they aren’t healthy or they just aren’t aging well, because their faces have an unhealthy pallor to their skin, not glowing, that’s for sure.

  22. Anoneemouse says:

    These two are the weirdest looking people in the universe.

  23. Bishg says:

    Can someone explain me what’s the point of being billionaires if you look miserable and bored and out of it all-the-god-damn-time? How can you have all the opportunities and resources in the world and still look like the creepy, less good-looking aunties of Mrs Adams??
    I don’t know if I should feel sorry for the Olsen or just plain mad that they seem so ungrateful and resentful.

  24. DarkSparkle says:

    If there is any celebrity autobiography I would stop the world to read, it would be one by an Olsen twin. Those eyes tell me that they have swam in the torrid Hollywood abyss since childhood and have stories to share.

  25. Christin says:

    The twins look older than they should (their skin does not look like that of a healthy, young person).

  26. lucy2 says:

    I feel like the Olsen twins rushed into adulthood and are now deep into middle age. Aren’t they still in their 20s? Yikes.
    I think Behati’s purse is a peacock. I like that, but the eyeliner is a big NO.

    • Jayna says:

      Wow, you are right. They are in their 20s, 28 to be exact. I thought they were in their 30s and not aging well. LOL

      • Cindy says:

        No no no! 28?!?! I am 43 and look my age. But they look my age or older. Well, one of them does. The other looks healthier. What are they doing to themselves? I saw an interview they did on oprah, can’t remember what for, and it was like they were from another planet. They didn’t get jokes, or even respond with proper intonation to questions. I realized than that these are some seriously strange young women. Successful for sure, but odd.

  27. ickythump says:

    F fs – how much would th twins charge to haunt a house?

  28. Ali says:

    The Olsen twins always look strange and creepy but now so old looking and not even thirty yet!!!!!! How does a 29 year old have turkey neck?!! They look starved in the face and frozen from cosmetic meddling.

    Behati looks beautiful, Karolina stunningly so and Georgia looks very nice. The twins are terrifying to look at, they belong in a horror movie.

  29. maeliz says:

    The Olsen twins always look like filthy blank eyed zombies

  30. Carmen says:

    Prinsloo’s dress is gorgeous. I want.

    Kurkova — hate the dress, but my God — those legs! Those shoes!! Gimme, gimme, gimme!

    The Olsens look like they climbed out of a crypt.

    • elle says:

      I hate the dress, too… she looks like she should be spinning on a music box! Unless her legs are another foot longer (which they very well could be), we’re close to knowing what she had for lunch.

      How does everybody tell the Olsens apart? Aside from the fact that the one on the left looks more like Yoda/Gollum than the other one.

  31. Lisa says:

    Why does the one twin look like one of Cinderella’s 50 year old aunts?

  32. Cody says:

    Why are they giving Galliano any recognition. They both are creepy to me.

  33. Sara says:

    I am 37 and wondering why in the hell do I look younger than the Olsen twins? No bragging going on here! What are they doing to themselves???

  34. I Choose Me says:

    I love Karolina K’s shoes. *foghorn leghorn voice* I say, I say, I LOVE those shoes.

  35. Kristen says:

    Georgia May’s dress is actually done in the style of Antique Chinese robes.

  36. Nibbi says:

    i was gonna comment wondering why one twin looks so much older and haggard than the other and then i read thru the thread and now i feel really bummed. meth tho? that’s really the rumor? i thought that meth was for poor trailer trash types- ? or is the “mr.white purity” really a thing-?

  37. shoulderpad says:

    I like MK and Ashley. Anyone remember the disgusting countdown until they turned 18. I think that’s enough for any young lady to say fuck it to society’s beauty standards and pull in the opposite direction, even if it freaks everyone else out. Especially if it bothered mainstream media and fashion.

  38. guest says:

    For a while now they have taken the distinct aura of Miss Havisham, from manner of dress to aged appearance. Their younger sister looks so ALIVE in comparison to them that it’s almost tragic.

  39. grace says:

    All the models and the Olsen twins look amazing. I love the twins’ dark look.

  40. Alexa says:

    Georgia May is my girl crush – and she looks so beautiful in this gorgeous dress. {{Magic mirror on the wall; please let me be Georgia May for a day}}

  41. Duchess of Corolla says:

    Is Georgia May’s date a wizard?

  42. Melain says:

    The extravagant display of wasted resources is turning me off.