Met Gala 2023?

The 2023 Met Gala took place on Monday 1st of this year. The theme for this year was Karl Lagerfeld: a huge designer for Channel as well as other famous brands. Due to his death, they wanted to acknowledge him so his legacy could live on. 

I have studied fashion from Channel and various other places and I have taken it upon myself to rate some of the outfits from this Met Gala and answer the question "Was the Met Gala an accurate representation of Coco Channel and Karl Lagerfeld?"

Although I am a bit late to this trend I hope you enjoy my article and tag along next week for more!

Best Looks

Jena Ortega

Jenna Ortega showed up in an iconic Black dress with gold accents. This outfit reminded me of goth lolita fashion from Japanese street fashion.  This is most likely a feminine representation of, not just Coco Channel, but also a good representation of Karl Lagerfeld. He wore many black and grey suits and this suit-like dress 

Cardi B

This look doesn't just fit the theme it looks stunning on Cardi. Her long platinum-blonde hair and he long black gloves are so beautiful. Her dress is has the iconic coco channel flowers on it all the way to the floor and it takes this look to another level. 

Billie Eilish 

" The goal for Billie's hair is that you shouldn't know where it ends and the dress begins, " said Billie's stylist in a Vogue interview. This dress reminds me of a mature, elegant version of 17-year-old Billie. This is a huge contrast from Billie's short blonde hair era and to be honest she looks great in both colours. This long sheer over-dress is just lovely and compliments the tiny black dress underneath.

Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway showed up in a gorgeous white gown that looked as if it were put together by pearl-incrusted safety pins. This outfit is elegant yet the safety pins bring an element of youth and modernism. Although this dress isn't 100% on theme it is stunning and the pearls and flowers are very Coco-Chanel-esc.

Worst Looks

Rihanna 

The only thing that makes this look 'one of the worst' is because of the jacket and glasses. The jacket was fine un-zipped but when it zipped up she looked like either: 

1) an egg

2) Toilet paper wad

3) an aglet

4) etc.

I have nothing against rihana this look was just not it.

Jared Leto

Jered Leto is at it again with his strange outfits for the Met Gala. To be honest this outfit is detailed and most-likly took hours to make but this is the Met Gala not a halloween party. Although I hate to say it this outfit is on theme. It's based of of Karl's cat that he always had with him.

Janelle Monae 

This outfit was acceptable until she took the jacket off. With the jacket, this is a modern geometric dress suit. It was perfectly fine but of course, this wasn't enough. A sheer triangle-shaped dress was revealed after Janelle took off the jacket. Under she was wearing nothing but a bikini-esc two-piece set. Much like Jared Leto; this is the Met Gala, not a beach. 

Although I could do this for every Met Gala outfit it sadly has to come to an end. I hope you enjoyed this weeks article and found it funny and/or relatable! Come back next week for another article! See you next time!

About the Contributor

Violet Bueno

Violet Karla Bueno is an 8th-grade Vocal major at Classen. She is also the Poet Loriet this year so you will most likely see her reading poetry at big Classen events. She writes the VPA on-campus, just for fun sections on the website, and does the school podcast. They love covering stories about performing arts and nature-related sciences (including geology).