The Internet Is Losing It Over Katy Perry's Outrageous Met Gala Look
As the co-chair of the 69th annual Met Gala, all eyes were on Katy Perry as she arrived at the event. While some might have assumed that the pop princess would sport the designer being honored that night, the inimitable avant garde designer Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, Perry opted instead to wear an over the top, bright red concoction from Maison Margiela Artisanal, complete with a voluminous veil that looked fit for a red wedding.
The Internet was quick to chime in about Perry’s dramatic look, with plenty of people weighing in on social media on everything from the ornateness of the look to making some pop culture parallels that compared her to everything from Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice to an otherworldly creature.
Is Katy Perry the bride of Frankenstein? Nope, just a cohost of the Met Gala. Wearing Margiela. #metgala pic.twitter.com/5DRw8mED4d
- Jacob Bernstein (@BernsteinJacob) May 1, 2017
Why does Katy Perry look like she39;s about to marry Beetlejuice #MetGala pic.twitter.com/uILWt9rJFb
- kaitlynn (@kai_tlynn) May 1, 2017
OBRIGADO INTERNET #MetGala #MetGala2017 pic.twitter.com/5JgEtCNPIN
- Federico Devito (@federicodevito) May 1, 2017
Many also criticized Perry’s choice of designer. The ensemble in question is a custom design by designer John Galliano for Maison Margiela Artisanal; Galliano’s controversial return to fashion at Margiela came after a four year exile, following his dismissal from Dior in 2011 after he was filmed making a drunken anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar.
.@KatyPerry is wearing John Galliano at #MetGala? It’s so sad when political’ celebs show how little they care. https://t.co/Xf5ZUwBnmZ
- Steph Haberman (@StephLauren) May 1, 2017
#metgala So Katy Perry decided it was a good idea to wear clothing from anti-semite? Classy. #smh
- Samantha (@MerciSamantha) May 1, 2017