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Friday
May082015

Beauty Break: China Through the Looking Glass?

Eeep. We haven't even mentioned the Met Gala which is like the Oscars of May for how many stars come out. Each year the Met Gala theme comes from the new event exhibit which this year is "China: Through the Looking Glass." It's tough to say what is Chinese inspired about many of the looks we saw a few nights ago but who cares about themes when you get THIS photo (shared by Jessica Chastain) of three of the best and most beautiful actresses on the planet. As I said on twitter...

My brain / heart / cinephilia just exploded. See you next week once i’ve collected the pieces. 

[more photos after the jump]

Photos sourced from VogueTwitter, ZimbioPop Sugar, and Madonna on Instagram

YOU CAN'T SAY SHE DOESN'T COMMIT

SJP doesn't do halfway. In traditional Chinese headdress

ACTUAL CHINESE BEAUTY

TANG WEI (with fashion designer Christopher Bailey)The great GONG LI and ever red carpet ready FAN BING BING

Zhang Ziyi

KERRY/KERI

WASHINGTON heads to the galaRUSSELL looking... her best ever?

MORE CELEBRITIES

Rising Actress ALBA ROHRWACHER and Reviving Actress CHLOE SEVIGNYMaster of Sex & Master of Paul BettanyEmpress & Daughter of Royalty

COUPLES

NPH & David BurtkaThe CLOONEYSTHE SCARLET WITCH's SIBLINGS (ALSO TWINS)

HOT PURSUITERS

 

QUEEN(s) of POP 

MADONNA WENT WITH DIPLOAND A PHOTO OP WITH POP QUEEN RIVALS KATY PERRY & LADY GAGACHERRIHANNAJANELLE MONAEJLOshe woke up like this

 

BASICALLY EVERYONE WAS THERE. BYEEEEEE

 

 

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Reader Comments (12)

Bring back Jose! he's great at RC commentary.

May 8, 2015 | Unregistered Commentersummer

I loved how daring and all-over-the-place the fashion was at this event. (Did you catch Solange's flying saucer dress, or whatever it was??)

The Oscary actresses were actually the least adventurous of the night.

May 8, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterSan FranCinema

More than a few gowns made it seem like there was an unofficial tribute to Bob Mackie going on...except Mackie made 'em better!

May 8, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterrick gould

Yeah, Jose!

May 8, 2015 | Unregistered Commentercal roth

Beyonce and J.Lo look desperate, I'm sorry to say.

May 8, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBia

rick gould: I also thought of Mackie looking at a lot of these. He did some amazing stuff that is still being referenced.

Who is di[loma?

Who is in the radioactive green in the bottom group of 8?

May 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterHenry

henry -- the radioactive green is Emma Roberts (American Horror Story, niece of Julia)

LOL on my diplo extra letters. i starting typing madonna again. haha.

summer & cal -- our contributors are free to chime in when they want. Jose never said a word about this event :(

May 9, 2015 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

Who is in the radioactive green in the bottom group of 8?

It's Emma Roberts. Her dress didn't look so radioactive in other pictures I've seen of her though.

May 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterRich Aunt Pennybags

I agree that Beyoncé and J.Lo looked ridiculously inappropriate for the theme of this event. In fact, that's my usual beef with (most) stars at the Met Gala: from the men (Clooney, NPH, etc.) to the women (Chastain, Washington, etc.), so few seem to care about actually emulating or giving homage to the Chinese theme in question! (SJP, on the other hand, always delivers, while Paltrow, for example, seemed to have missed the gala's memo a couple of years ago for punk theme, which Hathaway incidentally nailed.) Go full on or go home, people!

May 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMareko

I love looking at all these gowns. But I really don't understand the half-naked thing. I agree with Bia. Compare this to the drama Rihanna brought!

May 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterIvonne

THanks Nat. So, who is Diplo? and did one of his parents drive them?

I always think J Lo looks desperate. That look was started by Cher way back when. Bob Mackie created it and few have managed to make it work the way the former Ms. Bono did.

May 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterHenry

Damn. Chastain is smoking in that dress. Her screen persona is not really high on the sex appeal but she's definitely got it here.

May 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAnonny
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