#VIBES. That’s how Kanye West answered a question about his blue-contacts. “Vibes.” Kanye tried out the robot-theme of the Met Gala by vibing with some robot eyes, I guess. He also wore jeans and a crazy, blinged-out Balmain jacket. Kim Kardashian also did Balmain, and… you guys, she NEVER learns. She’s lost so much weight in the past four months, she’s worked so hard and she wanted to look thin for the Met Gala, and then she wore a Balmain dress that adds like twenty pounds to her frame. Now, all that being said… Kim’s Balmain dress was one of the best looks on the carpet. Go ahead and yell at me!!! But the construction is great and it’s easily one of the best of the silver/metallic dresses at the Met Gala.
Lucifer’s Homegirl – Kris Jenner – also wore Balmain, and she brought her boyfriend Corey Gamble. You know what? I’m not going to shade Kris Jenner here. Three of her daughters came to the event and she was proud of them, and she thankfully didn’t try to pull focus from them. This is a simple black gown, no drama.
The “Balmain Army” was out in full force last night – there were SO MANY models wearing shiny Balmain dresses. Here’s a shot of Doutzen Kroes, Alessandra Ambrosio and Jourdan Dunn, all in Balmain. I think Jourdan’s dress is probably the most on-theme.
The #BalmainArmy @missjourdandunn, @Doutzen, @Seanopry55, & @AngelAlessandra shutting down the #MetGala2016 pic.twitter.com/jqTOETyui7
— BFA – Images Matter (@BFA) May 3, 2016
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I agree. The dress is probably one the best she has ever worn, but is so heavy and makes her look heavy.
I agree, it really feels like it’s weighing her down. On somebody lean, I think it would’ve looked amazing…. I’m picturing Karlie Kloss in it. Also, I think Jourdan Dunn was the best look of the night – why does she not have more pics?!?!
I also think Doutzen looks great. Her dress reminds me of Fifth Element. Classy, yet still true to the theme (without going overboard).
I agree with your entire comment @tegteg. You’ve saved me typing it out.
Yes! Jourdan was hands down one of the best. Can we please get some more pics? Especially the one of her standing on the balcony. Perfection.
Doutzen looks incredible as always and so does Jourdan.
YES to Jourdan and Doutzen – no one did silver robot better than Jourdan, and Doutzen’s was a great take on that Fifth Element kind of futuristic look though it needs the association to really be good.
@TEGTEG +1 to everything you said!
Jourdan looked amazing and so well put together. Easily the best look of the night.
Kim looks fine but boring.
It was manus vs machine – fashion in an age of technology. In an age of technology would we all look like TRON.
In my opinion Balmain only looks decent on the really tall and thin. He creates shape where there is none.
The dress he created for Cindy Crawford looked good on her but this dress on Kim…. misses the theme and is not her best. Her best dress is the red she wore that was ball like. Kim needs to work with Zac Posen or someone that can work with Petite and curvy. P.S not Balmain
I’m disappointed that “fashion in an age of technology” ended up being interpreted as “sparkly robots”.
At least she got the theme right, and the dress isn’t bad at all.
Kanye looks like a zombie with those ridiculous contacts.
I agree it was well made & was one of the best metallic looks. Unfortunately I didn’t like most of those dresses. Kim is once more wearing a style that does not suit her body type. Her eye makeup is off and her hair looks greasy rather than slicked back.
Kanye should just not. Really tired of his ripped jeans and a t-shirt for every occasion look. The contacts are just stupid looking.
I’m just counting my blessings that Kim’s boobs are not spilling out all over the place. I have learned to deal with her massive backside but I am so sick of her boobs. Now, if we can get Kanye to give up those ugly ripped jeans. If he had worn metallic pants (silver or gold lame?) with the jacket, he would have looked so nice.
Yes, kanye looks great from the waist up, different pants needed
Kanye is like a teenager who wants to go trick or treating but is too cool to wear a costume….
As great as a dress might be, doesn’t mean it will look great on you. If she lost 70lbs it was not by exercising, if she spent that much time in a gym,shed be selling it on DVD. I don’t pers. find anything wrong with lipo etc…I’d do it if I could afford it but don’t lie.
Kim does look pretty but how similar are all of those dresses? When she came on the carpet all I could think was – didn’t I see this already tonight? They are pretty much the same dress just in a different material with a slight change here and there. Balmain’s act is getting old. (A few months back Kylie wore a dress that is dead on for Alessandra’s) so in reality it’s same thing different day for them. Yawn. Good to see that Kanye brought out his nice jeans for the event. 😑
As far as Kris, that dress made her look heavy and that choker made it even worse. It didn’t photograph well either. Guess that was Kims payback to her for the 72 day wedding comment. Lol.
His jeans actually don’t offend me. It’s those shoes.
Damn those ugly ass, mark ass shoes.
Kanye makes my ass itch. For someone who is soooo into fashion, he never gets it right. This event would have been perfect for those smelly-looking leather pants he always wears. Torn jeans to a high profile, high end event is not the way to go.
Very tue.Kanye never gets it right and he and Kim have both worn that jacket.Alot of people say she look’s great.I don’t think so.She can never get right anymore.
Kim looks good but her face looks different. Once again.
Her body is not just a result of diet, she obviously had lipo in certain places and I am sure she is spanxed into oblivion under that dress.
But she doesn’t look ridicolous. She looks ok. That dress would look good on anybody though.
Kris dress is terrible and ill fitting. It makes her look huge.
Kanye looks extra douchey with blue contacts and that jacket belongs to Liberace.
God forbid they crack a smile every so often. Geesh. Lighten up!
Yes to all of this!
She looks like a solid size 12 in that dress
And the dress is a size 6….
Agree!
Did anyone see the interview with Kim on the red carpet with Kanye standing awkwardly off to the back – and his only contribution to the interview was “Vibes”?!
She said something about how wonderful it was to have a date night with her husband, answered some other questions willingly without hurrying, but as SOON as the interviewer went to Kanye and he came back with that asinine “Vibes” reply, Kim became noticibly nervous and turned in a hurry to walk away up the stairs?
It was painfully evident that she is embarrassed by him and didn’t want him to say anything more, probably because he’s off his rocker and would go OFF!
I pains me, personally, to acknowledge that she could be embarrassed by anyone given how she’s a walking embarrassment.
She is lovely, though, or at least this face she’s acquired is lovely.
Her skin glowed.
And, yes, the style/craftsmanship of the dress is gorgeous, but lost on her frame and adds to how heavy she looks.
Kris always looks like a fancy Sith Lord, which is pretty much the case.
Was Kris wearing horns? Horns. Like she’s taking the p!ss. I don’t know who most of these people are, but it’s hard to avoid the Kardashian-Jenners, even here in Aus. They’ve been covering the gala on almost every channel. I know this as I’m almost bedridden (temporarily) and spent a lot of time yesterday/overnight flipping channels. I saw a snippet of Kim on the Karpet … I’ve never seen her show, and have only ever heard her speak once before, ages ago. “I just wanted to go for it and be a blingy, sexy robot”, she said. She’s a 35 yo mother. yet still talks like a nine-year-old. Why? Why? I agree it was very considerate of Kim to cover up her tatas for a change, and although the dress is not too bad, she, like a lot of others, looks like a foil-wrapped baked potato. Why does she hang on so desperately to Bal-mah? Is it a Kanye thing? She needs a designer who knows what curves are, and how to work WITH them.
You nailed it!
Balmain is the epitome of tastelessness, in every sense of the word. It’s ugly and it’s pretentious – made for people who only want to show off how much money they have. That said, the contac lenses are probably the best part about the outfit.
I do like the white dress though, whoever is wearing it. Are you sure that’s Balmain as well?
It must be a very chilly day in hell when I find myself commenting on Kim Kardashian. I am so surprised at myself, but even more so by how much I love this gown, it is perfection! For once she does not look like a sausage in its casing. I would give most of my right arm for the earring in her left ear, diamonds are forever!
I agree, Kim looked lovely
Still makes me crazy how Kanye gets to be all comfy at these events and Kim has metal digging into her body. Looks like he’s too mellow to even help her up the stairs there.
Exactly!
Also, his contacts look hideous and — ripped jeans to the Met Gala? Really?
He looks like an early 00s Ricky Martin. I like the robotic contacts.
Was going to say, why does he even think it’s okay to wear jeans period, ripped or not, to the Met Gala. And the jacket doesn’t work.
I would have sent him home and told him this was a formal affair not movie night at the mall. Kim and her sister look like they purchased their clothes from the same rack at Charlotte Russe
Yes, he wouldn’t even help her up the stairs! He’s looking down at her as if to laugh at her struggling to get up the stairs too with that dress.
I would be so embarrassed to have a significant other like that. Kim has to be with him for PR only or something.
First thing I noticed as well @ Boo. Your hand is right there, dillhole.
@alley8 – I was thinking the same thing! Why does he never reach out to her and help her up stairs, open doors, etc? He looks miserable.
He seems to be mellow most of the time, because it always appears that he’d rather be anywhere other than with his wife. Offering his hand to help her wouldn’t have killed him. He’s a complete gronk.
I actually love Kim’s dress but I saw a pic of the back where someone commented that her butt looked like an overdone Jiffy Pop and that’s all I can see now.
I love Joudan Dunn’s dress! I quite like Balmain here.
I didn’t want to say anything BC I don’t want the body shaming accusation, but yeah… Jiffy pop sums it up perfectly.
It is an overdone Jiffy Pop. I don’t care what she wears, she’s vulgar and Kanye always looks like a slob.
Jiffy pop actually made me laugh out loud!
Perfect description. The view from behind was not attractive and seemed dangerously close to an explosion
Wow body shaming?
Puffed up Jiffy Pop is not necessarily a bad thing – a happy moment because it means it’s done. Another opportunity for a product tie-in!
Kanye’s a real gent, helping his wife up the stairs like that….
Hell, he probably can’t see out of those stupid contacts. He looked like an idiot.
Lol.
He doesn’t know when it’s time to shut up let alone figure out when someone needs help.
I noticed that too. He’s too brilliant to be bothered.
She probably wasn’t walking up the stairs, but POSING on the stairs so they can get a good picture of the high slit. She’s probably using one hand to balance while they take the picture. Just like he stood behind her in the other picture. Don’t ruin kimmycakes picture!
I thought that exact thing — He’s needs to be smacked upside the head and taught how to be a gentleman.
Kanye needs to learn some manners, she’s wearing high heels, a tight dress walking up stairs, he just stands there… like that time when she was pregnant and he didn’t help her out of the car, and had her open the door for him. (I’m not saying that you’re helpless when you’re pregnant or that you need someone to do everything for you, just that a gentleman is appreciated…right?)
Counterpoint: Unsurprisingly, Kim is in something unflattering and ugly. Also, Kanye’s top half and bottom half appear to have dressed themselves for separate events.
Re Yeezy helping her, i suspect that everyone is under strict instructions not to put their arms up around her in case it blocks a precious, precious pap photo–nobody is ever helping her even as she waddles pathetically along, and she has also put down North in order to do a solo pap stroll. She’s actually holding his hand to hoist herself along, while he keeps it at his side.
This. Everything said here is spot on.
@hollyg lmao
This^^^^
Why is Kanye wearing Dereon Jeans? Ms Tina must be so proud
His whole look is copied (again) from a look that his muse Amber Rose did in 2009.
Even on a 6ft tall slim model that silver fish scale concoction would be too much. On Kim… it makes her look like something wrapped up for the oven. I mean, the reason some of you like it may have to do with the fact that it’s not nude Spanx and the sheer relief from not seeing her in a nude onesie just makes you giddy:-) (i joke, somewhat)
‘Ye looks too ridiculous for words. I am sure he got dressed for the Walking Dead wrap-up party instead. Homegirl Kris is rocking some abuelita Black Widow couture, and I see she paid the cash bonus to her beard – look at that bling on the budget Casper!
I do like Doutzen’s dress, but that is it. Jourdan looks like she is wearing the 2016 MacGyver foil tape runway creation, and the sad doily on Alessandra can’t be saved even by someone as pretty as her.
To me Jourdan & Kim’s dress look the same sure it’s Balmain but still in that round Jourdan looks better than her. I have no love for the Kardashian’s but hers just because her ass & boobs are not showing off doesn’t mean that it’s the best look of the night. They were a few, more interesting dresses than this one & more on theme.
Yeah, Kanye looks…Idk what. Like he was trying to achieve Wesley Snipes’ Blade look & ripped jeans. We get it, Kanye you’re so into fashion. I’m surprised that they didn’t named Saint something like Haute Couture or Fashion.
…all the Balmain dresses looked beautiful…loved them…would have liked to see Mr Rousteng (?) posing alongside the ladies..he always looks so blessed to have them as clients…
It continues to shock me that with all her financial resources and connections, Kim cannot dress in a flattering way for her body. She was such a pretty, exotic, and gorgeous woman once. Sad. And the contacts on Kayne….they freak me out a little LOL
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Kim looks chunky and stocky. That sounds mean, and I wouldn say it if she hadn’t been all over the he media crowing about her massive weight loss. Her other half looks pretty terrible. I quite like the dresses in the line up though.
I don’t think Kim looks good at all. She needs to stop messing with her face–but that dress isn’t pretty to me. I thought I was the only one who felt that way based on the comments above.
Its because kim is chunky and stocky
Actually Alessandra’s Dress shows the theme the best since it’s a modern gown completely made of old handtechniques. Shes combining yet also contrasting old and new styles & techniques, which was the brief.
kanye also did well by combining and contrasting within the theme.
Looking like a shiny futuristic robot was not the brief at all.
this. +1
I agree. Alessandra’s was one of my favorites for the night and the theme, and Jourdan.
Allesan
sisi, i totally agree with you! alessandra’s dress is appropriate, gorgeous, and she looked stunning. also, as much as it pains me to say it, i liked the idea behind kanye’s look. i’m not a fan of his, but the jacket was amazing, and i think it totally worked with the contacts. i also think the jeans were a surprisingly good choice, i just wish they were dark denim instead.
as for kim, she really needs to stop doing that “wet look” with her hair. rather than looking intentional, it just looks greasy. as for her dress, i actually don’t think it adds a ton of extra weight to her frame. i think that’s exactly how her body looks these days, which is fine given that she just had her son 5 months ago. (that being said, i don’t like the dress on her. it seems a bit try-hard, mostly because she’s the one wearing it and she’s the epitome of try-hard.)
fantastic that denim was showcased by someone, it’s the perfect base canvas that symbolises mass produce, industrial revolution, evolution in fashion, and the relationship between lowbrow & highbrow. The hand applied decoration blends the two parts of the theme together.
I’m not a fan of this K-duo in general either, in fact I cannot stand them, but Kanye’s look was excellent in my opinion. He basically did the opposite of SJP.
Sarah Jessica Parker took the most elaborate style period ever and wore a minimalistic modern massproducable leasurewear version of it, Kanye took a mass market item and took it to the most elaborate handdecorated unique extreme. Both referenced turningpoints in fashionhistory, yet wore something that was a new thing of its own.
Both are part of my faves list.
i also loved SJP’s look! (then again, i think she almost always knocks it out of the park and she’s often on my faves list too).
I hate Balmain, but Jourdan was one of the best dressed imo. Doutzen is stunning as usual and Kim is… the usual Kim who refuses to wear anything remotely flattering for her body.
Now she looks 139 pounds here. This dress isn’t flattering. But it also shows me how much she photoshops her photos before they get out, because here it shows she still has weight on. Whereas, in many of her other photos she didn’t look 139 pounds to me on such a short woman.
Well in kanye’s defense, impersonating a robot when you actually are one probably proved challenging.
WHAT IS WITH THE BOOB PLATE NONSENSE ON ALL THESE DRESSES AAARRRRGHHH.
I could even appreciate the dress, but I am too distracted by her ass, I can’t believe what she has done to herself.
It makes her look huge and she just isn’t.
I’ll never understand why she did what she has to her ass.
Her figure was absolutely lovely and so was her face.
But when Lucifer is your mother who has had amply plastic surgery since her girls were children, it’s their normal.
Vapid, vain, shallow, misrepresented lives.
She used to be SO beautiful. And then she went under the knife and destroyed it. Such a shame.
Hate Kim’s dress…looks like she’s wearing armor to go into battle.
Was the theme disco ball warrior? All these dresses are alike.
Kanye’s contacts are interestingly creepy.
Kanye looks like a soccer mom out fo a night with the girls.
I feel like she has done this look before. She looks how she always looks.
Kim’s make-up was terrible – she looks like she’s been throwing up for the past week – pasty and exhausted. And the dress itself is fine, but not on her figure. It’s never a win to dress in something that adds so many pounds and makes you look dumpy. I think the bar is set so so low for her that people cheer when she’s not near-naked, but from an objective standpoint, this look is far from a winner.
This is probably a very sad but true notion. Like she just had to make room to squeeze that butt in, instead of letting out an inch.
It’s a partial win because her lady bits are not hanging out.
KIm looks almost the same size as Kris and both Kanye and Corey look rather feminine
Jourdan looks fantastic.
Kim looks like a silver pumpkin. I kind of feel like Amy Shumer should have taken her aside and given her some tips on what not to wear if you aren’t built like a VS model.
Kim’s dress is so much better than her previous ones at this ball- it seems like a winner in comparison.
Kanye’s blue contacts are startling, but I think that was the idea. However, as a scientist with some experience in materials science, I feel compelled to point out that modern technology is capable of creating fabrics that don’t tear so easily…. Just sayin’.
Kanye looks like he’s heading to the vampire shift at a construction site.
Kim’s dress would be pretty on someone else. I glanced at a photo of her last night and thought yikes, Kris Jenner is looking terrible in the face. Then I realized it was Kim.
Oh dear. So Corey’s tux buttons and necklace are truly an insult to tuxedos all over the world. And still, he is dressed 1000 times better than Kanye. How is this even possible?
What is going ON with everyone’s makeup?!?! Almost EVERYONE looks horrible from the neck up.
They’re trying to look sci-fiey without having a clue what it’s about. It’s like if a bunch of preppy popular kids tried to cosplay at a Star Trek convention. They have no clue. Which, tbh, seems to be Wintour’s goal — to see these people make fools of themselves.
Well, at least they both nailed the theme.
He’s wearing construction job site boots and a bedazzled jean jacket. Barf.
Kim looks much older and that dress does her figure no favors. She’s always a hot mess.
Kim’s face looks so different, did she bleach her eyebrows? They look a lot lighter than normal, could be what’s throwing me off.
No to the contacts on Kanye
I was wondering the same thing: she just looks “off”.
Shiver my timbers. I think she actually looks like a pretty woman. Her makeup is light and every body part is covered, I repeat….every body part is covered. I think this is a huge success for her and proves to her you don’t have to expose yourself to be attractive. Kanye looks freakish but at least he knew what the Ball was about.
She does look lovely, and nothing hanging out is a bonus
I can’t hang with Kim’s dress for one simple reason (well two) and that’s because from behind she looked like a disco ball slowly looking for a darkened room to twirl in.
She and Kylie shouldn’t have dressed so similar.
And no, the way Kim wanted to look is the way Jourdan, the first black model in the Balmain army, ACTUALLY looks.
I know there is always plenty of “What is going on with Kim’s face?!” type comments, but seriously, WTF. When I first saw her I thought she had no eyebrows. Maybe she thinks that fits the theme? I realize she does still have eyebrows, but the makeup is just terrible.
That last photo with the models, the girl on the left (Doutzen?) looks fab.
+1 The face. Looks like she had some tweeking done around the eyes.
Kanye, sigh, he’s like a living version of The Little Engine That Could just thinking he can all over the fashion world. Boy take that beaded jean jacket off and help your teeter-totter wife up the stairs.
Made my day 😂😂😂
Nothing stunning here. Jourdan looks the best on this page. Alessandra annoys me even standing still. Kanye looks stupid and try hard. He thinks he’s some conceptual genius with deep messages about the state of the human struggle. Sit down blue eyes. His constant push to make his stylings happen fall.
I don’t care for the dress at all. Emphasizes her oddly-enhanced figure and there’s nothing unusual about it at all. It’s almost tacky. And WHAT is with those weird contacts Kanye is wearing?
hated it, it seems like everything she wears makes her look short and chunky w/shortish arms.
but the other ladies do not look bad, some look great. I just do not care for Balmain very much on many folks.
Looks like Kim chose a tawny kolored eyebrow with similar shades of brown around her eyes, mouth and cheekbones. The androgynous look isn’t flattering but at least it’s tailored to the event.
Kanye’s jeans are hideous. He’s the only one that thinks the worst is the best in matters of fashion, self-expression and the company he keeps. #emperorhashideoustaste #fmlbecausethejokeisonmeandistilldontknowit
The blue jeans should have been shown the door. This has nothing to do with who wore them. Her dress is horrible on her body. Poppy’s dress I loved on her body type
I’ve been avoiding this post all morning but now I’m creeping in to say UGH to the Wests.
Why?
The Wests look bloody ridiculous.
This 😉
Vogue named them today the Best Dressed Couple of the event.
I wish it was April Fool’s. Glad to see Grace Coddington is getting the hell out of there, and just in time. She’s too good for the cesspool of mediocrity that Anna Wintour is turning that magazine into.
I actually like her dress! Her hair and makeup – thats another story… Yikes
Meh. It actually doesn’t look awful and it looks like it fits.
I’m just glad that her boobs aren’t falling out everywhere. Now THAT is a big change and deserves applause.
Kim looks okay. Not my favorite dress. She has pretty much worn 247 different versions of this dress in the past. Boring. West looks cool. I like never knowing what he will wear! Haunting with the blue eyes for sure.
Remember how everyone made fun of Angelina Jolie sticking out her leg? Well, I’ve been noticing lately that that’s now apparently the thing to do. It’s become difficult to find a picture of the red carpet where 1) a woman isn’t wearing a long dress with a slit up to there and 2) sticking out her leg. Maybe now that Kim Kardashian’s doing it, everyone else will stop? I hope.
I am impressed by Kim’s lack of camel toe and sausage casing. She looks appropriate, which is the biggest compliment I can give. Balmain had some stunning looks this year. Kanye looks quite demented.
Not a fan of Kims dress but she carried it off – thou what is up with her face? There is something quite masculine looking.
Why do so many women slick their hair back into a wet mullet? It’s a truly hideous hairstyle.
I’m sorry, but I personally think she looks hideous.
Me too!
He talks a great deal about being a Fashion Messiah or whatever, only to then show that he couldn’t be bothered to learn more about this years’ theme beyond its title. Oh Kanye, never change.
Now I disagree on the Kris front – she wore the exact same dress as Kylie only in black vs silver. I thought that was attention seeking.
She’s prob in another post but it was very telling to me that the entire Kardashian fam wore Balmain and Kendall wore Versace.
“Put down the bedazzler: it’s a jeans jacket, not a chandelier.”
They look like wax figures.
Nope, they look hideous. Kanye can’t get away from ripped clothing and Kim shouldn’t wear dresses with defined waists….it makes her lower half look soooooooo much heavier. Oh and if only they could smile and look like they are enjoying themselves, instead of looking like they’re both having diarrhea problems.
Can we talk about Corey Gamble’s pants? Holy thighs Batman!
Oh my. She has really carved up her face now. Her lack of self-esteem is showing through all this horrid plastic surgery, fillers, botox, lip injections. Now it looks like she had another nose job and a chin implant as well. She once was beautiful.
What has Kim done to her face now?she looks different.
Oddly..they look really good together. They should both be in the remake of TRON.
Kanye West is a Rhinestone Cowboy!!!!!!
Doutzen is such a stunner.
That ASS. It is hideous.
I think if Kim had worn contacts, they would have looked good (mostly her, him whatevs) and been on theme.
I couldnt care less about her dress but who the hell did her makeup. The off color brows with the too agressive countour makes her look like david bowie in a very unflattering way