met gala celeb photo
I admit to enjoying photos of people wearing fancy outfits, but I honestly don't even know what the met gala is about. however, this photo of Taika Waititi made my night better, so I'm sharing it here ☠️
met gala explanation if you want
@twistylittlepassages the met gala is an annual fundraiser for the met’s Costume Institute—the publicity & close coverage of everyones outfits means that a high end fashion house can drop a couple hundred thousand on sending brand ambassadors (celebrities) as advertising
so like, its extremely Rich People Conspicuous Consumption Shit but also ad money gets spent on *far* worse things on a daily basis than funding a p cool museum so whatever
met gala explanation if you want
@Satsuma oh that's good to know, thanks!
hmm. obviously classism and conspicuous consumption and our cultural beauty standards are fucked-up parts of a fucked-up system, but one-off bespoke creations are sure not the part of the clothing industry that is doing the most harm to the planet so there's that
met gala explanation if you want
@twistylittlepassages yeah thats about my feelings as well—i’d rather put my attention as far as critiquing the clothing/beauty industry towards like, fast fashion or sweatshop labor or ads convincing women they need to wear concealer because no one can know you have skin! then an event which happens once a year and is benefitting from some of those systems ultimately pretty tangental to their existence
