Alright, alright, let’s talk about this… uh… whatchamacallit…Met Gala thingy, yeah, the 2024 one. Lana Del Rey, that singer gal, she was there. Don’t know much about her music, sounds like sad stuff to me, but my grandkids, they listen to her. Anyway, she showed up at this fancy party.
This year, they called it “Sleeping Beauties.” Sleeping Beauties, can you believe it? Sounds like somethin’ outta a fairy tale book. But no, it’s about clothes. Fashion, they call it. Seems like a lot of fuss over dresses and such, but hey, what do I know? I wear the same ol’ dress to church every Sunday.
Lana, she was wearin’ this… this thing. It was kinda beige, like the color of old flour sacks. And it had branches stickin’ out, like she walked through a bush and got tangled up.
They said it was a “custom Alexander McQueen gown.” Custom made, can you imagine? Spending all that money on a dress you can only wear once. Back in my day, we made our own clothes, and we wore ’em ’til they fell apart.
- They said her dress was somethin’ special, made from tulle and silk.
- And she had this veil thing, like a net over her head. Looked like she was tryin’ to catch flies.
- They put branches and stuff on her head, too. Made her look like a bird’s nest. My grandaughter shows me these pictures on her phone, itty bitty things but I can see it clear as day.
ET’s Rachel Smith, that reporter lady, she talked to Lana. Asked her about the dress, I guess. Lana said somethin’ about how it was all about nature and rebirth and such. Sounded like a bunch of mumbo jumbo to me. But these city folks, they like that kinda talk.
Now, I heard they had all sorts of fancy folks at this party. Movie stars, singers, them fashion designers. They all dressed up in weird clothes, tryin’ to outdo each other. I seen pictures of some of them, and let me tell ya, they looked like they raided a costume shop. One fella was wearin’ a suit with flowers all over it. Another one had on a cape, like he was gonna fly away. And the women… well, some of them were barely wearin’ anything at all. Scandalous, I tell ya!
They say this Met Gala is a big deal, a fundraiser for some museum in New York City. Raise money, they say. But I reckon most of that money goes to pay for all them fancy dresses and parties. Seems like a waste to me, but like I said, what do I know? I’m just an old woman who likes her simple things.
This whole thing about “reawakening fashion,” it’s kinda silly. Clothes is clothes, right? You wear ’em to keep warm and to cover yourself up. But these folks, they make it into somethin’ else entirely. They treat it like art, like it’s the most important thing in the world. I don’t get it, but hey, to each their own, I guess.
So, Lana Del Rey at the Met Gala 2024. She wore a weird dress, talked about nature, and posed for a bunch of pictures. That’s about it. Not much to it, really. But it got folks talkin’, I guess. And that’s what they want, ain’t it? All that attention. Well, they got my attention for a few minutes, but now I gotta go make dinner. Got a pot roast in the oven, and that’s a whole lot more important than some fancy party in the city.
Met Gala 2024, sounds grand and all, but it ain’t nothin’ but a bunch of rich folks showin’ off their clothes. And Lana Del Rey, she was just one of ’em. Pretty as a picture, maybe, but still just another one in a fancy dress. That’s my two cents, anyway.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I got things to do. Life’s too short to worry about what some singer wore to a party. Gotta get back to my pot roast before it burns.
Tags: [Lana Del Rey, Met Gala, Met Gala 2024, Sleeping Beauties, Fashion, Alexander McQueen, Red Carpet, Celebrity Fashion, Designer Gown, ET Rachel Smith]
