The Fairy Fort

Met Costume Institute Gala - Best Dressed

There are several stand out glittering events that I would love one day to be able to attend. The Metropolitan Muesum of Art Costume Institute Gala or Met Gala held in the oh-so opulent and oh-so famous Metropolitan Muesum of Art in New York City is one of those events. An evening that boasts arguably one of the most glamourous red carpets, a host of A list celebrities, sparkling champagne and flawless, full length, designer gowns; does it get any better?

Last night those very A list starlets came out to play on the steps of the Met and boy did they bring some stunners! 

1. Camille Belle

I have only had an “Oh wow!” reaction to about 3 dresses since I started really watching red carpets about 5 years ago and today I had my 4^th. This stunningly beautiful and dare I say, ethereal, Ralph Lauren creation is one of the most daring yet equally demure gowns I have ever seen and one which I wasn’t expecting to see on Camille Belle. She has never before featured on a ‘Top #’ list of mine and here she is making the top spot on her debut appearance. I expect great things from her in the future.

2. January Jones

I have always appreciated January’s risk taking when it comes to red carpet skimmers, but I will be the first to admit she has made some pretty awful mistakes when trying to be ‘different’, but when her gambles pay off, girl be cashing big cheques! In what can only be described as a lemon zest, architectural wonder reminiscent of gothic stained glass windows in structure, January glows. Choosing to soften the look with loose hair but also complimenting it with an equally gothic looking necklace makes for one hell of a flawless combination.

3. Jessica Alba

I will preface this caption by saying that I have never been a fan of Jessica Alba. However, when fashion props need to be awarded they shall and I really can’t fault the girl here. She shimmered up the red carpet in a bronze/gold Michael Kors Grecian style, one shouldered number and no doubt had jaws dropping all around her.

4. Emma Roberts

I have only noticed Emma’s fashion choices for all the wrong reasons over the last while and usually only when she has been attached at the arm to the tasty ‘Trouty Mouth’ aka Chord Overstreet. Granted those outfits I baulked at were daytime/off duty outfits, but when you’re in Hollywood surely an effort must at least try to be made everyday? Well, all is forgiven Emma because last night you did fashion proud. Ticking off the style boxes here with a peplum detail and a striking tangerine colour, Emma’s Escada dress is refreshingly appropriate for the occasion and a young actress.

5. Amy Adams

I love 2 things in a dress: a strong monochrome and a metal detail. Amy Adams has tickled my fashion fancy and given me both. You beauty.

6. Lea Michelle

Oh Lea, why aren’t we friends in real life? I really think we ought to be. Midnight blue sequins, a plunging neckline, a sparkling silver drop necklace bringing the whole thing together? Yes please. I would have enjoyed a stronger lip colour with this one for some extra style points but gurl gets a healthy B+ for this effort.

7. Beyoncé

I hummed and hawed as to the inclusion of this one because I sit so much on the fence with it. The intricate upper detail and embroidery of this Givenchy dress are a joy to behold. I love the longer sleeves, the way the pattern forms in all the right places and lest we forget this woman had a baby exactly 4 months ago. But we do have to talk about the elephant in the room….that purple monstrosity dragging behind her. It’s hideous. It bears no relation to the rest of the dress as a whole. I feel a train in the same dark colour as the dress or a sleek and simple drop to the floor would have been more appropriate but as a whole the dress deserves a mention and an appearance in my ‘Top 7’.

Dresses that Deserve a Mention

There were a number of dresses last night that deserved their moment to shine but were very unfortunately denied such an opportunity thanks to bad decisions regarding hair and make-up:

-          Scarlett Johannson

I love this girl and I adore this bejeweled Dolce & Gabbana dress but the effect is marred by greasy looking, untamed locks. Hair is usually what Scarlett does so well! Just the other week she had that fantastic braided up-do the world and his wife were trying to imitate and yet here she is looking as if she got lost in the woods on her way to the event. You let me down Scarlett.

-          Leighton Meester

Although a very similar dress in appearance to Scarlett’s, I think Leighton’s Marchesa holds its own here and it’d want to considering the lack of help it’s receiving from the hair and make-up someone threw at Leighton. What shade of orange would you call her face? Burnt sienna?

-          Lily Collins

It’s a one-off, it’s lace, it’s Victorian looking, it’s Valentino and it’s delicious. But not even a dress as delicate and as lovely can stop itself being smothered by a fugly clutch, sickeningly pale, pasty skin, and messily scraped back hair. Such a shame.

Someone Call the Fashion Police, There’s a Thief on the Loose!

While it’s perfectly all right for us mere mortals to try and copy the looks of the stars we worship, it is quite the fashion faux pas for the celebrities who are meant to be the trend setters to become copycats. However, that’s exactly what Lana Del Ray decided she would do last night, with a cape that bore more than a slight resemblance to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Academy Awards ensemble less than 2 moths ago. Is originality so much to ask?

You know you’re too emotionally invested in a fictional couple when…

You have this conversation with your best friend via email right after you’ve both watch 3x17 “Dance With Somebody”:

Jenna: 

“I want to stamp on kurts face very hard! I find it hard to believe that a 18 and 17 year old can keep a long distance relationship going, Blaine left his whole life for kurt and kurt just fucks off and leaves him Im sorry but no! Thats just no! he doesn’t deserve Blaine, yes I am fully aware this isn’t real life and that it is a show but still! You can’t make someone as special as Blaine/Darren and not expect every single person EVER to fall madly in love with him! and then stick him with kurt? Kurt who i have quite frankly always found a bit too bitchy and inconsiderate and mean! ok he has had some fantastic one liners yes but he is insane who doesn’t want to sleep with Blaine??

Next season it’s all about this:

Jenna:

“Fuck yeah!!! Can not wait! All blaine all the time!! Oh hells yeah!”

Me:

“I just, there were several thousand moments in that ep where I just needed to hold Blaine. I just needed to hold him and give Kurt the biggest stick eye, this planet has ever seen.”

Jenna:

“I know I just wanted to give him a big hug and sing to him! I’m thinking of a good whitney song to sing to him!”

Me:

“In fact I’d go so far as to say that Kurt and Sebastian should start dating. They’d be a perfect fucking match.”

Jenna:

“I always thought that! They deserve each other and the fake bitchy-ness towards each other can you say sexual tension much??”

Me:

“Yeah…

I’m gonna watch it again in a few minutes. I need to cry out my tears before the public viewing tomo night.”

Jenna:

“Probably a good idea! I’ve got to give my neck a rest all that attitude has killed me!”

Me:

“I paused Glee it say:

“Blaine doesn’t exactly make me blush in the sex department right now”…….

I’m sorry Kurt. Just 5 months ago “a touch of the finger tips” was as sexy as it got for you!

What are you expecting? Tantric fucking sex in the hood of your car every night????!!!

WTF??????????”

Jenna:

“Also its a two way street! Ever think about that kurt?!?”

Me:

“Kurt, Blaine was masturbating over you cos you didn’t want to “grant you hands Visas to travel south of the equator”.

Blaine was fucking raring to go. He even went to your dad and told him to have “the talk” with you.

If you’re not “blushing” it’d probably bos Blaine doesn’t want to scare you by rushing you into fucking anal fisting or something!

Jesus Christ I’m so angry!”

Jenna:

“Jesus you really are!”

Me:

“Yep.

It’s the sadness. The absolute crushing sadness in Blaine’s eyes and I know they are fictional characters but still.

They are doing the same thing they do in Eastenders, twisting characters’ personalities. I really don’t think that Kurt under normal circumstances would be so heartless. I can’t even take his ‘apology’ song seriously! He’s usually a sensitive person who knows exactly what it feels like to be hurt by other people. So why on God’s earth would he purposefully make someone else, let alone his boyfriend, feel that way?”

Jenna:

“Because it’ll be easier to explain if klaine break up and they write a new boy in!”

Me:

“I kinda don’t want a new boy.

I just need kurt to realise he’s very wrong.”

Jenna:

“Even if he does it still doesn’t make it right!”

Me:

“I would love to believe in the love at first sight thing in their case.

Blaine says Kurt is the love of his life. That means something.”

crisscolferistotallyon asked: are you still doing to dalton scarves? if so how much are they? thanks

Yeah I could definitely make another one :D It takes about a week and half to finish one. Navy and red in colour of course and the same design as you see in my photos. However, I haven’t been able to source the Dalton patches anymore so the scarf would not have a patch. The scarf would be €20 which is £16 or $26. The postage would depend on where you lived. Hope this helps :D