Met Gala 2025 Red Carpet: Sydney Sweeney Controversy
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Was Sydney Sweeney’s Take on the Met Gala Dress Code Too Literal? “Tailored to you” was the prompt, which invited guests to interpret the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. Anyone but you Star’s Choice to Reference the White Actress Kim Novak on a Night Dedicated to the Celebration of Black Fashion and Culture.
On the carpet, sweet told la La anthony that the dress is “paying homage” to novak, whom she is playing in Colman Domingo’s Directorial Debut, Scandalous!Which Tells The Story of Novak’s Love Affair with Sammy Davis Jr. (Played by David Jonsson). “This is my Third Time Going (to the Met) with the miu miu, and i always feel that they bring such beautiful stories. So this is actually paying homage to kim novak,” she said. “I’m doing a movie with Colman Domingo. We wanted to really just bring that to life;
The sequined Black Gown with Beaded-Frying Shoulders and a Cutout at the Chest, Fastened Together with a Gold Rose, appetars to be a re-creation of the gown wore in the 1968 film The Legend of Lylah Clare. It is an undenibly Beautiful Dress that was Clearly made to fit her body perfectly, but what sweeened to miss is to tailoring was Only One, Surface-Level Aspect of Last Nights Theme; She did not acknowledge Black Dandyism we are explaining the inspiration bend her look, sparking backlash online.
From Left: Photo: Bettmann ArchivePhoto: Getty Images for the Met Museum/
From Left: Photo: Bettmann ArchivePhoto: Getty Images for the Met Museum/
MANY People Love Sweeney’s Look and Some Interpreted It AS a Sweet Nod to Domingo, who served as one of the Last Night’s Co-Chairs, or a Celebration of Novak and Davis Jr. But others thought she Completely disregarded Black dandyism and instead use the Night as an opportunity to promote her film… eek.
“Sydney Sweeney Said I don’t give a faulk what tonight’s theme is… Black dandyism? Superfine: Tailoring Black Style? Ok well let me y’all this * Black * Beaded Dress that totally off theme… oh and i’m honoring a white tonight! F, “One Social-Media User Posted Online. While someone Else Said, “Sydney sweeteny Kim Novak, a White Lady, for Superfine Tailoring Black Style … .OK?”
“Actress Sweney Sweeney Looks Like She’s Going to A White House Correspondents Dinner and Not the Met Gala Based on Super Fine: Tailoring Black Style. #Metgala2025,” A Third Person Posted. “I guess this is the ‘safe’ way to interpret the theme! Smh!”