Models, shmodels. Last night's Costume Institute Gala, as many papers this morning would have you believe, was all about Madonna. Screw the vintage Scavullo photographs of Lauren Hutton, screw Brooke Shields's infamous Calvins from the eighties, screw Gisele in her fabric scrap of a minidress, but most of all, screw Kate Moss's turban.
None of those things matter when Madonna shows up looking like a
cleaning lady moonlighting as a stripper who washed her Xanax down with
one too many margaritas before she changed outfits. And it was a
genius, if not very attractive, fashion moment for her and
Marc Jacobs, who designed the
Louis Vuitton
ensemble.
Because on a night dedicated to the world's most beautiful
women, no one — especially a non-model — could win by trying to look
the most beautiful. So looking a bit drunk before you actually got
drunk wasn't a bad way to steal attention from Kate Moss and her paltry
headpiece. And she got plenty of attention. Here's what some other news
outlets thought of Madonna's very special ensemble.
