Australian-Peruvian actress Nathalie Kelly has taken to social media to slam the Met Gala.
The 41-year-old Fast and the Furious star posted to her stories on Tuesday claiming that the A-list charity event was ‘dystopian’ and ‘elitist’.
Hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, the evening saw stars Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Miranda Kerr and Hugh Jackman walk the red carpet.
‘Seeing all the Met Gala coverage and feeling like the state of fashion is so elitist and dystopian,’ Kelly said in her post.
She continued on a more optimistic note, ‘Luckily I am feeling hopeful about the advances being made in natural fibres, ethical factories, etc.’
Kelly put in a plug for The Fashion Stitch podcast which looks at sustainability and promotes reform in the fashion industry.
Australian-Peruvian actress Nathalie Kelly (pictured) has taken to social media to slam the Met Gala
Known as an environmental activist alongside her acting career, Kelly used a photo of herself posing on the banks of a creek bed in the post.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, also known as the Met Gala, falls on the first Monday in May every year.
The theme of this year’s event – widely considered the Super Bowl of celebrity red carpets – is ‘Costume Art’.
The dress code calls on the A-list attendees to explore how designers use the human body as a blank canvas.
Hosted by former Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who is known for being meticulous about the guest list, decorum and pretty much every detail of the night, it has earned a reputation for being the top event among Hollywood and fashion’s elite.
But this year, the event has become shrouded in scandal, with many expressing their outrage even before it began over the involvement of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, 62, and his wife Lauren Sanchez, 56, who bankrolled much of the event.
And when the ball kicked off on Monday evening, devastated fans took to social media to blast this year’s Met Gala, branding it as the ‘worst’ one ever, slamming the ‘cheap’ outfits and sharing their outrage over the ‘tacky’ guest list.
The event was noticeably missing many big names who had become Met Gala regulars, such as Zendaya and Billie Eilish, and instead, was attended by an array of social media stars, WAGs, models and heiresses.
The event was hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, and saw stars like Nicole Kidman (left), Margot Robbie (right) walk the red carpet
‘Seeing all the Met Gala coverage and feeling like the state of fashion is so elitist and dystopian,’ Kelly said in her post
Plenty of the stars who did show up got it spectacularly wrong, turning the red carpet into a parade of sartorial disasters and outright fashion flops.
Famous faces at this year’s event included Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Sabrina Carpenter, Blake Lively, Zoe Kravitz, Hailey Bieber, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Gigi Hadid, Heidi Klum and Katy Perry.
But it seemed there were more Z-list celebrities than A-list, as other attendees included Cristiano Ronaldo’s model fiancée Georgina Rodriguez, influencer Grace Ann Nader – her older sister, Sports Illustrated model Brooks Nader was absent – and Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng’s heiress daughters, Grace and Chloe.
And there was no shortage of billionaires at the event, with the guest list including Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, heiress Isha Ambani, George Soros’s sons Alex Soros and Robert Soros, Walmart heir Samuel Robson Walton and venture capitalist and author Amy Griffin.
