{"id":10792,"date":"2011-05-04T00:21:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T04:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2014-05-05T17:58:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T21:58:52","slug":"the-met-gala-dress-of-my-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-met-gala-dress-of-my-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"The Met Gala Dress of My Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t get over the cobwebby <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/my-carnac-moment-with-zac-posen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zac Posen<\/a> gown that actress Christina Ricci wore at the Metropolitan Museum of Art&#8217;s Costume Institute gala on Monday. This dress brings the drama!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10793\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2011\/05\/03\/christina-ricci-in-zac-posen-2011-met-gala\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10793\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10793 \" title=\"&quot;Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty&quot; Costume Institute Gala At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Arrivals\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/christinaricci.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/christinaricci.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/christinaricci-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Click for more Ricci -- and other gala --pictures.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The gala marked the opening of the Costume Institute&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/daily-mail-reports-alexander-mcqueen-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander McQueen<\/a> exhibit. I was surprised by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylelist.com\/2011\/05\/03\/met-gala-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">how few attendees wore McQueen dresses<\/a>. Maybe all the good ones are being exhibited in the museum! Anyway, I think Ricci&#8217;s choice had more of a McQueen vibe than any of the other non-McQueen designs there. It&#8217;s also the one dress I saw that made me think, &#8220;I WANT IT!&#8221; Alas! It will have to go on my list of fantasy dresses. The other two are this <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/calling-my-name\/\" target=\"_blank\">anatomically correct artwork\/dress by Laura Munday<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10794\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mundaylaura\/2394576918\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10794\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10794\" title=\"lungdress\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lungdress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lungdress.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lungdress-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Laura Munday. Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; and the two-tone Dolce &amp; Gabbana leopard dress that Rihanna shamelessly flaunted in front of me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10795\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/what-wendy-wore-rihanna-stole-my-dress-yall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10795\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10795\" title=\"dolcedress\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dolcedress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dolcedress.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dolcedress-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see Rihanna wearing the dress that should be mine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I still have hope that I&#8217;ll find the D&amp;G dress on eBay or in a consignment store. As for the other two, I expect my love will remain forever unrequited. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t get over the cobwebby Zac Posen gown that actress Christina Ricci wore at the Metropolitan Museum of Art&#8217;s Costume Institute gala on Monday. This dress brings the drama! The gala marked the opening of the Costume Institute&#8217;s Alexander McQueen exhibit. I was surprised by how few attendees wore McQueen dresses. 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