The Met Gala sent the Twitter meme to excess.
What would a Met Gala be without a tsunami of comics on the Internet mocking the most extravagant costumes and moments of the event? This year’s fundraiser at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has sent the meme factory to social media in excess with Twitter intelligences, all since obtaining the villain of Kim’s “Harry Potter” Kardashian to the involuntary cosplay of “Star Wars” by Lil Nas X.
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian’s all-black dress, which darkens her face, could have been influenced by her estranged husband Kanye West. However, Twitter memes didn’t think the gloomy suit of the 40-year-old billionaire looked more like a “Dementor” from the “Harry Potter” books or the eponymous space parasites from Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction classic “Alien “.
“Kim K is really going to the gala known as Dementor,” asked a commenter on Twitter, along with a Kim K compound and an illustration of the fantastic demon sucking the soul.
Another tweet with over 100,000 likes a photo of someone in a black suit and an alien mask with the text “Kim Kardashian arriving #MetGala”.
And the comparisons didn’t stop there. “Very niche for Kim Kardashian to be my sleep paralysis demon,” posted a Twitter comic, while others analyzed Kardashian’s nefarious attire with a walking demonstration of his “anxiety.”
Lil Nas X and A $ AP Rocky
Of course, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star wasn’t the only celebrity to be ashamed of her clothes on Twitter. The online piranhas had a field trip with rapper Lil Nas X’s golden “under armor” suit, the second of three phases of his Met Gala costume, which many compared to C-3P0 of the “Star Wars” franchise. Again, the ostentatious seam of the “Old Town Road” singer may not be surprising considering he gave a blood transfusion to his last line of shoes.
Manhattan rapper A $ AP Rocky, meanwhile, he was accused of compiling his bombastic costume of a bowl of Captain Crunch’s cereal in this tumultuous meme.
Pete Davidson and Timothée Chalamet
Elsewhere, Pete Davidson, who came to Thom Browne, was a student of “SNL” analogous to a crazy cartoon scientist while “Dune” stars Timothée Chalamet’s Haider Ackermann tuxedo jacket and tracksuit pants he turned it into a dead bell for a chef, according to Twitter.
Elliot Page, James Corden, Channing Tatum, Adrien Brody and Brooklyn Beckham
Unfortunately, dressing modestly did not keep Twitter dogs at bay: James Corden, host of the “Late Late Show,” Channing Tatum, Elliot Page, and other celebrities were compared to Met waiters after going out with understated tuxedos..
Grimes and Addison Rae
Dune-inspired warrior costume, by singer Grimes, which featured a real sword, generated memes in abundance with a fan who suggested he duel with them. dressed Hunter Schafer. Elon Musk’s terrifying-looking weapon reportedly consisted of a melted AR-15 and is part of a weapons repurchase project called “Guns2Swords.”
Across the spectrum, Twitter users accused influencer Addison Rae of buying her huge cocktail dress at a discount Shein clothing supplier.
“I see Addison Rae #MetGala” wrote an unimpressed tweeter with a photo of Meryl Streep’s character from “The Devil Wears Prada” who casts a slender look.
Anna Wintour
Speaking of, another critic dressed in Anna Wintour’s flowery dress, joking that the fashion mogul had modeled it after a “floral sofa.”
AOC
New York City Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sparked an online brawl after wearing a provocative white dress with her motto “Tax the Rich” in red. None was better than that this side-splitting meme comparing the freshman with a Chick-fil-A chicken bag.
“Who wore it better?” launched the conservative Noam Blum poster in the funny tweet, which has over 66,000 likes.
Some critics found AOC’s proletarian messaging hypocritical because it wore an expensive dress and attending an exclusive $ 30,000 per ticket event.
Ocasio-Cortez tea he has since responded to haters on Twitter, writing, “The medium is the message.”
Rihanna
While the clothing digs were really fun, many of the best Met Gala memes involved impatient fans challenging themselves while waiting for the perennial favorite Rihanna to finally get to the party.
The rapper “Umbrella” finally came out on the red carpet in a wavy Balenciaga dress, before changing into a minimalist black t-shirt with a pure maxi skirt for the back party.
Some nostalgic internet dwellers even reheated memes from Met Galas ’past, including an iconic fake image by R&B artist Jason Derulo he allegedly fell down the stairs of fashion in 2015. It was later revealed that the photo showed another guy from the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and that Derulo had never been to the Met Gala.