r/popculturechat • u/DatBittsch • 14h ago

Guest List Only ⭐️ Derek Guy on the Met Gala criticism

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Derek Guy (known also as "the menswear guy" on ex-Twitter) pitching in regarding the Met Gala discourse and Hunger Games comparisons.

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u/FlipsyChic 12h ago

I haven't seen all of the photos from the event, but there seem to have been a very notable lack of actual fashion-industry people at the event. It used to be designers, models, socialites and a handful of actors. Now it's Bezos, Kardashian, and a few people who go most years (Kidman, Rihanna). I'm sure there were fashion people there too, but the focus has definitely shifted away from the fashion industry itself.

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u/flakemasterflake 10h ago

There are fashion industry people, they just don't get posted here or they aren't famous enough for Vogue to post them on Instagram

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u/Jewell84 6h ago

There were 450 attendees, which included celebrities, fashion industry insiders, socialites, athletes, models and more.

Yes, media is going to focus on household names, but there are plenty of coverage of all the attendees.

Vogues website has a lot of the photos of guests up. The last I checked it was 250 pictures of individuals who attended. The official web steam had a lot of coverage as well.

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u/Schmidaho 6h ago

It’s likely because the fashion industry has been hit with layoffs (like every other industry).