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shadowkatI forgot about the Met Gala which happened on Monday night. I was admittedly distracted by personal health issues among other things. I'm watching it on youtube - "The Met Gala with Vogue". The theme is "Fashion is Art" or "Costume is Art" - with a focus on disabled bodies. Explicit and radical invitation for disabled, and accessibility in art and fashion. It's a fund-raiser for the Met's Costume Exhibition. The Met Museum is actually by donation, or pay what you will - when you visit. But the Gala? Requires an invitation to attend and costs $100,000 to attend, and up to over a million to dress for it. The cameras are only allowed in the entry up to the doors, inside there aren't any cameras. So the participants often have a change of clothes, and once they get inside - they have something more comfortable to wear. Also they get dressed a block away.
This is by far my favorite look for the women.
This is one of the hosts of the Gala, who is also a fashion designer, and fits the disabled or accessibility theme [Note: she used the word disabled, I'm quoting her.]:
And this is another accessibility costume - fitting that theme:
Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman came - but neither wore anything remotely interesting. Nor did Ben Stiller. Adrian Brody looked good but wasn't all that interesting.
A lot of folks had gowns with...hands on their body parts, which is odd. This was the best of those:
This is among the oddest...
Heidi Klum went for a Living Sculpture
And here they are next to their Costume Inspiration
Best Dressed Male Customes Ranked
All the Best, Weirdest, and worst celeb looks
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Still worried about the pending railroad strike which if it happens would be akin to dropping a neutron bomb on the Long Island economy.
ABC News on the Unions and the MTA and pending strike
Strike still looms as MTA and LIRR unions meet
They got a few things wrong in the article? There was no work rule discussed about the locomotive engineers in the PEB Report or Federal Mediation Board Report, and in reality the unions are asking for a 4-4.5% increase in the fourth year (this year) not a 5%. They've been without since 2023.
This could get political and could cost the Democrat's the Governor seat, if they don't resolve it. Ironically, the Republicans appear to be supporting the union and the Democrats don't appear to be (on the State level at least). Goes to show you, that both sides have their hypocrites.
Rail Strike could devastate Long Island Economy
Potential Rail Strike will Impact over 200,000 commuters
This is by far my favorite look for the women.
This is one of the hosts of the Gala, who is also a fashion designer, and fits the disabled or accessibility theme [Note: she used the word disabled, I'm quoting her.]:
And this is another accessibility costume - fitting that theme:
Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman came - but neither wore anything remotely interesting. Nor did Ben Stiller. Adrian Brody looked good but wasn't all that interesting.
A lot of folks had gowns with...hands on their body parts, which is odd. This was the best of those:
This is among the oddest...
Heidi Klum went for a Living Sculpture
And here they are next to their Costume Inspiration
Best Dressed Male Customes Ranked
All the Best, Weirdest, and worst celeb looks
***
Still worried about the pending railroad strike which if it happens would be akin to dropping a neutron bomb on the Long Island economy.
ABC News on the Unions and the MTA and pending strike
Strike still looms as MTA and LIRR unions meet
They got a few things wrong in the article? There was no work rule discussed about the locomotive engineers in the PEB Report or Federal Mediation Board Report, and in reality the unions are asking for a 4-4.5% increase in the fourth year (this year) not a 5%. They've been without since 2023.
This could get political and could cost the Democrat's the Governor seat, if they don't resolve it. Ironically, the Republicans appear to be supporting the union and the Democrats don't appear to be (on the State level at least). Goes to show you, that both sides have their hypocrites.
Rail Strike could devastate Long Island Economy
Potential Rail Strike will Impact over 200,000 commuters