She certainly couldn’t have sunk any lower than showing up as a gloved Givenchy sofa. This year, Kim switched to Lanvin, and fared a million percent better. My theory? Anna Wintour told them she’d be damned if she put them on Vogue only to have them surf into the Met Ball on an avalanche of bad taste, banned them from wearing Givenchy on pain of death, and demanded approval. Not matching the theme would be infinitely preferable, I imagine, to matching it tackily.

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