The 2016 Met Gala’s theme was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,” and right off the bat, Sarah Jessica Parker’s outfit was giving guests “Hamilton” vibes. According to Vanity Fair, Perez Hilton took a poll, which has since been deleted, about who wore it better: Sarah Jessica Parker or Lin-Manuel Miranda. Entertainment Weekly reported that the actress’ get-up was high on the list of “least on-theme Met Gala looks.”
“The Sex and the City” star was called out by a fashion blogger on Instagram who posted a photo of her, Diane von Furstenberg, and Madonna, writing, “The 2016 Met Gala Theme was ‘Manus X Machina; Fashion in the age of technology’ and this trio didn’t get the memo.”
However, Parker defended her fashion decision in an article she wrote for The New York Times Style Magazine. “What is technology? And what does it mean when applied to fashion?” She continued, explaining, “We didn’t want to simply apply lights and actual, physical technology on me. … We wanted it to be about the technology of thought, of application, of fabrication. The technology of the hand and the machine.”
