'Increasingly dystopian' Met Gala outfits draw Hunger Games comparisons

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Social media had a field day skewering this year’s Met Gala as some compared the celebrity outfits at the fashion event to those in the The Hunger Games.

The high-profile fundraising gala for New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, which featured Madonna, Diana Ross, Pamela Anderson, Halle Berry and Hailey Bieber among the celebrities, didn’t disappoint as critics fixated on fashion ensembles that could have been confused for the movie trilogy.

“Welcome to the Hunger Games aka the Met Gala,” internet personality Oli London wrote on X alongside a clip of a mystery guest who was wheeled out of a hotel hidden behind a white wardrobe screen.

It turned out to be American rapper Doechii, who wound up walking the red carpet after hiding her look.

The Hunger Games, adapted from the novel by Suzanne Collins, features a 16-year-old named Katniss Everdeen surviving the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America.

The Capitol, which controls the rest of the nation, holds an annual event in which a boy and a girl between 12 and 18 years old picked from districts surrounding the metropolis compete to the death in a televised battle royale.

The account End Wokeness suggested that this year’s edition of the Met Gala “lost at the ballot box.”

“Hunger Games, only worse,” a follower replied. “These people really believe they look fabulous. In reality, very few of them actually do.”

A fashion graduate said the more outlandish costumes they observe, the more problematic the gala is.

“Exactly like The Hunger Games — people in the capitol celebrate wealth while children in the districts go to bed hungry,” wrote Zed Adam Idris. “Every year the Met Gala becomes increasingly dystopian.”

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Another said all they see are Capitol citizens from The Hunger Games.

“Met Gala 2025 has The Hunger Games elite written all over it,” a third shared with photos of some of the outfits. “This is the worst of it.”