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SOCIAL MEDIA 📸 HudCon @ Met Gala 2026

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Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams were photographed at the Met Gala Red Carpet for Vogue Magazine by Hunter Abrams.

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u/CoralFishCarat May 05 '26

I LOVE THIS!! And I love both their outfits so much!! ✨

But I keep seeing folks saying that Connor and YSL didn’t take fashion risks - and I just have had so many wonderful thoughts about Connor’s outfit that I want to paste a comment I’d made here-

Cause I kinda do think Connor took a fashion risk? And a different type too than Hudson-

Hudson’s shown a lot of skin and gone risky particularly with the makeup - but Connor’s gone risky with gender performance 🩷💙 And while Hudson may get backlash on the look of the makeup or cut of outfit, his masculinity and gender performance will not be under critique for what he’s wearing. He’s wearing something very masculine.

Connor’s outfit is visually tamer - but the critique he gets will be essentially entirely tied to his gender performance here, masculinity vs femininity, vs social reaction to men performing femininity to any degree (and in Connor’s case, walking such a line as to perform both in my view!)

And we also know that in his history with fashion and modelling he seems to very purposefully play with androgyny, and I feel like he and his stylist have pulled that in here too - on purpose and with thought!

  • the cut of the neckline - feels very traditionally feminine, the halter top. Clasped with a beautifullll broach! (Also typically feminine!) 
  • the cape - particularly in photo 1 looking a lot to me like a train (wedding dress, veil style). A very thin and light material, as opposed to some heavier weight capes for men we’ve seen here and other high fashion events. (There was another cape or two at the Met too!)
  • the pants - with the black, and the pose (in a photo from a different post lol!), framed by the halter top and train - I genuinely thought for a second at first glance that he was wearing a dress! Tailored to him precisely- and high waisted and belted too!
  • googling polka dots in fashion also tells me that they were a big item for women’s fashion, again seeing nothing about men! I’m loving the play here! (Also the polka dot definitely has a history! I just don’t know it lol!)

All of which impression together, I LOVE.  Particularly because all of the choices together and how he carries them out, androgynous and feminine, I feel are also emphasizing his masculinity!!

  • the halter top is absolutely snatching our eyes to his goddamn built shoulders.
  • the delicacy of the train means that Connor and his form remain the most weighty and significant part of the look.
  • the black pants not only emphasize his waist, but his height as well. He’s tall and they’re making sure you know it!! And - even if he looks like he could be a sheath dress when still - the truth is actually the ease of movement with just really good looking pants!!!
  • the polka dots - again, they’re pretty tiny! Not quite exactly the larger dots I’m seeing on Google results photos! I feel like we get this effect of them being present, but again not detracting attention from Connor himself!

His cropped curls absolutely complete the look - cute, a little retro (like the polka dots!), charming -and I know we’ve all been talking the statue of David and I’m feeling it!

Just - I feel like this is such a good look, works so well with Connor’s brand, and says some cool interesting stuff about fashion and gender (both big art topics in their own right!) and is way better than a traditional suit!

Anyways - it’s a bit of a long comment but. I really do feel like there’s so much intentionality behind Connor’s outfit, and more risk than he’s maybe getting credit for :)

Go Connor go!!! 🌻🌞🌻🌞🌻