If Kendall Jenner Was the First to Wear Her Met Gala Dress, What Is Winona Ryder Wearing in These Pics?

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: At the 2024 Met Gala, , designed by Alexander McQueen, that she said had never been worn by a human person before. But a few days later, social media users uncovered a picture of Winona Ryder from 1999, wearing what appears to be the exact same dress.

Say it with me, now: This is a case for the FBI.“I'm the first human to wear it,” Jenner said in her red carpet interview with La La Anthony. “It's showed on a mannequin.” She added, “It's a miracle that it fit.

It's a miracle that we found it.”In the press release, Givenchy stated, “The dress has been preserved in the archives since Fall/Winter 1999.

It has never been worn or presented on the runway before, and it will go back to the Givenchy Archives after the MET.” Grammar sticklers will note that this could be read to mean that the dress has never been worn at all, but it could also mean that the dress has simply never been worn on the runway.Cut to @McQueen_Vault, an Instagram account dedicated to McQueen, which found a 1999 Flaunt magazine photo spread of Ryder wearing (seemingly) the same dress. “The Givenchy Haute Couture dress Kendall Jenner wore to the Met Gala last night, designed by Alexander McQueen for Fall Winter 1999, worn by Winona Ryder and photographed by Warwick Saint for Flaunt Magazine in 1999,” wrote Perfect magazine, which reposted the pics on .Since the Ryder revelation, social media has been working through feelings of betrayal, confusion, disappointment, and defensiveness. “,” and “ that’s so fucking weird,” wrote X users.