Met Gala 2025: Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’ comeback stole the show
American singer and songwriter Sabrina Carpenter didn’t just turn heads at the Met Gala—she turned the criticism into a punchline.
The 25-year-old pop star attended fashion’s biggest night in New York this week wearing a custom brown Louis Vuitton leotard with a sharply tailored blazer featuring an exaggerated collar.
The bold, pantless ensemble marked a pivot from Carpenter’s usual old-Hollywood silhouettes and drew some sharp reviews.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.One viral post on X slammed the look as a “perfect example of how dressing against your body type can go horribly wrong,” criticising the contrast between her bare legs, dark blazer, and shoes, and claiming it visually “chopped” her petite frame, as reported on News.com.
The user, whose post racked up more than 25 million views, even attached a side-by-side image of an outfit they thought Carpenter should have worn.
“The oversized buttons on either end are adding the illusion of a wider waist,” the critic added.
To her fans’ surprise, rather than ignoring the social media post, Carpenter re-shared the tweet to her own 2.4 million followers with a self-aware clap back:
“damn I f...ed up.”
Fans were quick to praise her dry humour.
“We don’t deserve your sense of humour,” one replied.
“Girl, it’s okay, you looked beautiful!”, another commented.
“How unserious you are just makes me love you more,” a fan added.
Carpenter’s post-Met moment also included a near run-in with her ex-boyfriend Barry Keoghan, marking exactly one year since the pair’s first and only red carpet appearance together at the 2024 Met Gala.
The former couple both attended this year’s Vogue event at the Met, just four months after their split was confirmed in December.
The two had been first linked in December 2023.
Keoghan even appeared in Carpenter’s Please, Please, Please music video and supported her at shows—including her Coachella performance in April.
But by August, reports suggested the relationship had become strained amid claims Carpenter was tiring of Keoghan’s partying lifestyle.
