The Internet Thinks Lisa’s Met Gala Underwear Featured Rosa Parks

However, according to the official details of Lisa’s ensemble, she wore a Louis Vuitton lace bodysuit covered in faces of indeterminate origin. 

By Alise Morales  |  May 6, 2025 | 11:03am
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The Internet Thinks Lisa’s Met Gala Underwear Featured Rosa Parks

And the one celebrity being canceled for their Met Gala outfit is…Lisa. Maybe. This year, the theme of fashion’s biggest night was “Tailored For You,” based on this year’s Spring exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” but the designer behind Lisa’s ensemble might, might have taken it a little too far. 

Eagle-eyed internet Met watchers quickly clocked a familiar face on Lisa’s, ahem, crotch. Specifically, they asked…is that Rosa Parks? 

However, according to the official details of Lisa’s ensemble, she simply wore a Louis Vuitton lace bodysuit covered in faces of indeterminate origin, an embroidered jacket, and LV logo tights with a monogrammed handbag. Vogue writes that the faces were based on portraits by the LA-based Black American artist Henry Taylor. And, for what it’s worth, Henry’s work has been known to depict both famous and non-famous faces. 

As the above tweets reference, this comes about a month after Lisa’s K-pop group, Blackpink, faced major backlash after a video of them using the n-word began circulating. The clips were leaked by someone alleging to be a former employee of YG Entertainment and included multiple instances of the group singing the n-word while covering rap songs. This led to a classic round of “they didn’t mean it like that” from Blackpink stans online. Regardless, I’d argue it’s never appropriate to have a civil rights icon’s face emblazoned in lace on your nether regions. 

When asked to clarify the identity of the bespectacled woman on Lisa’s panties, a representative for Louis Vuitton told The Cut that the portraits are of “figures who have been a part of the artist’s life.” This delightfully vague response certainly doesn’t convince me. But the Met Gala did succeed in getting me to think more deeply about fashion for the first time—and who we should and shouldn’t be wearing on our underwear. 

  • Jenna Ortega and Sabrina Carpenter left A$AP Rocky’s Met Gala after-party together. [Daily Mail]
  • Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham reportedly pulled out of the Met Gala last minute amid all the family drama. [Page Six]
  • Lorde said her Met Gala dress was an “Easter egg” for her new album. [Pop Crave]
  • Nicole Kidman finally answers the question we’ve all been waiting for her to answer. What’s her favorite Brat song? [Vanity Fair]
  • Aimee Lou Wood did make a comment about Walter Goggins at the Met Gala. [Entertainment Weekly]
  • I didn’t even know that Patrick Schwarzenegger and Miley Cyrus ever dated? [Just Jared]
  • Megan Thee Stallion broke Anna Wintour’s no-phone-inside-the-Met-Gala rule. [Pop Crave]
  • Jennifer Aniston was apparently home when a man crashed through the front gate of her home. [TMZ]
  • “No offense to that nice child, but I didn’t know who he was.”—Julia Louis-Dreyfus on meeting The Rizzler. (The AV Club) 
  • Former Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day posted pics of her recent trip to Japan with the caption “Your Honor…” the same day the Diddy trial began in New York. [TMZ] 

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