Scarlett Johansson has come under fire for the dress she chose for last night’s Met Ball.
Among all the incredible looks we saw last night, Scarlett’s dress was one of the more tame looks but it’s still caused some controversy.
The actress hit the red carpet at the exclusive event wearing a burgundy ombré off-the-shoulder dress by Marchesa.
The brand is owned by Georgina Chapman, the now estranged wife of Harvey Weinstein.
It was until last year popular among A-listers but many celebs have been boycotting Marchesa in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal in Hollywood.
A number of actresses claimed that they were pressured to wear its designs while promoting films produced by The Weinstein Company.
Jessica Chastain has said that the mogul had tried to get her to wear a Marchesa dress to the premiere of her 2013 film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby at the Cannes Film Festival.
Felicity Huffman said that Weinstein forced her to wear Marchesa during the promotional tour for Transamerica in 2006.
She said that he threatened to withdraw promotional funding if she didn’t.
Given Scarlett’s prominent stance against sexual harassment – she was one of the actresses who signed the Time’s Up Letter of Solidarity and gave a speech at the Women’s March in LA earlier this year – many people were surprised and unhappy that she chose Marchesa for the occasion.
scar jo wearing marchesa …even when he’s not here weinstein is still here pic.twitter.com/kG6nVPvJYh
— tori (@torixcat) May 8, 2018
Is ScarJo really wearing MARCHESA RIGHT NOW?
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Y— constantly thinking about steve rogers (@bttrsondaughter) May 8, 2018
It’s Marchesa??? Yeah that was a big let down! #ScarJo #MetGala2018 https://t.co/MbwOIINSY5
— ~Maria~ (@OneStyleataTime) May 8, 2018
Scar Jo in Marchesa…I thought Marchesa was cancelled after… #metgala pic.twitter.com/efKjaeDknv
— Da’Livia Banks (@DliveBanks) May 8, 2018
Perhaps Scarlett was making a statement that Chapman’s career shouldn’t suffer because of her husband’s indiscretions?
She has yet to comment on the controversy.
