It wasn’t even so much that the outfits looked bad, it's just that, well, it's the Gala. Outfits for the Grand Galloping Gala weren’t just some clothes to throw on; they should be a statement about who wore them -- and about their place in Canterlot. For example, take Lily’s little black cocktail dress from that year's Louis Valise summer catalogue, paid for by her wealthy benefactor, Captain Mailedhoof. It said, 'Here is a well-kept mare with exquisite taste in both gentlecolts and in fashion; you can't afford me, darling, but look all you please.' Lily’s Silver Ram, if she chose to wear it -- it was traditional to wear those kinds of honors to the Gala, but she wasn’t sure if it would really 'go' with her outfit -- also said a thing or two about her position in society, too.