On the red carpet of Met Gala 2024, no one, perhaps, more than Kendall Jenner interpreted the title of this year's flagship exhibition of the Costume Institute literally Metropolitan Museumthat is to say: Sleeping Beauties – Reawakening Fashion).
A true parade of goddesses with refined and ethereal elegance and a few twists designed with the sole purpose of surprising: the most sophisticated style returns to the red carpet of the Met Ball. With a few exceptions…
Jenner, in fact, after assiduous research together with her stylist Dani Michelle to create the perfect look for the famous red carpet, has – and it is right to say – «awakened» from the precious torpor of the Givenchy archives a special garment, which stands out, among other aspects, for one non-negligible detail: It has never been worn by anyone.
Key piece of the haute couture collection FW 1999the long dress, a creation of the then creative director Alexander McQueen, at the time it was presented on mannequins and not through the usual fashion shows. This means that the garment was not even worn by the models on the catwalk. «He has been asleep for the last 25 years. She is literally a “sleeping beauty” – says Jenner to Vogue.com -. It's such a special moment. I feel extremely honored that they let me wear it.”
A precious opportunity for the model to bring the dress back to life, or rather, to give it life, but on one condition: that it was not touched to make any changes. It had to remain intact, just as it has done all these years. “So the big moment of truth was, 'Will it fit me?' – says model Kendall Jenner – and, once I tried it on, it fit perfectly.” A sign of destiny, in short.
Made of black and nude tulle, the dress, with an almost sculptural neck and shoulders, is covered in over 100,000 beads and black and brass sequins, hand embroidered for over 500 hours. A scrupulous, attentive, meticulous work, which was worth bringing to light, before, like a true Cinderella, it returns to the archives again.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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