Eileen Gu Turned the Met Gala Into Her Own Personal Art Exhibit
This look is worth another Olympic medal.
Eileen Gu is many things: one of the youngest and most successful Winter Olympians around, a Stanford student, the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history and, as of yesterday, one of the most memorable Met Gala attendees of all time. Fresh off of her sixth Olympic medal, Gu traded the slopes for a red carpet and snow for bubbles in a custom Iris van Herpen and A.A.Murakami dress that had the world in awe.
With 15,000 glass bubbles intricately layered onto a sculptural minidress silhouette, Gu’s latest Met Gala look was no small feat. Nearly 3,000 hours of craftsmanship were required to make the outfit, giving the dress a weightless —and soapy — illusion.
If the delicate imitation bubbles weren’t enough, the dress was also a stunning form of performance art on the prestigious carpet. Bridging the gaps between fashion, technology and art, hidden microprocessors acting as bubble blowers released a flurry of bubbles into the air, floating around Gu’s waist and trailing behind her as she walked down the carpet.
Iris van Herpen designs are always known for being out-of-this-world, avant garde wonders. Pair those design codes with the work of contemporary art duo A.A.Murakami, and you get Gu’s masterpiece. Perfectly on theme and leaving us wanting more, this work of art is exactly what we love about the Met Gala year after year.
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