ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY WORE A CUSTOM OSCAR DE LA RENTA GOWN AND CAPE
TO THE 2019 MET GALA.
HER LOOK IS INSPIRED BY THE GLAMOROUS STYLE OF OLD HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES
JEAN HARLOW AND MARLENE DIETRICH.
THE FIGURE-SKIMMING GOWN HAS A BASE OF NUDE SILK-CHIFFON DRAPED ON A
CONTROLLED BIAS WITH OVER 70,000 SWAROVSKI UNFOILED GLASS LOCHROSEN
STONES INDIVIDUALLY HAND-EMBROIDERED WITH A GLASS SEED BEAD SEWN ON
TOP, TAKING 1,400 HOURS TO COMPLETE.
THE CAPE IS FRAMED TO HORSEHAIR AND ORGANZA, HELD BY CORSETRY-STYLE
CRINOLINE BANDS. OVER 200,000 OSTRICH FEATHERS ARE HAND-DYED
SOFT BLUSH PINK, CURLED BY HAND TO CREATE DRAMATIC FLOUNCE, THEN
APPLIED BY HAND IN CLUSTERS OF FIVE, TAKING 1,700 HOURS TO COMPLETE.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BRETT WARREN
KANYA IWANA