Just like Us! It wasn’t just the internet that was confused by Kim Kardashian’s 2021 Met Gala look. Apparently the 41-year-old Skims founder had her fair share of questions about the completely covered Balenciaga ensemble. “I fought against it,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum revealed in a Wednesday, February 9, interview with Vogue. “I was like, ‘I don’t know how I could wear the mask.
Why would I want to cover my face?’” While she was certainly perplexed by the fashion statement at the get go, she ended up listening to Balenciaga creative director Demna’s vision for the event, which was themed “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” “Demna and the team were like, ‘This is a costume gala.
This is not a Vanity Fair party where everyone looks beautiful. There’s a theme and you have to wear the mask. That is the look,’” Kardashian recalled.
While the “shadow dress” was statement making in and of itself, Demna told Vogue that the face covering, which Kardashian’s ex Kanye West has also worn on numerous occasions, was “quite important” to the fashion statement. “People would know instantly it was Kim because of her silhouette.
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