ICYMI, Yara Shahidi dazzled among the stars at last night’s Met Gala, which celebrated The Costume Institute’s latest exhibit, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.” Wearing half-archival, half-custom Jean-Paul Gaultier topped off with Cartier diamonds, the actress channeled her favorite supermodels of the ’90s, a nod to the decades-long reign of Karl Lagerfeld and the icons he helped create.
Shahidi’s stylist, Jason Bolden, helped select the JPG corset from the designer’s 2008 couture collection as an homage to Lagerfeld’s famous Chanel couture corsets from 1993, customizing the look with a pleated skirt and exaggerated hips. Cartier jewelry elevated the ensemble even further—thanks in large part to a Résonances de Cartier High Jewelry necklace and rings from the Panthère de Cartier and Trinity de Cartier collections.
As she mentally prepared to walk the Met’s legendary white staircase for the fourth time, Shahidi took ELLE.com behind the scenes of her pre-Met prep process. Scroll through below to see what went down.
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