SZA’s Met Gala Gown Is Made from 100 Yards of Fabric Sourced on eBay

“Everybody loves the sunshine,” Roy Ayers as soon as sang, and so it follows that SZA’s arrival on the purple carpet—in a glowing yellow costume by bode in shades of ocher, marigold, corn, and golden flax—will little doubt spark pleasure. It’s a shade related to power, sunshine, and happiness, in any case. “We worked with a vintage dealer who sourced over a hundred yards of yellow fabrics for us in various materials—tulle, taffeta, silk faille, and beadwork on lace,” mentioned Emily Adams Bode Aujla, who teamed up with Vogue and eBay to create a glance totally sourced from the treasures to be discovered on the web market.

Combining SZA’s want for “a feeling of regality,” together with her the arty Met theme, the designer landed on the Wiener Werkstätte, (Vienna Workshop), the extremely influential pre-war design collective centered on craftsmanship and pure themes, as inspiration. (Fun reality: Couturier Paul Poiret was impressed to start out his personal arts faculty by the Wiener Werkstätte.) Turning to the Met as a useful resource, Bode researched Viennese style plates in addition to these from the 18th-century. These account for the gorgeous fullness of the two-tiered flounced skirt and the basque-shaped corset.