Last night's Met Gala saw a sea of extravagant ensembles come down the red carpet as fashion's biggest stars stepped out dressed to the theme of 'Camp: Notes on Fashion'. For the over-the-top event, Kim Kardashian West pulled out all the stops, dressed as if she was dripping wet in a Thierry Mugler gown that pulled the designer out of retirement and took eight months to make.
The latex corseted dress clung to the reality star's body and beaded crystals hung off her as if they were drops of water. She wore her hair with a wet look and ensured that her skin looked wet with plenty of oil.
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The dress marked the first design Mugler has created for his namesake house in two decades and took months to make, Kardashian explained on the red carpet.
"This is the first time in 20 years Mr. Mugler has designed for the House of Mugler," she told US Vogue. "So to come and design this gown for me is such an honour. This is about eight months in the making. He envisioned me this California girl stepping out of the ocean, wet, dripping.”
Kardashian shared some images of Sophia Loren wearing a see-through wet dress in the movie Boy on a Dolphin to her Instagram Stories, suggesting that this is where her and Mugler drew the inspiration from.
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See more from last night's Met Gala red carpet below.
Met Gala 2019: all the red carpet pictures
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