This year’s theme—fashion rooted in the natural world—was the perfect opportunity to spotlight a contemporary Native designer.
When I found out I would be working the red carpet at the 2024 Met Gala—my second time doing so for Vogue, as I compile our Best Dressed list of the night—I immediatiely referrred to theme and dress code for outfit inspiration. Even the reporters on-sight are required to dress in black tie, so I wanted to be dressed suitably; I treated it as seriously as a celebrity guest would.
She then hand-reserve appliquéd them onto a custom handmade blazer, made of fine wool from England. “With a lot of older pieces, before they had access to sewing machines, it was done by hand in this reverse appliqué technique,” she says. Inside, the jacket was lined with an original Okuma design printed on silk-satin. For the trousers, Okuma took inspiration from traditional Indigenous breechclothes, which remain an integral part of the regalia worn by powwow dancers.
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