Tonight, model of the moment Amelia Gray Hamlin made her Met Gala debut—and in breathtakingly romantic style. The 22-year-old fashion star, who has walked the runway for the likes of Chanel, Miu Miu, and Jean Paul Gaultier, stepped onto this year’s enchanted forest red (or rather, green) carpet in one of the most memorable looks of the season: a light-up terrarium dress from Jun Takahashi’s sensational spring 2024 show, with sheer fabric revealing the bundles of roses and delicate butterflies encased within the gown’s structure.
“I was one of those little girls who would go to my friend’s apartment on the Upper East Side, and we would take binoculars and watch all the looks get out of the sprinter van,” Hamlin told Vogue at a fitting appointment last week, where she practiced walking up and down the stairs of the office in her sculptural dress.
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Not only was the look—which was styled by Danyul Brown, and accessorized with Messika jewelry along with a pair of Alexandre Birman heels—perfectly on point for the red carpet theme of “The Garden of Time,” it also dovetailed with the Costume Institute exhibition this year’s Met Gala is honoring: “Sleeping Beauties: Awakening Fashion.” Visitors to the exhibition will note another of the terrarium dresses—also featuring roses—takes pride of place in the show, and was even featured on the exhibition posters.
“Wrapped in transparency, this collection appears as deep mist,” Takahashi wrote in his show notes for the spring 2024 collection. “Garments flow like a fading memory; a surreal world appearing and disappearing in the dark.” It’s a sentiment that couldn’t be more perfect for this year’s theme—and one that Hamlin firmly nailed for her first Met Gala red carpet.
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