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How Zendaya s Literal Cinderella Moment on the Met Gala Red Carpet Came Together

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    How do you pull off a transformative Met Gala moment? Ask Zendaya, Tommy Hilfiger, and Law Roach.

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    Hilfiger’s sketches of the Cinderella inspired look.

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    Beneath the Disney references was a feat of engineering 3-months in the making.

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    Completed by a team of 8, many of whom also worked on the landmark Hussein Chalayan robot dress show in 2007 everyone pitched in to make the dream a reality.

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    Construction required 20 carbon fiber rods, 5 battery packs that produced a half a kilowatt of energy, and 40 meters worth of LED lights.