At Kendall Jenner’s 10th Met Gala on May 6, she went all out in an archival Alexander McQueen dress for a Givenchy look from 1999.
The body-hugging garment features a sculpted neckline, shoulders, and waist and rear details that fit the model “like a glove.” Which was a good thing, because she wasn’t allowed to sew it at all.
This is because this vintage piece came straight from the archives for just tonight and has never been worn before. Jenner revealed on the red carpet that she was the first “human” to wear this dress, as it had only been suitable for a model before Monday.
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However, after the 28-year-old made the statement, photos of Winona Ryder resurfaced online wearing what appears to be… The same dress in 1999 To take a photo for the magazine.
Comments on this issue were mixed. Some thought it was a different dress, since women have different body types and can’t wear the same size, while others disagreed, saying it was a couture dress that probably couldn’t have been made in multiples. Others considered that Jenner may have been misleading about the date of her dress, while some thought Ryder may have been wearing a slightly different version of Jenner’s McQueen for Givenchy gown.
An industry source confirmed to PEOPLE that Ryder was in fact wearing a different dress. Ryder was wearing a replica of McQueen’s original Givenchy dress (Jenner’s object the creative).
Jenner’s statement on the carpet about her being the first person to wear the dress was true: the fashion house pulled it out of the archives to wear on May 6, and it had never been worn before.
“I made a dream list of people I would ideally want to go with, and I was dying to wear something from Alexander McQueen,” Jenner said. Vogue magazine On the carpet at the event. “It’s been sleeping for the last 25 years. It’s literally ‘Sleeping Beauty’. It’s a special moment. I feel so honored that they let me wear it.”
This year’s theme was “Sleeping Beauty: Fashion Again,” which Jenner said her dress tied in well because it had been hidden for so long waiting for her.
“It’s beauty that’s been slept on,” Jenner said.
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