Burberry Hosts Guests at the Met Gala 2024 in Custom Designs by Daniel Lee
May 07 2024 - 11:45AM
The Met Gala 2024 is a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City that is held every year on the first
Monday in May. The 2024 Met Gala took place on Monday, May 6
celebrating the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping
Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
This year’s Met Gala theme is based on J.G.
Ballard’s short story ‘The Garden of Time’. Chief Creative Officer,
Daniel Lee, was inspired by the central motif of the story’s flora
and its connection with British culture. Since his first
collection, flowers have been incorporated into his designs and
campaigns – such as roses, daisies and daffodils.
Flora is a key feature in the Met Gala designs.
Fabrics are delicately shaped to reflect the flower patterns we see
in ‘The Garden of Time’. Pastels and gold tones reflect the
softness of petals. Each piece is crafted by hand.
BARRY KEOGHAN Barry’s designs are rooted in
traditional tailoring, combining Savile Row-inspired elements with
Victorian-era flourishes to reflect the character of Count Axel in
the story. Each piece is handmade in Italy.
BRIGHT Referencing the theme of royalty in the
story, Bright’s designs draw inspiration from traditional British
nobility. The jacket is detailed with bullion floral embroidery,
which is applied by hand using a process that takes more than 100
hours.
CHIOMA NNADI Linking the story’s central motif to
Burberry’s British heritage, Chioma’s dress features a floral
pattern inspired by typical English garden flowers. The pattern is
formed from thousands of crystal embellishments.
HE CONG The gold studding on He’s dress is
inspired by delicate flower petals and the intricate patterns found
in nature.
JODIE TURNER-SMITH Phantom tulle is layered over a
crystal pearl mesh underdress to reference the delicate nature of
the flower, while embroidery of British garden flowers – like
daisies – links the story to Burberry’s British heritage.
The dress features approximately 150,000 crystal
pearl embellishments and a six-metre train.
LEWIS HAMILTON Lewis’s embroidered coat reflects
the language of flowers in Black history, and is embroidered with
periwinkles (for endurance), yucca (for eternity and protecting
restless spirits), daffodils (known as ‘pass-along’ flowers for
their hardiness) and cedar branches (for everlasting life).
It is inspired by the story of John Ystumllyn, one
of Britain’s first Black gardeners, and features a quote taken from
‘The Gardener’ poem by Alex Wharton.
Twenty people have been hand-embroidering for two
weeks before the finishing touches were painted by hand in New York
this weekend.
LILY DONALDSON Lily’s dress pays homage to the
crystal floral motif in the story with fringing and a long train.
The fringing is created by embroidering sequins onto thousands of
threads, which are then hand-applied to the dress – a process that
took weeks to complete.
The dress also takes inspiration from the Winter
2024 collection which had roots in the outdoors and the evolution
of time.
LITTLE SIMZ The leather trench coat for Little
Simz features floral macramé embroidery symbolising the floral
motifs in ‘The Garden of Time’. It is crafted from soft saddle
leather.
The trousers and the Rocking Horse bag are
detailed with the same floral motif to complement the trench
coat.
NAOMI CAMPBELL Designed using a process that takes
more than 200 hours, Naomi’s dress is defined by its sequin-
embellished fringing. It features between 500,000 and 1,000,000
straight fringes that have been hand- embroidered with
approximately 50,000 sequins.
ROBERTO BOLLE Roberto’s look references one of the
story’s main characters, Count Axel, with sharp, tailored elements
synonymous with royalty and tradition.
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