Shock! This night, singer Demi Lovato made a sublime return to the Met Gala—her first time attending the annual occasion since 2016. “It is an honor to return to the Met Gala,” Lovato tells Vogue. For the singer, it was this yr’s costume code—the “backyard of time”—that particularly resonated along with her; It felt like a becoming one to partake in, each personally and fashion-wise. “After I consider a backyard, I consider evolution, rebirth, and blooming—one thing that we as people all do over time,” says Lovato. “I’ve had many eras all through my profession, and I really feel I’ve grown a lot since my first Met, so I used to be actually wanting ahead to attending this yr.”
Naturally, Lovato introduced a wonderfully polished search for the event, carrying a customized creation designed by Prabal Gurung. “Prabal and I got here collectively on a glance he designed that contrasts energy with fragility,” says Lovato. Her white, strapless couture robe was made fully by hand, and styled with matching opera gloves; The robe’s silk-lamé material was encrusted with sequin and glass crystals, and lined with over 500 hand-cut mirrored mylar flowers with bejeweled facilities. “The flowers are mushy and female, but with a tough futuristic edge,” says Gurung. “This can be a robe that encompasses the complexities of her as an artist.”
Photograph: Angelo Kritikos
