In a conversation before the show, which he called “To Have and to Hold, a Happy Cry,” Mr.

Rogers’s signature stripes to a new level. Ditto thick fringed knits in sunshine yellow and cerulean blue, and a sheath dress in a painterly geometry that took Mr.

They were possibly the best synthesis of recent trends involving streetwear, loungewear and the re-emergence from the pandemic that any designer has yet produced. Or wearable Yayoi Kusama pumpkin.Įven more interesting, however, were the quasi-evening looks that involved wide cargo pants in silk wool paired with sleeveless halter knits split open below the throat to show the breastbone, the back trailing behind like a train. One black and white polka-dot number had a swagged skirt that seemed to bounce and sway around the body with every step, like some arch redefinition of a ball gown. Not that the collection itself was focused specifically on the Met Gala, or even the red carpet - though there were enough sweeping strapless gowns to satisfy any guest in search of an entrance statement. Looks from Christopher John Rogers’s latest collection. Stearns said, “I’ll have that forever.” Show more What do you do with a 3-D mold of Doja Cat’s face? Ms. “We just wanted to pay homage to her being the cat and still kind of keep it in a very beauty world.” Stearns, who has worked with Doja Cat before. “I still wanted her beauty to shine through,” said Ms.

“It’s a whole process,” she said with a laugh.Ĭompared with Doja Cat’s nearly five-hour-long transformation for Schiaparelli in January, it was almost certainly a breeze. They did two full run-throughs with the prosthetic and it took about an hour to apply earlier on Monday. “She wanted to be a cat herself, as like a humanoid kind of cat,” Ms. Stearns “slimed her face in silicone,” she said) to sculpt a small foam latex prosthetic for the event. To begin, she took a mold of Doja Cat’s face (a process in which Ms. Nelson first started planning the look about six months ago. Stearns, a special-effects makeup artist who lives in Los Angeles, said that she and Mr. Styled by Doja Cat’s creative director, Brett Alan Nelson, with makeup by Ernesto Casillas and claw nails by Saccia Livingston, Doja Cat wore a prosthetic facial piece sculpted and applied by Malina Stearns.

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