slfmag: Blake Lively wore an Atelier Versace design inspired by New York City’s Liberty of Fre

Blake Lively wore an Atelier Versace design inspired by New York City’s Liberty of Freedom Statue with a dramatic transformation on the Met Gala 2022 red carpet.

“I think Versace thought I was crazy when I called them and pitched this…Rather than looking at fashion from the Gilded Age, I wanted to look at architecture”

• Transforms (on colour co-ordinated carpet) from copper to pattinated

• The column detailing of the dress homage to the Empire State building

• Draping from the Statue of Liberty

• Train features the constellation of Grand Central Station

• Seven spikes on the crown like the seven spikes the Statue of Liberty had representing the seven seas and seven continents representing inclusivity welcomness and freedom

• Twenty-five stones representing Statue of Liberty’s twenty-five windows

Outfit: Atelier Versace

Jeweller: Lorraine Schwartz

Sandals: Christian Louboutin