Cynthia Erivo on Her Rococo Met Gala Look

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Cynthia Erivo talks with Emma Chamberlain at the 2025 Met Gala about going back to the rococo era with her Met look.

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00:00Hi, how are you?

00:02Do you want to hold this or I can hold it for you?

00:04Either way. This is amazing.

00:08This is absolutely amazing. Tell me everything about it.

00:10Well, it's Madame Sarah Burton's

00:12from Givenchy.

00:14It's taken from her runway, but we had a look at some of the archival pieces

00:18from Lima Queen and Givenchy

00:20and sort of created a piece together.

00:22Amazing.

00:23And what we loved about the idea of doing the Superfine Tandy and Superfine's tailoring

00:29is that we could go back to the Rococo era, which is why you have the Bloomer.

00:34Love! Oh, and the boot!

00:36Zoom in on the boot. Everybody, you must see these boots.

00:40Wow, those are amazing. Amazing.

00:42What elements of your personal style are really present in this look in particular?

00:46Well, I think I'm a maximalist by all means. I can't help it.

00:50Yes.

00:51So, we talked about what we wanted when it came to the embroidery

00:55and the embellishment on the jacket here.

00:57I sat at the table with her, she sketched.

00:59Yeah.

01:00So, we were, it started from the very beginning.

01:02Absolutely.

01:03So, all of the sort of, one from the corset, because I love a corset.

01:06Yep.

01:07I like the tailoring that it brings to a piece.

01:09Same here.

01:10The finishing it is.

01:11Yep.

01:12And when we decided that we knew we wanted embellishment,

01:14she and I decided how we want it to be.

01:16So, the degradation is definitely part of that.

01:18Yes.

01:19It's the quiet and the loud at the same time.

01:21It's so magic.

01:22Yeah.

01:23It's so magic.

01:24It's been like put together.

01:25Every detail has been thought of.

01:26It feels so you.

01:27Yes.

01:28And it's so beautiful to see you in it.

01:29Thank you very much.

01:30And you look amazing.

01:32And you'll have a wonderful, wonderful night.

01:33I will, I will.

01:34Thank you very much.

01:35I appreciate you.

01:36And also, I always need to, can I look at the nails?

01:38Because, I mean.

01:39She's got makeup on.

01:40Sorry.

01:41These are.

01:42They look.

01:43Yeah, but that's real.

01:44That's life.

01:45That's makeup here.

01:46That's life.

01:47You know what we're going to do?

01:48Yes.

01:49Don't tell anyone.

01:51It's almost clean.

01:52Wait.

01:53These are unbelievable.

01:54Actually, see now I have one more question.

01:57Do you get these just glued on or do you sit for the whole process?

02:00No, I sit for the whole.

02:01These are acrylic.

02:02These are acrylic.

02:03Wow.

02:04That's amazing.

02:05They're always like a real acrylic.

02:06I had an infill today as well.

02:08They're amazing.

02:09They're like painted on from scratch.

02:11They're amazing.

02:12I have the whole process, yeah.

02:13It's amazing.

02:14Those on their own are like, that's an outfit.

02:16Do you know what I mean?

02:17Yeah.

02:18It's amazing.

02:19The pinstripe and the lace and all of the things that make up the super fine.

02:23Details.

02:24Yeah, the details.

02:25It's amazing.

02:26You look so amazing.

02:27Thank you very much.

02:28Go have the most beautiful night.

02:29I shall, you too.

02:30And I'll see you in there.

02:31Absolutely.

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