Rita Ora admitted that her Tom Ford look for the Met Gala evening on May 6 was a difficult challenge to overcome.
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The singer said she was worried about how she would go to the bathroom during the evening, despite wearing a dress with a built-in flesh-colored bodysuit.
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The 33-year-old star explained that her Tom Ford dress contained “very old beads dating back to 1er and 2e century BC,” which made it a distressing piece to wear.
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“These beads were hand-picked from all over North Africa and Europe, and they embody this kind of timeless beauty dating back centuries,” she told Extra.
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“What’s truly unique is playing with nature and time, and understanding what beauty means to everyone; and it’s really, really cool to see. I can’t wait to see how everyone interpreted it.”
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The theme of this year’s gala was “The Garden of Time,” in honor of the museum’s new exhibit Sleeping Beauties: waking up fashion.
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In addition to his appreciation of the historical importance of the dress, the interpreter of You Only Love Me spoke about another moment of the evening. When reporters pointed out that she had managed to walk up the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in this look, the singer joked: “Yes, but going to the bathroom is something else.”
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Rita Ora attended the event with her husband, Taika Waititi, 48.
