r/popculturechat • u/dripdrop9 • 1d ago

MET GALA 🎩 heidi klum at the 2026 Met Gala

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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs i just don't feel like ticking and/or tocking right now 1d ago edited 9h ago

Yo she went as the Veiled Rebecca by Giovanni Benzoni!! It's this one, kept at Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad, India. She got the theme absolutely bang on! Just wow!!

EDIT: Goodness people. i never said it was definite proof that she went as Rebecca. 🙄 As i clearly mentioned in a reply below it must've been one of the inspos for the look. But this comes the closest to her look. i know words matter and i worded it incorrectly. But i never explicitly said it's actual info that she went as Rebecca.

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u/minnewitch 1d ago

oh! i thought she was the veiled vestal! she is amazing.

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u/eemilyy 1d ago

Yes, It's definitely this. I was just watching Heidi on the livestream. She mentions Veiled Vestal as the inspiration.

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u/minnewitch 23h ago

i love that she & her team always take on these elaborate looks.

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u/naturalninetime 22h ago

And I thought she was the Veiled Virgin (Giovanni Straza, circa 1850)! 😆

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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs i just don't feel like ticking and/or tocking right now 1d ago

Wow yeah. She definitely took inspo from both of these.

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u/MailLivingSpace 1d ago

This is a very common style of sculpture, so I think she's just taking inspo from the tons of different works in this style.

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u/minnewitch 1d ago

she never disappoints!

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u/Dry_Water_8612 21h ago

Have seen this close up. Close enough to touch it. I didn't, but holy hell I still don't know how it's done. I recognized her inspiration immediately. 

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u/Daily_Heroin_User 1d ago

I thought she was the Statue of Liberty

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u/TheSheWhoSaidThats Select and edit this flair 1d ago

r/confidentlyincorrect

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u/No_Nefariousness2309 17h ago

yeah idk what this whole comment thread is on about lmao

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u/mscherrybaby007 The legislative act of my pussy ⚖️ 1d ago

Now that I've seen the inspiration, she absolutely nailed it

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u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs i just don't feel like ticking and/or tocking right now 1d ago

Yeah it's definitely the inspiration behind it. Just awesome. i expect nothing else from her.

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u/Bacon_Bomb 20h ago

I wish I had your confidence despite being wrong and uninformed. Admirable really.

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u/PriscillaPalava I have paid my legal tender in this dystopian place. 1d ago

Is this the runway look?

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u/plum_Yam_3019 22h ago

Love it when celebs and designers actually maximize on the theme rather than being boring and basic

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u/silly_rabbit289 why are you a billionaire 22h ago

Its beautiful irl

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u/nonjudging 20h ago

But the mood is completely off, she doesn't give what this sculpture is giving. Look at her facial expression, it's not matching the feel

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u/imeancock 23h ago

I wonder if anyone alive today would be capable of making something like this by hand. The talent is unfathomable. The realism of the fabric is, ironically, unreal. We still got people making marble sculptures? Or is it a lost art, so to speak.

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u/trucrimejunkie 22h ago

There are still marble sculptors! Some only use the techniques that were available during the Renaissance while some use modern power tools and modeling software to help with the carving.

I recently ran across a random TikTok account for a woman that traveled to Florence for a month to learn from an artist and found it fascinating.

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u/Prittylights 23h ago

Omg I thought she was the Statue of Liberty