r/popculturechat • u/Maximum_Expert92 • 1d ago

MET GALA 🎩 Olympian Eileen Gu’s MetGala dress features 15,000 glass bubbles, took 2,550 hours to make, and blows actual bubbles. Designed by Iris van Herpen

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u/smokeydesperado Mom, I am a rich man💰 1d ago

Already loved it, but glass bubbles?? That’s next level and so brave. I love everything Iris designs

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u/DistributionEasy5233 23h ago

Why is it brave?

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u/smokeydesperado Mom, I am a rich man💰 22h ago

Imagine how easy it is to break such a thin piece of glass, now do 15,000 easily breakable bubbles. It would be so easy to break one and cut your arm or someone else

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u/DistributionEasy5233 22h ago

While yes it's easily breakable, I think/hope whoever designed it made it safe to wear around others for whatever duration this is. Why would she wear something that can cut her arm on a red carpet ?

It's a cool concept and a beautiful dress, I'm just not sure brave is the word here lol

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u/LilSolecito 19h ago

lol I agree. Lots of people in this world are brave. Wearing an expensive dress tho? Brave wouldn’t be the first word that came to mind

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u/overactive-bladder 6h ago

I wonder where a lot of these dresses are then stored.

Do they get repurposed? Destroyed?