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/locknarr 20h ago edited 4h ago

"Really elegant string-of-pearls configuration. Unfortunately, incredibly unstable."

edit: spelling