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Among the guests at this year\u2019s Met Gala, held in New York City on Monday (May 4), was Singaporean fashion designer Grace Ling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old, who is based in New York and was named on Forbes\u2019 30 Under 30 list in 2022, attended wearing a sculptural look of her own design, a 3D-printed bodice made from aero-aluminium and finished in chrome. The look is in line with this year’s theme, Costume Art, which aims to showcase the intersection of fashion, the body, and fine art, accompanied by the dress code, Fashion is Art.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a video detailing her outfit, Ling said the piece was crafted using advanced fabrication techniques, reflecting her focus on merging fashion and technology. \u201cWe want to push technology in couture,\u201d she wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the style magazine Fashionista, she said the outfit took about three weeks to produce, significantly shorter than the three to six months typically required for her couture.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was going to be really chill about it and probably just wear something that I already had on the runway. But (my team and I) just started ideating, and then we spiralled and made a whole dress,\u201d she said, chuckling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was absolutely insane. We were flying people to go pick it up because DHL would not make it in time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n