Queen Latifah Says Thom Browne Made Her Feel “Gorgeous” for the Met Gala 2024

“It’s going to be loads of vitality, nearly like when the queen is put right into a beehive—the sound of it—all of the bees flapping their wings in pleasure,” says Queen Latifah forward of becoming a member of what she known as “the tribe of Thom Browne” for her Met Gala debut.

The designer, identified for his austere but whimsical tailoring, first dressed Queen Latifah in 2021, when she acquired her BET Lifetime Achievement Award, however the queen says Browne’s work recollects a a lot earlier time in her life.

“I went to Catholic college from third to ninth grade, so I used to be at all times in uniform,” the hip-hop and leisure legend tells VF. “Whenever you put on a uniform lots, you’re at all times searching for attention-grabbing methods to make your look particular, and a few of his seems actually remind me of these days. He makes a speciality of these effective particulars and actually attention-grabbing methods of presenting an outfit.”

“You realize Thom Browne if you see it, however it at all times appears to really feel particular on every one that wears it in their very own means,” she provides.

Queen Latifah together with her accomplice Eboni Nichols.By Shaniqwa Jarvis.

When the Equalizer star first noticed the preliminary sketch for her black peau de soie gathered coat and black sequined gown she instantly thought, “This appears like me. It doesn’t really feel prefer it’s contrived, it feels stunning, and I really feel like I’m going to really feel beautiful in it,” she says. The look got here alive in an arduous course of she calls “indescribable,” attributing the designer’s capacity to mesh his personal aesthetic with the id of the wearer to his deep understanding of each craft and muse.

Calling her ensemble a “murals,” Queen Latifah describes the varied methods wherein it related to the night’s theme, “The Backyard of Time.” “If you happen to proceed to take a look at it, you’ll uncover increasingly and increasingly,” she tells VF. “It’s the beading, it’s the broad, straight shoulders…the birds-of-paradise are a connection to my household—my mom liked birds-of-paradise, and I develop them alone property.”