Doja Cat Goes Full Feline on 2023 Met Gala Red Carpet as Karl Lagerfeld's Cat, Choupette

Doja Cat on 2023 Met Gala Red Carpet.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

The theme of the2023 Met Gala, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” celebrates the late designer, and the accompanying exhibit showcases around 150 of Lagerfeld’s greatest outfits across his prolific six-decade career — designs he made while working for brands such as Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel and his own eponymous label.

The rapper, 27, hit the event’s red carpet wearing a jaw-dropping Oscar de la Renta ensemble, featuring a figure-fitting hooded gown, complete with cat ears. The backless dress featured a flattering mermaid silhouette that flowed into a white feathered train.

She kept things feline-forward, wearing prosthetics to make her face appear more cat-like. She topped off the look with a custom Messika diamond headpiece with a 17 carat pear-shaped diamond and a custom-made Messika arm piece with two pear-shaped diamonds of 2.5 and 4.5 carats of diamonds.

Doja Cat on the 2023 Met Gala red carpet.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty

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In an interview withVogueon the red carpet, Doja Cat revealed she was thrilled with her unusual look. “I’m very, very excited and I love it,” she enthused.

The singer is no stranger to makinghead-turning statements on the red carpet. Earlier this year atParis Fashion Week, the “Need to Know” singer stepped out to the Schiaparelli Haute Couture fashion show sparkling in a full coating of red crystals.

Doja’s grand entrance on the first day of Couture Week saw the star encrusted with 30,000 hand-placed Swarovski crystals, draped in a red silk faille bustier and wearing a hand-knit skirt of lacquered wooden beads, completing her over-the-top look with trompe l’œil toe boots.

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McGrath wrotein an Instagram caption, “Such a pleasure working with the gorgeous@DojaCatand the amazing@DanielRoseberryon the ‘Doja’s Inferno’ look for@Schiaparelli’sFW23 Haute Couture collection.

“Doja’s sublime patience during the 4 hours and 58 minutes it took to create the look with#TeamPatMcGrath, which was covered in over 30,000 hand-applied@swarovskiCrystals, was inspiring. The final product was a magical, mesmerising masterpiece of sparkling brilliance. Xx”

source: people.com