Okay-Pop star Lisa, a member of Blackpink, drew main backlash on Monday after claims that her outfit on the Met Gala featured civil rights activist Rosa Parks’s face embroidered on her underwear went viral.
The outfit, a lacy bodysuit and blazer from Louis Vuitton, was designed by Pharrell Williams, now males’s artistic director on the model. It seems, in response to Vulture, that the sample is drawn from artworks by Henry Taylor and truly options the faces of individuals the well-regarded painter knew.
As a rep for Taylor advised Vulture in an announcement, “The determine featured in Lisa’s Louis Vuitton look just isn’t Rosa Parks, however one among Henry’s neighbors. The faces seen on this look, in addition to on earlier LV clothes that includes Taylor’s art work, are all drawn from his private life — members of the family, associates, and neighbors. These figures come immediately from Henry’s present artworks, which he offered to LVMH for Pharrell’s debut assortment with Louis Vuitton in 2023. Not one of the people depicted in any of the clothes are Rosa Parks or different well-known figures from Black cultural historical past. They’re all individuals from Henry’s personal life.”
Regardless of the misinformed backlash, the inclusion of clothes that includes Taylor’s work was proper on theme this yr’s version of the Met Gala.
For the primary time in years, the Gala had a host committee to help the Costume Institute’s exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” and the theme of Black Dandyism. Featured on the committee had been numerous prime Black artists together with Rashid Johnson, Jordan Casteel, and Kara Walker. There have been numerous different main Black artists in attendance, together with Taylor, Arthur Jafa, Amy Sherald, and extra.
