The former 'Sex and the City' star breaks her silence after critics mockingly said she didn't get the memo about the 'Manus X Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology' theme.
- May 5, 2016
AceShowbiz - Sarah Jessica Parker responds to fashion critics dissing her Met Gala look. After getting rave reviews for her dramatic red flaming headdress last year, she got lukewarm response for her white outfit this year. She was criticized for missing the theme which was "Manus X Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology".
It turns out the actress' dress was inspired by the hit Broadway show "Hamilton". She writes an article on T Magazine to explain the story behind the outfit, "This year's theme, 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology,' is far more challenging than themes of years past, mostly in terms of how I wanted to express it as I understood it."
She continues, "It wasn't as straightforward as past themes, like the era of punk in fashion or examining Chinese culture in fashion. What is technology? And what does it mean when applied to fashion? We didn't want to simply apply lights and actual, physical technology on me. We didn't want it to be about the electronic screen or something that could turn on and off. We wanted it to be about the technology of thought, of application, of fabrication. The technology of the hand and the machine."
"So we decided that this year, maybe I wouldn't wear a dress," Parker adds, "we were interested in trousers. We had been in discussions and reviewing sketches and I just so happened to take my daughters to see the show 'Hamilton.' I've seen it a few times now, so I can look at singular pieces of the show rather than focusing on the bigger story. I was looking at the costumes and, in particular, the men's suiting of the period."
"All of a sudden, I was like: 'Oh, that's it.' It was such a specific time, and I was curious how we could use technology with that. What would the technology part of the idea be? [Monse designer] Fernando [Garcia] introduced us to these embellishment artists in Brooklyn called Le Studio Anthost, who take the idea of old-fashioned couture embroidery and, with technology, apply it to fabrications using paint."
She gushes, "It was the perfect marriage of technology and the hand of man. Together, we were able to really collaborate and meticulously look at the period and redefine what it was that we were trying to achieve."
