Lily Aldridge’s Met Gala Gown Has A Secret Message Of Peace
“It’s very Ralph, very Lily, very Met,” says Salzman, who came up with the idea to make the dress yellow to represent one of the colors of the Vatican (it shows up in a vertical band in the flag of the Holy See). The bronze-colored rope belt tied around Aldridge's waist is a riff on the traditional cincture worn with liturgical vestments.
But Salzman’s real ode to the theme shows up in an embroidered message hidden under Aldridge’s collar, which uses symbols representing different religions and ideologies to spell out the word “Coexist.” (The stylist's first inclination was to have the word embroidered on the Aldrige’s waistband, but nobody else liked the idea of prominent religious symbols on the dress, she says.)
“Maybe nobody will see it, or maybe everyone will see it if she flashes it,” says Salzman. What's most important is the meaning behind it. "Lily is one of the nicest people I have ever met. She is filled with love, she is filled with life, and she is all about keeping it real. And I just thought this was so cool," she says. "It's all about peace."
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