Another day, another star-studded after-party, another naked dress. Well, if you’re Emily Ratajkowski, that is. The leader of literally less-is-more dressing has quite the collection of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it transparent dresses (think fishnet Tory Burch by night or sheer pleats by day), and for the 2023 in Los Angeles last night, March 12, she added another naked number to her repertoire.
A range of daring naked dresses made a dramatic impact on the after-party red carpet (hello, Daisy Edgar-Jones in crystal-swathed transparent Gucci and Janelle Monáe in a cut-out black beaded Area confection), but it was Ratajkowski’s goddess-like chainmail sheath that had the most drama. The brains behind the gauzy silver creation, accented with braided details? Emerging London designer Feben, the Central Saint Martins graduate who has also created pieces for Beyoncé and Erykah Badu and who enlisted Jorja Smith to walk in her recent autumn/winter 2023 show.
Emily Ratajkowski’s gown came straight from Feben’s runway, which had featured a range of artisanal embellishments, like molten sequins, that the designer describes as an outré armor. Her dresses also featured a print of a marble statue of the Greek goddess Psyche by sculptor William Theed. Now Feben has a modern deity dazzling on the red carpet.
This post was originally published in British
