Tyla Brings a Sandstorm to the Met Gala Red Carpet

Tyla, the South African singer and songwriter, may have been making her bid for a job within the “Dune” franchise when she arrived on the Met Gala on Monday evening in a cosy Balmain robe that made her seem coated in sand.

The tawny, strapless gown — product of three colours of sand — had a structured bodice that unfold throughout her chest like a shoreline. A smooth divot hinted on the whereabouts of her bellybutton. Extra sand slipped by means of the hourglass that she carried as a purse whereas she climbed the Met steps.

Tyla, who broke out in the United States last year with the tune “Water,” was attending her first Met Gala. She informed reporters on the purple carpet that the look was impressed by the sands of time.

She was not the one visitor to show to a chronology-related look based mostly on the gala’s “Backyard of Time” gown code: Sabrina Harrison wore a gold robe by Chrishabana, according to her Instagram, that gave the impression to be dripping with contorted gold clocks.

Olivier Rousteing, inventive director of Balmain, told Vogue that he created the robe partially as a result of he was intrigued by sand’s transience. “The concept of sculpting a garment from one thing as ephemeral as sand ignited my creativeness,” he mentioned. “And I couldn’t be happier with the tip end result.”

“The concept was loopy,” Tyla, 22, added. “And I beloved it.”