Ashley Graham Hid a Last Minute Wardrobe Malfunction at the 2025 Met Gala. Now She's Coming Clean

Ashley Graham whitethorn person commanded nan reddish carpet successful existent supermodel stye at nan 2025 Met Gala, but she really had a concealed wardrobe malfunction correct earlier she walked retired nan doorway for fashion's biggest night.

In nan model's May 22 Substack post, she called this year's Met Gala her "calmest 1 yet," contempt having to make a past infinitesimal determination regarding her wardrobe because of an lipid spill that occurred conscionable earlier she was scheduled to deed nan event.

The exemplary dressed connected taxable for nan "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" taxable and nan "Tailored For You" dress code, and wore a fig hugging, grey and achromatic pinstripe ensemble civilization made by BOSS. But up of nan event, she accidentally spilled mint lipid connected nan bust information of her dress.

"I would opportunity my only regret is that I didn't person much brooches," she wrote successful nan essay. "The logic I moreover had one brooch is because of my last-minute lipid spill."

Detailing nan last moments earlier leaving her hotel, Graham recalled, "I yanked my shoes connected and we ran downstairs (the elevator stopped working!) and tried retired champion to get it out. But judge enough, we each realized there's thing that's going to help, isolated from for immoderate Dawn and a barren cleaner possibly."

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She continued, "Our crippled clip decision: Well, I americium tooting my ain horn here...it was my agleam thought to usage a gem spectrum from Nikos Koulis arsenic a brooch."

Graham's Nikos Koulis brooch was a gem encrusted unfastened loop that wrapped astir nan discoloration of nan lipid stain perfectly.

While nan exemplary attended pinch conscionable 1 brooch connected her person, it wasn't nan only portion of Nikos Koulis jewelry she wore to nan Met Gala — she completed nan look pinch a group of ornate dangling earrings that formed a cuff astir her ear. She besides accessorized her outfit pinch a satin pouch square.

The 37-year-old shared behind-the-scenes photograph of her 2025 Met Gala acquisition to Instagram, including a look astatine her squad trying to region nan lipid stain pinch a hairsbreadth dryer (and failing), and a photograph of her being excited erstwhile nan sparking brooch was nan cleanable hole to nan issue.

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"oil spill connected aisle MET GALA," she captioned nan post.