Waterhouse collaborated with Michael Kors on her look to fit the 2026 Fashion Is Art dress code, considering everything from \u201cVivienne Westwood to the Wallace Collection to Calvin Klein\u2019s Andy Warhol-inspired spring\/summer 2018 collection\u201d before they ultimately landed on a terracotta nod to classical sculptures. \u201cMichael was interested in Greek statue draping, and the figures you would find in the Met. He\u2019s the ultimate storyteller. He can walk into a room of hundreds of people and understand why everyone\u2019s there, pull something from the past and bring it into the present. I always think if his biography had a title, it would be Next,\u201d she says. As for Suki herself? \u201cI always want to go a little bit extra.\u201d<\/p>\n
The end result is a low-cut, body-skimming silhouette with elongated panels trailing behind the dress. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly low cut down the belly\u2014you\u2019ll definitely notice that,\u201d Suki laughs. \u201cI put it on and I feel soft and very powerful. It\u2019s done good things for my butt\u2014uncharacteristically good.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a far cry from her first Met Gala look<\/a>\u2013a blush pink tulle creation from Burberry\u2013but Suki still has a soft spot for her red carpet looks of yore, particularly the aforementioned tulle number, which was styled, in true 2013 fashion, \u201cwith a pair of these big Kurt Geiger boots from Oxford Street. Clothes are like witnesses to your life,\u201d\u00a0she says. \u201cThey\u2019ve seen everything. I keep everything: my clothes, journals, letters, photo albums. I like to keep logs of times.\u201d<\/p>\n The sentimental star explains that her treasured collection of \u201cincredible\u201d vintage coats is largely a hangover from a \u201cbig mod phase\u201d in her twenties. Among them: a coat previously owned by Audrey Hepburn. \u201cIt\u2019s this little blue coat with a fur trimming. I bought it at an auction. I used to just wander into auctions, get completely carried away, and then have no money afterwards,\u201d she says, laughing.<\/p>\n