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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Yara Shahidi attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The theme for the 2021 Met Gala \u201cIn America: A Lexicon of Fashion\u201d is asking tonight\u2019s guests to take an inward look at the country\u2019s complicated history. While some guests are spotlighting American designers both established and emerging through costume, others are paying homage to iconic figures in the nation\u2019s history. And honestly, aside from Amanda Gorman this evening, no one is hitting the cream carpet brief quite like Yara Shahidi.<\/p>\n

The stunning 21-year-old Harvard student and Grown-ish<\/em> actress arrived at the foot of the Met steps in a long, embroidered, custom-designed Christian Dior gown. Cinched at the waist with a thin, cinnamon-hued belt, the strapless creation was fashioned with a gauzy veil and train so long, it sent a number of masked men into a tizzy. Shahidi\u2019s long-time stylist Jason Bolden teamed the gown with delicate chestnut gloves \u2013 which were finished with matching beading \u2013 and a head band.<\/p>\n

\"Yara
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Yara Shahidi attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/MG21\/Getty Images For The Met Museum\/Vogue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yara
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Yara Shahidi attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yara
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 13: Yara Shahidi attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The look honoured trailblazing actress, dancer and activist Josephine Baker. Born in St. Louis in Missouri in 1921, Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture before marrying a Frenchman and aiding the French resistance movement during the Second World War. She refused to perform to segregated audiences in her home country and was a person of note in the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n

\"Yara
Josephine Baker (1906-1975), African American entertainer and actress. Ca. 1940. (Photo by adoc-photos\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Digging deep into the Baker archives, Shahidi and Bolden really put heart and thought into the look tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11183,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[65,35],"yoast_head":"\nYara Shahidi Understood The Met Gala Cream Carpet Assignment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yara Shahidi paid tribute to actor and activist Josephine Baker in an embroidered custom Christian Dior gown at the 2021 Met Gala.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/yara-shahidi-met-gala-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yara Shahidi Understood The Met Gala Cream Carpet Assignment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yara Shahidi paid tribute to 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