Doja Cat knows how to turn heads with her avant-garde sense of style and creative glam, and for her very first Met Gala, the “Say So” singer embodied a fierce feline. This year’s exhibition and dress code is all about Karl Lagerfeld, but Doja Cat decided to draw influences from Lagerfeld’s beloved cat, Choupette, instead.
While a life-size version of the famed Birman cat walked the red carpet (courtesy of Jared Leto), Doja Cat’s fierce Oscar de la Renta gown brought ultra-glam vibes. The “Woman” rapper wore a custom silver and white ombré sea and bugle beaded gown, featuring cat ears on the hood, a backless mermaid silhouette and a white feathered train, designed by co-creative directors Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim.
Adding to the bling, Doja Cat wore a pear-shaped diamond headpiece positioned in the middle of her forehead, an elegant diamond chain arm cuff, a diamond bracelet and a dazzling assortment of rings from Messika.
In keeping with her string of adventurous, experimental makeup moments, Doja Cat fully committed to her transformation, adding cat-like prosthetics by Malina Stearns with a kitten nose and a feline flick of black eyeliner. Knowing Doja, we’re just shocked she didn’t add whiskers.
In September, the Grammy-winner attended Daniel Roseberry’s Spring/Summer 2023 Haute Couture collection for Schiaparelli, drenched in 30,000 fire-engine red Swarovski crystals, applied by hand by makeup artist Pat McGrath and her team. The musician sat through precisely four hours and 58 minutes of makeup application for the over-the-top glam look. “It was an honor to collaborate with the incredibly gifted @DojaCat and @DanielRoseberry,” McGrath wrote on social media.
Doja Cat’s glittering crimson complexion expertly matched her red silk faille bustier and hand-knitted knee-length skirt encrusted with lacquered wooden beads. The rapper was draped in a monochromatic cascading shawl and teamed her look with red stockings, trompe l’œil toe boots and amped up the glamor with dangling red stone earrings, styled by Brett Alan Nelson.
