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- Hey Vogue, what's up, this is Lala
and I am so excited for you to get ready with me.
So, come on.
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Welcome to my hotel room.
The Met Gala, I remember, you know,
years ago always saying like, wow,
if I ever went to the Met Gala, that would be like,
I'm it if I went to the Met Gala,
like that was my bar when it came to fashion.
When you get invited, it's just such an honor
and such an amazing thing that you just want to go
have a good time and really take it all in.
The themes are different.
The vibe is different.
So they've all been my favorite for different reasons.
This one is just incredibly different,
because I'm hosting the Vogue livestream.
So it's a whole different ballgame of, like, hosting.
Hi, boo.
I'm just getting my hair and makeup done
for the next, like two hours,
then I'm gonna head over to the Met Ball.
I'm gonna send you a picture and stuff
when I'm all dressed up.
- [Male caller] Yeah, I can't wait to see them.
- Okay, bye.
I haven't hosted in a while.
So just as long as my son is somewhere close
or I could talk to him,
that's pretty much probably my good luck charm.
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- Well, we're kind of going for
like a "Queen of the Damned" look.
I wanted to do just something that complimented the dress,
keeping in monochromatics, so it's not fighting the look.
Lala has, like, a beautiful eye color.
So I also wanted to, like, pop that a little bit.
- I think it's such a fun theme.
I think there's so many ways to go with it.
Like your initial thought is corsets and bustles
and big and gloves and everything like that.
But I think there's a way to put a modern twist on it.
Everything was just like big and glamorous
and elegant and sometimes over the top in like the best way.
So that's exciting.
And that's what I'm excited to see, you know,
what everyone's gonna do with that.
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So LaQuan Smith designed my dress.
I love him.
He's a friend.
And I just thought, you know, because of our friendship
it would be an amazing collaboration.
I wanted to use a black designer.
I was excited about that.
So I wanted it to feel like me,
but I still wanted to be on theme
and I wanted it to feel like him.
And we just get each other
and I think we came to a great place.
I love that it's kind of like a body suit
with like a wrap skirt,
but in a super high-end done way.
I love that.
- So because we are always like giving her
a good snatched look, cause she loves her ponies.
I use the Inala Rice Water on her edges
before I start any style.
And then I follow that up with
a little scalp massage and then I'll go into the look.
- [Lala] With the look, it just makes sense
for the hair to kind of just be sleek and back.
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So Chaun Legend, he's been doing my nails for years
and he just kind of brought in the color of my dress
and a little gilded twist.
It happens so quick.
It's like a wedding, you know, when you prepare for it
and then it's like the day comes and then it's over quickly.
It's a really great room of just amazing people
in all parts of entertainment, sports, politics, fashion
acting entertainment, everything, artists.
So it's just fun to just mix and mingle.
I've gotta go to a couple after parties,
just to kinda [exhales] after the hosting
and after going,
just to kind of be able to kick your feet up
and kind of have a good time.
I gotta go deal with this hat thing.
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So I'm officially on my way to the Met.
Thank you so much for getting ready with me.
It's about to go down.
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[photographers shouting]
[car door closes]
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