Hi! My name is Savannah Smith. I play Monet de Haan.
And today, we're on the set of Gossip Girl at the Met Gala.
And I'm gonna bring you along while I get ready.
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I have a different makeup style than Monet.
Monet's very, like, black, smoky-eyed, gloss, glam.
I like to, kind of, keep it simple.
Usually, I just do, like, concealer.
I always do lash. I have to do lash.
A lot of blush and a dark lip.
MICHAEL ZAMBRANO: Are you glued?
-No, I am not glued. -ZAMBRANO: Okay.
Wait. I'm gonna show you guys magic. Look at this.
(GASPS)
It was fake!
ZAMBRANO: Who is she?
Who is she?
So, today, we are at the Met, the TV Met, big Met.
ZAMBRANO: Our inspiration behind this look for Monet
was to mirror Josephine Baker-esque look,
married into more of a modern style.
-This is insane. -ZAMBRANO: Insane.
Ah! It's giving. Don't lie.
Don't lie. Stop lying. It's giving.
Michael, you're crazy.
Okay. Sorry. Anyways...
Coming to season two was a really big thing for me.
It was a priority to be able to collaborate with Michael.
just because I'm very protective over my hair.
And seeing the reaction from my different looks in season one,
I was like, "Oh, people care."
So, I was like, "Okay, this is important for Monet.
Like, I can make this a thing for my character."
Hair definitely taught me a lot about myself,
and showed me where my confidence comes from.
Doing my braids last season, and like, you know,
exploring with twists, and different, like, natural hairstyles,
it really, like, grounded me in my identity.
Whenever I'm, like, braiding my own hair,
like washing my hair, like, combing it out and it hurts...
Although it hurts, it, like, makes me feel like I'm in my,
like, grandmother's kitchen in Texas, you know?
It brings those memories back.
And it feels really good to like represent, you know, in that way on-screen.
In terms of my identity and my sexuality,
I wouldn't say hair and makeup has influenced any of that,
or helped me, you know... I would say fashion.
Fashion definitely helped me, like, find myself for sure.
So, like, I went through a phase where I was exploring a lot with different, like,
androgynous fashion.
I'm in like my femme-girl era right now.
It's an era, you know?
I think the androgyny will come back.
It shows up every now and then.
I'm thinking back to the first episode.
That was the first time that I realized that Eric,
Eric Daman, was gonna do a constant theme with Monet and Luna, in terms of fashion.
And then, in the episode that we recently filmed,
we kinda did the same thing where I had like this blue moment.
And then she was in pink.
And so, we always, kind of, play off of each other in that way.
I think that they would definitely be a fashion icon couple...
if they were a couple.
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-This looks so good. -ZAMBRANO: I'm glad you like it.
-(GROANS) Michael, I hate you. -ZAMBRANO: Yay!
-SAVANNAH SMITH: Bye! -ZAMBRANO: Okay. Bye!
I'm Eric Daman.
I'm the costume designer for Gossip Girl.
For Monet de Haan, I wanted to do an archival piece.
I was really hoping to find something from Patrick Kelly who was a designer from the 80s.
We're in this world where upcycling and using archival pieces means a lot.
And to spotlight Patrick Kelly as a designer,
and to upcycle, and use archival was the perfect way
to turn Monet into this fierce Sicilian queen.
Thank you for getting ready with me.
We're all ready to go.
And now we're gonna go to The Met.
MONET DE HAAN: It's my time.