- Baby.
They don't make 'em like this no mo'.
They don't make 'em like this that often,
but when it comes around,
you better frame it,
'cuz it's a work of art.
[Lizzo laughs]
[upbeat music]
[dog barks]
- Come on, sweetie.
Come on, sweetie.
Hi, my name is Thom Browne.
You're here in my studio.
I am dressing Lizzo for The Met,
and we have one final fitting,
which everybody is excited about.
- It's Lizzo.
[Lizzo scats "Bad to the Bone"]
Just got some panty hose on
and we're gonna try on this beautiful coat
cuz we're going to The Met tomorrow guys
and I gotta look, I gotta look cute. Okay?
I think it's gorgeous.
I think it's just like,
it's gonna be beautiful. I'm about to try it on right now.
[Lizzo laughs]
See you in a second.
- The thing that really draws me into Lizzo is,
one how beautiful she is in not just her own person,
but her spirit.
And it comes across in such an overwhelming way.
[something thuds] - [Lizzo] Oh no.
- That she just really brings you in.
And for me, you know, I think she's a style icon
not really always because simply because of what she wears,
but it's because of who she is in what she wears
and the clothing never wears her.
She really wears the clothes.
- [Lizzo] Thank you. - [Handler] Of course.
- [Lizzo] Is there a mirror over here?
- Yeah. There's one in the corner.
- Perfect. I just feel like every,
every fitting has been, ow oohooh-
a dream, like it all fits. And I like the way I look in it.
I love their shoes.
What you know is,
I don't be liking shoes especially tall ones.
I love every time I try these shoes on.
Excuse me, Jason.
Oh wow.
Whew. - [Jason] It's a nice shape.
- It's a beautiful shape.
- I like to take the theme and
doing it in a way that is unique to Thom Browne.
It is nice to have an evening to really celebrate
pure design and pure fantasy.
And I think it is a really special evening in that way.
- [Jason] I think, I think it looks amazing.
- All right.
- It just looks good.
- Let's try these necklaces.
These neck rings.
- [Jason] I'll hold it.
- Did you see the flute?
I have a flute that matches the coat.
It's crazy.
It just so happened to perfectly match.
So yeah, this is like it's called the Dryad's Touch
and it's like a one of a kind gilded flute, handmade.
- Wait, are you are you walking in with this?
Are you gonna play it?
- I don't know. I could. - You have to!
Come in and play when you walk in.
- I could, yeah.
- You have to.
- Cool. Should we do the coat?
The coat is the exciting part.
- It is really one of the most special pieces I've made.
All in total, the amount of hours and time that went into it
from really conception to seeing the garment here
was a good, probably 12 weeks.
The embroidery alone took, I think, four weeks,
because it is all hand done.
It's a really special piece
and it is something worthy of someone as special as Lizzo.
- Oh, shit.
What the hell?
Wow.
This is a moment. - [Jason] A Moment.
- And then you give them the -
- For me, especially for these evenings,
it is something that is so specially made for the person
and this one's so specially made for Lizzo.
It is something that I hope that she remembers
for her whole life, but it is special enough that, you know
I want to really remember for my whole life too.
So, you know, it's a mutual experience that I hope we
get to talk about for a long time.
- This coat is so bomb y'all.
So I'll definitely play the flute.
I'm gonna walk in, take my time.
- [Jason] You do.
- I'm like kind of starting the ceremony a little bit.
- [Handler] Yeah. You can play a whole song.
- I could play a whole song.
I'm not, but I could.
Cool.
- We are all excited here to see Lizzo
be the queen that she is walking up the stairs
at The Met.
- Yay. We did it.
We're in it, baby!
It's magic.
Oh my God.
You're one of a kind.
- No you are, you are. - Thank you so much.
We're about to get lit.
I'll see you tomorrow with bells on.
With gold on. Bye everybody. [Good byes from team]
Y'all are a dream team.
Dream fucking team. Thank you.
Woo.
Hi.
We're gonna have some fun.
We're gonna get real editorial.
We're gonna get real,
well, it's not high brow.
We're gonna get real no brow.
Ha ha.
- You know, we really love to play each carpet that we do.
So this is gonna be something really different
than we've done before.
- I'm so excited to just shit on everything.
You know what I'm saying?
That's how you gotta feel day of The Met Gala,
you can't be like, oh my god, I'm so nervous
and I didn't eat.
I'm like bitch, I had a bagel sandwich.
I'm about to be excited and happy
to just shit on everything.
Like, fill yourself up.
I requested this sheet music like a week ago, just for fun.
Just because I felt like this is
- that's the song this flute really wanted to sing.
And it just so happened to be that Claude Debussy
was a prominent, like one of the most popular composers
during the Guided Era, the Guided Age,
which is what The Met Gala theme is all about.
So synchronicity, coincidencity,
pussy-pop-pensity,
whatever you wanna call, it is happening, baby.
[Lizzo laughs]
Thom Browne has a very distinct voice.
When you see a Thom Browne piece, you know, is TB.
His couture pieces look like they could be in a exhibit
an art exhibit.
And I feel like I'm a full walking, living, breathing
work of art.
Jason, we might need to lose just a couple of rings.
Okay. Let's try that.
That already feels
Jaw-licious.
Excuse me, Shelby. We're gonna take some photos.
- Step back a little bit.
- Can you do this?
Playing a flute,
memorizing the sheet music,
doing it with long, curly, corkscrew nails,
in a corset,
with rings on your neck
and a 50 pound coat,
in eight inch platforms.
[Lizzo clears throat]
I dunno.
I don't know.
I want everyone here because the pressure makes me perform.
[Lizzo laughs]
Okay. [deep breath]
This is the test.
I'm there.
These are all the cameras.
You can move the fan now.
Thank you.
Oh fuck.
[slow vibrato flute plays]
[cheers and shouts at Lizzo]
- Thank you, Vouge,
I'll see you at the ball.
Bye, bitch.
[screaming and cheering]
[beautiful slow flute]