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- Ah!
Hey Vogue.
My name is Rege-Jean Page
and today we're getting ready for the Met.
Come on in.
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My first Met Gala, what's today's look?
What are we thinking?
- It's gonna be elegant, just like the theme.
Timeless, classic men's grooming.
- That's what we do all day long.
We do simple.
We do natural.
We do what you see, just a little bit better.
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I've got friends who've been watching this for years
and I've always kind of not quite got it.
I'm like, but what is it?
So my expectation today is to find out what is the Met Gala?
Other than, you know, the world's most exclusive
and powerful fundraising event,
which is super awesome for the Met
'cause everyone loves the freaking Met.
I wish I was a New Yorker just so I could claim
some kind of ownership of the Met, but I'm not.
And so instead, I'll just do my bit.
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Being advised by Anna Wintour is pretty,
it's a privilege.
I mean, that is one of the most significant
and respected women in the world.
And so to get that invitation personally
is something of an honor.
So I'm going to enjoy it.
My expectations are that
there's gonna be an awful lot to take in,
and I just kind of want to be open all of that, you know?
My name is Jeanne Yang,
and I'm dressing Rege for the Met.
Today he's going to be wearing
a beautiful velvet Georgio Armani tuxedo,
and we have this Swarovski interior lapel.
We decided to go with a collarless silk navy shirt
and a proper tuxedo pant.
That little bit of shine goes all the way down to the shoes.
- Oh, now it's working.
- Gorgeous.
- [Tailor] We've got a little bit of extra length.
- Yeah. I just need that little tiny bit.
- [Tailor] He has arms that don't stop.
- There you go.
Beautiful.
- These arms go all the way up.
- And then by the way, we need to finish -
- [Producer] How did you connect with Armani?
- By email, mostly.
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Particularly for this project.
Like for this year's Met, we're talking about classic style.
We're talking about timeless style.
We're talking about the Gilded Age,
and you're talking about a time
when style was changing hugely, particularly American style.
And if you're talking about the turn of the century
and where people are moving around,
different people are having access to glamour,
different people have aspiration,
the American story is an immigrant story.
And so if we're talking Italian fashion
that has redefined American fashion, that's Georgio Armani.
- Also, it was about opulence, right?
- Oh yeah.
- I mean it was industrialization.
And so obviously velvets and shimmer
and all these really luxe fabrics
are part of the Gilded Age.
- Here they are.
- And look at that, you look as gilded -
- You don't see how gilded this is,
like you don't see it 'til it moves,
and then shimmers at all the way through the fabric.
- Unbelievable.
- It's subtle but loud, but subtle again.
- Because we definitely don't have enough navy,
this Longines.
I think it works with the sort of old school glamor.
- Yes.
All day long.
There's a lovely retro styling to it.
There are clean lines.
- What you're wearing is a Graziela gem pin.
And what's amazing is the diamonds are used,
sourced with the Kimberly process,
which is an industry standard
to make sure everything's ethically sourced
because I know -
- [indistinct] diamonds [indistinct]
- Yeah, no, it's important to you.
I know that.
- Viewing the palette of these stones,
the way the watch compliments it,
all the way down these Swarovskis,
I think we're understated but stated,
just strongly enough, you know?
Red carpet look takes time.
You gotta kind of,
suddenly go like -
- [Jeanne] Zoolander.
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- [Jeanne] Literally Blue Steel.
This is Blue Steel!
- Blue motherfuckin' Steel.
- [Jeanne] There you go.
- Bleep me baby, [beep].
- [Jeanne] Blue Steel.
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- Recommend this to all young actors.
It's like, do some background work,
'cause no one's paying attention to you.
You get to spy on the pros.
And so the best thing about Potter
was just like, watching Emma Watson between takes,
and seeing like A. bits of process,
and B. where to hide your phone between takes.
It's all those little things, it all adds up.
And so that is what you carry through
because then you're just quietly doing your thing
for years and years and years and years and years,
and then when you're ready to pop that out front and center,
you're already been doing this, you've been practicing.
And so it's about that.
It's about knowing how to quietly just plow that field,
water the bamboo, you know?
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Peace man.
Met time.
Thanks.
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