Photography Lexie Moreland/WWD via Getty ImagesFashionNewsMet Gala 2024: Lana Del Rey let McQueen turn her into a wistful treeThe US singer was accompanied by McQueen creative director Seán McGirr on the steps of the MetShareLink copied ✔️May 7, 2024FashionNewsTextElliot Hoste Lana Del Rey doesn’t come to the Met Gala often, but when she does, she likes to make a statement. For her debut in 2012, the US singer wore a glitterball Altuzarra gown with a floor-sweeping black cape; in 2018, for the Heavenly Bodies theme, she came as a modern day Virgin Mary, with seven swords piercing the heart of her Alessandro Michele Gucci gown. And now, for her third Met Gala, Del Rey has arrived arm in arm with new McQueen creative director Seán McGirr, dressed as an enchanted tree. The custom gown is a direct reference to one of Lee McQueen’s original creations from his AW06 show, The Widows of Culloden. Originally worn by Raquel Zimmerman on the runway, the look featured a silk and tulle tiered skirt with a headdress that looked like a pair of deer antlers. Today, McGirr reinterpreted the gown to fit the Garden of Time theme, keeping the shape of the antler headdress but instead making it from some thorny twigs. Judging by the look, it seems that McGirr and Del Rey took inspiration from the end of JG Ballard’s short story, where the Count and his wife are discovered in their garden turned to stone and covered in lots of overgrown brambles. Alexander McQueen AW06Photography Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images Talking about the look on the Met Gala red carpet, Del Rey told Vogue magazine: “We wanted it to look like McQueen… the shape was the most important thing.” McGirr, who was alongside Del Rey during the interview, also added that the pair were inspired by “the idea of mother nature, but the slightly more sinister aspect of it.” This year marks McGirr’s first Met Gala as McQueen creative director, and bagging Del Rey as his headline star is quite the coup. As mentioned, the star very rarely makes interventions into the fashion arena, and prefers to keep it lowkey style wise. Recently, however, the singer has been dipping her toe back into the fashion world – for her headline set at this year’s Coachella, the singer tapped Dolce & Gabbana for a set of custom looks that run the gamut from glitzy showgirl to leather-clad biker chick and back again. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORETrashy Clothing’s SS26 collection is lifting fashion’s veil of glamourA cult Chicago painter inspired Kiko Kostadinov’s latest showCrack is back at McQueen! Plus everything you missed at Paris Fashion WeekZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney ‘We must find joy’: Pamela Anderson on her starring role at Valentino SS26Ottolinger SS26 is coming for your girlfriends Casablanca SS26 prayed at the altar of HouseMatthieu Blazy blasts into orbit at his first-ever Chanel showCeline SS26 wants you to wear protection Anatomy of a fashion show: Sandra Hüller opened Miu Miu SS26Jean Paul Gaultier SS26: Inside Duran Lantink’s disruptive debutComme des Garçons SS26 was a revolt against ‘perfect’ fashion