Who is Wes Gordon, the gentleman who accompanied Shakira during her debut at the MET Gala?

The Colombian singer, songwriter and music producer Shakira attended the MET Gala for the first timehosted by Vogue magazine’s American editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, a charity event that kicks off the annual Fashion Show at the Costume Institute. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “It’s my first MET Gala, I’ve been invited many times, but it never happened, there was always something that prevented me, so I was finally able to come and I’m very excited,” said the interpreter in an interview for the program Extraas she walked the white carpet of one of the most important events in the world of fashion. For her debut at the Costume Institute Gala, she wore a fiery red dress from Carolina Herrera..

Shakira47 years old and originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, was accompanied at the MET Gala by American fashion designer Wes Gordonwho is currently the Creative Director of the Carolina Herrera fashion houseand the person responsible for creating the dress that “The Wolf” wore at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

“It has been incredible to work with Wes Gordon and your team and be dressed for Carolina Herreraa brand that is so inspiring because it was created by a woman, a Latina woman, and is a symbol of female empowerment for me and my community,” Shakira said in an interview for Extra, during her walk on the white carpet rolled out at the iconic steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Wes Gordon was born in Chicago, Illinois. Since he was a child, his mother became his inspiration., “she is a beautiful and elegant woman, watching her prepare for an event was fashion training for me.” She studied at Central Saint Martins, a tertiary art school in London, England; She graduated with honors and specialized in women’s wardrobe. Upon her return to the United States He worked with designers Óscar de la Renta and Tom Ford, and later created his brand. In 2017, Venezuelan fashion designer Carolina Herrera appointed him Creative Director of her brand.

The theme of the MET Gala 2024 was “Sleeping Beauties: The Awakening of Fashion” and the dress code was “The Garden of Time”inspired by a 1962 JG Ballard short story of the same name. Shakira wore a strapless dress with a seductive side slit. The cut out design was adorned with a diamond jewel in the middle and some puffed sleeves with extra long tail They gave it that special touch. “Red is her favorite color, red is Carolina Herrera’s color, so it was a perfect match made in heaven. And then, thinking about the rose and this ‘Garden of Time’ theme, we made a clean column as the stem and then the beautiful layer like the flower of the rose,” explained the designer Wes Gordon.

Shakira He added: “I feel great and I think so Carolina Herrerathe brand, and I had had an illegitimate child, it would have been just this dress, this is where we find ourselves.” The singer also spoke about her new world tour. “I call it a chemical process in which I have transformed so many emotions, so many feelings, in creativity and productivity, I can’t wait because my tour starts in the United States, then we go to Europe and Latin America, and it’s very exciting to get back on stage.”

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