The ethereal look, which Curry describes as “something from a different universe,” is not exactly what you would expect from a first-time Met attendee. Then again, expecting anything from this family won’t get you anywhere. “You should never expect anything when it comes to my mom,” Curry continues. “She doesn’t even know what she’s going to do every day, how would you?”
Photographed by Denise Stephanie
Shortly thereafter, a petite Badu wrapped in an orange printed robe, her hair pinned back and tight, came out behind a set of double doors. The singer and songwriter smelled of sweet strawberry, an oil she picked up from the Muslim perfumery Madina in Brooklyn. Her eyes were awash in red shadow, which she brought down across the bridge of her nose and further diffused with illuminating powder. Her lips matched her eyes in that they featured a blend of frosted shades of pink and bronze. Her makeup artist, Michelle Dick, flew in from Texas to prep her skin with moisturizer, primer, and a nude base. Still, she says: “Badu knows what she wants.” The singer’s last personal touch was a sprinkling of freckle-like marks at the center of her face, a signature as of late.
Surprisingly, once on the red carpet, very few people witnessed Badu’s beauty look as it was hidden behind a full-face white fringe wig that matched her draping Marni frock—the entire ensemble recalled Karl Lagerfeld, or perhaps more fittingly, Karl Lagerfeld’s iconic hair. Later, Badu, who was tasked with deejaying the night, swapped her custom topper for a tall, metallic silver wide-brimmed hat. If you looked close enough, the under brim reflected a second set of burnt-red eyes and gold grills running across her teeth. The latter, made in collaboration with Royal Teeth Lab out of Atlanta featured old ebony and ivory profile cameos of Black women in Badu’s family, while the bottom row was accented with raw, freshwater pearls—another Easter egg for Lagerfeld. At every angle, Badu looked like she was transported from a different universe, indeed.
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