Emma Watson’s LACMA Gala Dress Featured Hand-Poured Biomaterial

Emma Watson hit the 2026 LACMA Gala on Saturday night in Los Angeles in a Caroline Zimbalist dress that was a true work of art. The “Little Women” alum‘s gown featured a base fabric of red silk with a hand-poured biomaterial over top to create a textural overlay. The biomaterial was created through a process of heating and mixing a biopolymer-based formulation, with a mixture incorporating vegetable glycerin, a plant-derived plasticizer that creates flexibility and softness to the final material. Emma Watson Rich Stapleton The biomaterial, which Zimbalist regularly works with in her own artwork, was poured directly onto the silk, bonding to the fabric with natural fibers to create a textile with a retained drape on the silk and creating even more dimensionality to the surface. The final look was a fitted, dark bodice with a vibrant red skirt. Watson was styled by Jared Ellner. “Creating this dress for Emma was an exploration of power and femininity, but also of impermanence,” Zimbalist said in a statement. “I see it as a fleeting moment in time, somewhere between fashion, sculpture and performance art. There’s something beautiful about creating a piece that exists for this particular moment, coming to life through Emma, her movement and

Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

from WWDRecent Stories https://ift.tt/eYBOfKb