Overview
- Rachel Zegler said on Instagram that her ensemble paid homage to Paul Delaroche’s 1833 painting The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, adding the line “and so are the rest of us.”
- She wore a custom Atelier Prabal Gurung pearl silk gown with a Jennifer Behr custom silk blindfold.
- The gala’s Fashion Is Art dress code set the stage for the concept, and her blindfold echoed the painting’s tense final-moment scene described by London’s National Gallery.
- Fans on X interpreted the reference as a nod to scapegoating or cancel culture, linking it to backlash Zegler has spoken about in a recent Harper’s Bazaar UK profile.
- Coverage notes this was her third Met Gala appearance, and she later thanked Prabal Gurung, Anna Wintour, and her creative team in a follow-up post.