Recreating Ariana Grande’s Met Gala Dress but with Toilet Paper

Surprisingly this only required 2.5 rolls of toilet paper.
I have also failed to be a decent human and acknowledge Vera Wang (and team)’s marvellous work on designing and creating the original gown.

[1] “chicest couch potato lewks” https://www.vogue.com/article/billy-p...
[2] Field of the Cloth of Gold (detail) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_o...
[3] “Cérémonie du mariage du Dauphin de France Louis-Auguste, futur Louis XVI avec l'archiduchesse Marie-Antoinette célébrée par Monseigneur de La Roche-Aymon, archevêque de Reims dans la chapelle Royale de Versailles le 16 mai 1770, estampe, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_A...
[4] Vanderbilt ball, 1883: https://blog.mcny.org/2013/08/06/vand...
[5] Image: Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt in her Electric Light Dress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electri...
[6] “by invitation only” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/fa...

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Music:
“A Sophisticated Affair” by Gavin Luke, epidemicsound.com
“The Arranged Marriage” by Gavin Luke, epidemicsound.com
“I Have a Plan, Mr Norton” by Arthur Benson, epidemicsound.com
“Progressive Progress” by Howard Harper-Barnes epidemicsound.com
“The Hot Seat” by Philip Ayers, epidemicsound.com
“To All the Glories”, by Howard Harper-Barnes, epidemicsound.com
“Simple Pleasantries” by Arthur Benson, epidemicsound.com

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