Hunter Schafer served surrealist high fashion in a hand-painted puzzle-piece gown on Nov. 5. Whereas attending the “The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” premiere in Berlin, Schafer had her personal Katniss Everdeen–impressed grand entrance in a crochet midi gown that created the phantasm of paint dripping down her physique. Her stylist, Dara, accomplished the look with a pair of white pointed-toe pumps. Whereas it did not catch hearth, the outfit actually caught our consideration from all angles as Schafer strutted down the purple carpet.

Impressed by the artist Lucian Freud, who specialised in figurative artwork, the gown is made up of mosaic-like items of painted paillettes embroidered on crochet netting. In keeping with the designer’s web site, the ingenious piece is meant to be a trompe-l’oeil replica of a lady’s physique. Along with the melting impact alongside the sleeves and hemline, the look additionally options refined rhinestone detailing on the sting of every irregularly formed section. The avant-garde ensemble, designed by Daniel Roseberry, first made its debut in Schiaparelli’s fall 2023 high fashion runway present.

Lovely in its draping, its array of colours, and the best way it strikes down the purple carpet, Schafer’s gown is a fantasy imaginative and prescient dropped at life. The nearer you look, the extra you discover. From the rosette shapes alongside the chest to the darkish purple coronary heart alongside the rib cage, every shade of pink, yellow, and orange seems to be a celebration of the human anatomy. Some superstar outfits mesmerize us with their distinctive cloth selections and thoroughly positioned cutouts; Schafer’s gown calls for a double-take the best way the Mona Lisa deserves a spot within the Louvre: to understand the wonder in each positive element.

Although the outfit employs a few our favourite purple carpet developments — the mock-neck design and the naked-illusion-dress silhouette — the completed product is in contrast to something we have seen earlier than. Evidently, Schafer would definitely earn our vote within the Starvation Video games.

Forward, see Schafer’s showstopping puzzle-piece gown from all angles.