Rihanna's Met Gala dress remains unrivaled. In 2015 the theme was China Through The Looking Glass but Rihanna was one of the few celebrities who actually wore a dress made by a chinese designer. The designer, Guo Pei is known as the Coco Chanel of China. Rihanna said she’d been researching chinese fashion and design online when she stumbled upon this look. As a huge yellow furry dress it also visibly stands out, weighing 55 pounds, Rihanna needed help walking across the carpet and a stretched limo to fit her cape. Her look also became a hit with internet as memers turned her into everything from a Greggs sausage roll to a paddling pool.
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00:00The Met Gala has produced a range of show-stopping looks over the years,
00:03but one particular dress from Rihanna remains unrivaled.
00:06And no, we don't just love it because the internet memed her into a pizza,
00:10an omelette and a Greg's steak bake.
00:11There's a slightly deeper significance to this one.
00:14It was the 2015 Met Gala and the theme was China through the looking glass,
00:18but Rihanna was one of the few celebrities who actually wore a dress made by a Chinese designer,
00:22putting her head and shoulders and giant furry cape above everyone else.
00:26Others honoured the theme by wearing red,
00:28but had chosen to sport predominantly American brands.
00:31Rihanna said she'd been researching Chinese fashion and design online
00:34when she stumbled upon Gao Pei's design.
00:37Pei, who's been called the Coco Chanel of China,
00:39said she didn't know very much about Rihanna when she reached out asking to wear the gown.
00:43Pei's been designing since the early 90s, making many dresses for Chinese celebrities.
00:48It took two years to make this particular dress.
00:51That's a lot longer than it takes to fry an omelette.
00:54At 55 pounds, it was so heavy that Rihanna says she couldn't move in it by herself.
00:59She also had to choreograph her car journey to the gala,
01:02ordering a stretched limo to fit the dress.
01:04Since its 2010 debut on the runway, no one had worn the design.
01:08Pei says not everyone can handle that dress.
01:11Only women who have the confidence of a queen could wear it.
01:14But even a queen gets nervous sometimes.
01:17As she drove to the event, Rihanna said,
01:19I remember being so scared to get out of that car because I felt like I'm doing too much.
01:24Her car circled the entrance three times before she had the courage to step out.
01:28And the internet instantly went out of control.
01:30Rihanna was everything to us, from Big Bird to a paddling pool.
01:34But most importantly, she was queen of the Met Gala.