Suki Waterhouse’s Monday afternoon consisted of a facial treatment, consuming some chocolate-covered strawberries, listening to Nancy Sinatra, and making a TikTok riffing on Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto. This is the pre-Met Gala routine of the actress and musician, who has gained quite the following on the short-form video platform for the peek she provides into her glamorous life—and for her quippy, high-brow humor that isn’t afraid to, say, conflate designer Karl with philosopher Karl.
“TikTok is nice because it’s a humorous platform with an unhinged tone compared to Instagram,” Waterhouse tells W over the phone (post-facial, but pre-TikTok). She seems at ease, ready to take on the Met Gala red carpet in mere hours—perhaps because this isn’t her first rodeo (she attended back in 2014), or maybe due to the fact that this time, she hit the carpet on the arm of her long-term boyfriend, actor Robert Pattinson.
Her laid-back mood could also be as a result of the confidence she felt in her look for the evening. Waterhouse took on the Met steps Monday night in a sheer silk tulle dress, covered in embroidery depicting colorful flowers and a large pheasant. The piece hails from Fendi’s spring 2019 collection, Lagerfeld’s penultimate for the brand, and the final presentation for which he was alive. For Waterhouse, that last fact is one of the reasons why she picked the dress. “When it dawned on me that spring 2019 was one of his last collections, I instantly became drawn to it.” Below, Waterhouse discusses her own experiences with Lagerfeld, her beauty inspiration for the night, and the one Succession star she really wanted to see on the red carpet.
What does the theme, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” mean to you?
When I think of Karl, I think of him as the fashion industry. He represented fashion to me, and getting to be around him was the highlight of any of my experiences…
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