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Miley Cyrus was the talk of the town, changing outfits at least four times from dazzling to smoldering — wearing Tom Ford, Gucci, Bob Mackie and Maison Margiela — throughout the Grammys evening.
She arrived on the red carpet for the 66th annual awards ceremony in a custom-made gold Maison Margiela Artisanal dress with coiffed hair inspired by the 1968 film “Barberella,” giving Jane Fonda throwback vibes. Her dress was designed for her by creative director John Galliano and constructed in the House’s couture workshops, according to the fashion house. The dress required 675 hours to make, with a whopping 14,000 safety pins.
Cyrus, 31, who won her first and second Grammy Awards last night for Best Solo Performance and Record of the Year, changed her outfit again to perform “Flowers” and pulled the look from the archives of legendary costume designer Bob Mackie .
She dazzled in handmade silk chiffon covered in silver and crystal rhinestones, plus some colorful sequins from Mackie’s 2002 ‘To Broadway With Love’ collection, inspired by the musical “Sweet Charity.”
It was just a few weeks ago, on January 19, Dolly Parton’s everyday birthday, when Bob Mackie’s Team went to Cyrus’ house in the Hollywood Hills to put the dress on her. She fit him like a glove.
“You don’t have to believe anything. Most normal women can’t wear that dress. It’s such a beautiful shade,” Bob Mackie shares with Inside Edition. “Everything fits her like a model.”
“It was like a match made in heaven right then and there. We moved a hook and eye on the back, honestly. That was the smallest alteration,” Mackie design director Joe McFate tells Inside Edition Digital , for 24 years. “She did all her choreography for me in front of the mirror. It’s amazing.”
To choose the dress, Mackie’s team had gone back and forth with Miley’s team looking at photos of her collection.
“I had been holding on to that photo because I thought this dress was a Miley Cyrus dress. So as soon as I sent her that photo, she said, ‘I have to have that dress,’ McFate reveals. But for a while, I couldn’t find it The dress had been stored in Mackie’s vast collection dating back 60 years.
“You can imagine we were pulling our hair out trying to, well, I wasn’t pulling out any hair, but I was looking. And believe me, when we found that dress and put it on her, she was like a girl. She wanted that dress. So soon As he saw it, he said, ‘That’s it.’ And when an artist has that kind of reaction to clothes, they’re going to have confidence in them.”
Later that night, backstage, Cyrus was photographed wearing black beaded bangs, a lace bustier and pants, with a beaded fringe shrug. The set was also from Bob Mackie’s 2002 ‘To Broadway With Love’ collection.
This is not the first time Miley Cyrus dresses Bob Mackie.
In 2002, she designed an archival Bob Mackie dress onstage for his NBC New Year’s Eve performance of “Midnight Sky.” The dress, a hand-painted iridescent silk and silver beaded fringe dress, was also from her 2002 “To Broadway With Love” collection.
In 2021, she wore a black sequin fringe dress by Bob Mackie alongside Pete Davidson for their New Year’s Eve party promotional campaign LIVE in Miami on NBC and Peacock TV.
“She’s very polite and respectful of Bob’s story, so we fell in love with her right away,” McFate adds of working with the singer.
Throughout her career, Mackie has designed some of the world’s most famous outfits for some of the most influential celebrities, including Cher, Pink, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Bernadette Peters and the entire costume collection of “The Carol Burnett Show.” Don’t forget: he also designed numerous “Barbie” outfits.
What is it that draws those icons to Bob Mackie? Not even Bob knows.
“I haven’t figured it out yet, although I think I understand artists and I understand what they like when they come out and the audience reacts a certain way,” Mackie says.
Next, Mackie will partner with Burnett again to style it for press events leading up to the AppleTV+ premiere. “Royal Palm”.
A documentary about his life directed by Matthew Miele is expected to be released later this year.
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