• Doja Cat wore prosthetics on the 2023 Met Gala to embody Karl Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette.
• In a behind-the-scenes video for Vogue, she stated “avant-garde” style is a car for self-expression.
• “I like to embrace all the pieces,” she stated. “I wish to suppose exterior the field.”

Doja Cat opened up about her boundary-pushing model on the 2023 Met Gala, which featured feline prosthetics.

In a behind-the-scenes video for Vogue, the “Kiss Me Extra” singer stated she was impressed by Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved cat, Choupette.

“I take advantage of style to precise myself. So, backside line, any time that I am doing one thing like this that is avant-garde or out of the atypical, it is one other manner of simply me expressing myself and likewise whoever I am working with,” she stated.

“There’s nothing like sending a message by means of what you are carrying and having a narrative behind one thing,” she added. “I feel it is actually refreshing to see when folks do stuff like that.”

This yr’s Met Gala was devoted to Lagerfeld’s impression on style. Many celebrities wore black-and-white robes, camellia flowers, and tweed, harking back to Lagerfeld’s signature Chanel designs — though others, like Doja, upped the ante with over-the-top outfits and animalistic costumes.

Artistic director and stylist Brett Alan Nelson stated there’s “nobody higher” than Doja to put on “a very popular look.”

He additionally stated the Grammy winner enjoys “messing with the concept of magnificence norms.”

In response, Doja joked that she’s “not like different ladies” as a result of she loves pizza, rooster nuggets, and sweatpants.

“It is exhausting to take your self so critically to the purpose the place you are limiting your expertise in your life,” she added in a extra honest tone.

“I like to embrace all the pieces,” she continued. “I do not like to cover issues, I do not wish to masks myself and suppose that that must be my life for the remainder of my life. I wish to suppose exterior the field.”