• Lily James attended the 2023 Met Gala on Monday in a leather-based ball robe from Tamara Ralph Couture.
• She additionally wore a slick bun, sharp bangs, and leather-based hair flowers styled by Halley Brisker.
• Talking with Insider, Brisker shared how he deliberate the look, the merchandise he used, and extra.
  

A daring coiffure can both make or break a standout style second.

Within the case of Lily James on the 2023 Met Gala, her slicked bun and micro bangs did the previous. She wore the sharp coiffure with leather-based flower equipment and a black, leather-based ball robe designed by Tamara Ralph Couture.

However earlier than she stepped on the crimson carpet, her hairstylist, Halley Brisker, spoke with Insider about how he ready for the large night time and the “iconic” look they aimed to create.

The 2023 Met Gala was Halley Brisker’s second time doing hair for the occasion

He first styled Nicola Coughlan’s hair for her Met Gala debut in 2022, and joined James — his longtime buddy and shopper — this 12 months.

“It’s kind of of a difficult one and an fascinating one,” he stated concerning the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence” theme. “From a glam perspective, it is not one which we’re essentially like, ‘Oh, we’ve to stay to the letter.’ So I did not take an excessive amount of from that.”

As a substitute, he discovered inspiration in James’ all-leather outfit and classic Chanel designs. 

“You may count on a really classically sharp, ’90s nod to Chanel — early ’90s,” he stated of the coiffure. “It’s going to be — if plans go accordingly — fairly iconic, basically. And sharp. Very sharp.”

The Chanel-inspired coiffure translated completely on the crimson carpet

James wore a modern bun adorned with leather-based flower items from Lelet NY, and quick, sharp bangs that sat throughout her brow.

As Brisker instructed Insider, he used a mixture of Olaplex styling merchandise and Nice Lengths hair extensions to create the look. He additionally had the floral equipment custom-made for James to match her ball robe.

“They do not exist anyplace else,” he stated of the flowers.

Along with the merchandise used, Brisker additionally intensely deliberate and ready to create the coiffure.

For occasions just like the Met, the hairstylist stated he will get to work as quickly as he receives pictures of the outfit his shopper will put on.

“I make an preliminary temper board with numerous pictures, and that simply will get the primary juices flowing,” he stated. “And from there, you begin taking a look at particular concepts based mostly round what you want and what you understand would work in your expertise.”

And that is the place his friendship with James is available in.

“My shoppers like Nicola and Lily, they’re people who I discuss to anyway. They’re mates,” he stated. “So we are able to bounce concepts and temper boards forwards and backwards. They’re going to say, ‘Oh, I am undecided about that. What about this as an alternative?’”

And on the finish of the day, he trusts himself to take any coiffure he works on to the subsequent stage.

“I’ve realized through the years that preparation is actually key,” he stated. “So I’ve put that effort and time into two or three weeks main as much as this, and left no stones unturned, so to talk. So with that in thoughts, I really feel fairly good about it.”