Every year, our favorite stars show out for the Met Gala in unforgettable beauty looks and fashion ensembles. This year, one of those stars is model Ashley Graham, who hit the red carpet in a form-fitting black dress complemented by a slick bun with spiky bangs. The updo, which had a wet effect at the bangs but included dry, wispy strands pulled loose at the back, showed off Graham's thick, full hair—a significant feature, considering Graham's well-publicized journey with post-partum hair loss. Ahead of this evening, she took a moment to explain to Marie Claire how she settled on the show-stopping style and how she's taken care of her hair in the lead-up to tonight.
"As it refers to just my hair, we had mood boards sent back and forth and approved by agents and managers and sent back with notes about my comfort level and this and that and how it's going to breathe and live through the night," she says of the long journey to the final style. Even in the final days before the event, she admits that the style still wasn't "100 percent settled.
