Kylie Jenner couldn’t wear just any earrings to the make-up Met Gala held in September 2021. Jenner’s stylists (and sisters) Alexandra and Mackenzie Grandquist wanted Jenner’s ears to drip with streams of floating diamonds. They decided only one person could realize their vision for fully decked-out lobes on fashion’s biggest night: New York City designer-slash-piercer Maria Tash.
Tash had landed on the Grandquists’ radar the way thousands of other eventual clients had: seeing the custom stacks of hoops, drop earrings, and cartilage studs she had created for another A-list fan. In their case, Tash’s work with Rihanna was the main draw.
