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It’s great to see you again! With this phrase, Cali designer Johanna Ortiz celebrated than the Ciudad Perdida dress from her Spring/Summer 2017 collection was present at the Met Gala, a party that opens the annual exhibition of the Metropolitan Museum of New York and its Costume Institute, which this year is titled: Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion (Sleeping beauties: the reawakening of fashion).
This embroidered black suit is an exclusive piece for Moda Operandi, the online luxury fashion retailer created in 2010 by Lauren Santo Domingo and Áslaug Magnúsdóttir.
“Creating dresses that you want to see again and then being surprised to see one make a perfect entrance at the Met Gala is an incredible feeling,” said the Colombian designer, who in turn thanked presenter Rachel Smith, who wore it at the party .
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The suit worn by the presenter and journalist Rachel Smith, from the Entertainment Tonight channel, was part of Johanna Ortiz’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection.
Is one of the 47 dresses that the caleña presented at that time with “waving skirts with cascading ruffles, sensual blouses with bare shoulders and tight lace garments with dramatic sleeves and strategic ruffles,” according to Vogue magazine.
This dress, in particular, is knit. It brings green fabrics with black lace “inspired by the light through the trees in the forest,” Ortiz said. The fabric features birds, branches and flowers, all very consistent with the theme of the Met Gala this year.
That collection was made by Johanna just when the country was voting on the plebiscite for the peace agreements and the No vote won by a majority. “So, when Ortiz embroiders Give Peace A Chance (Give peace a chance) on the back of one of her military green ruffled blouses, It’s not just because he’s cute. “She really means it,” they reviewed in Vogue, alluding to the fact that a pretty party dress can also be a political statement.
This is not Johanna Ortiz’s first foray into the big spheres of fashion. A year ago, Meghan MarklePrince Harry’s wife, wore one of her dresses at the award ceremony Women of Vision awarded by the Ms. Foundation for Women. Celebrities such as former Miss Universe Olivia Palermo have worn her famous Tulum blouse, the light blue one: bare shoulders, short, airy, rolled-up sleeves. Her clothes have also been worn by Amal Clooney and Michelle Obama.
Ortiz was also part of the list of the 100 most powerful women in the country in 2023 made by Forbes magazine, in its Colombia edition, to highlight the role and leadership that women have in different sectors.
