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Tessa Thompson in Iris van Herpen's Syntopia dress at the MET Gala 21

Image capture of the Instagram account of Tessa Thompson wearing Iris van Herpen's Syntopia dress, on the MET Gala red carpet, September 13, 2021 (©Instagram)

The American actress Tessa Thompson walked the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on Monday, in a dress from the designer Iris van Herpen's FW 2018/2019 collection, celebrating the convergence of biology with technology.

By Ludmilla Intravaia

Never two without three. After Gabrielle Union (more info in this Boudoir Numérique article) and Grimes (more info here), it was the turn of the American actress Tessa Thompson to slip into a laser-cut dress, signed by the designer Iris van Herpen, for her appearance on the red carpet at the MET Gala, on Monday evening.

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The Syntopia dress sported by Tessa Thompson is part of the Fall-Winter 2018/2019 haute couture collection of the same name.

Presented on July 2, 2018, in Paris, this collection pays homage to "the current scientific shift in which biology converges with technology ", one of the favorite themes of the innovation-driven Dutch designer. Discover the Syntopia collection runway, below.

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