Tuesday 17 May 2022 08:04 AM Grimes auctioning off her Met Gala mask and earrings to 'help get BIPOC ... trends now
Art-pop musician Grimes is auctioning off two accessories from her 2021 Met Gala look to 'raise money to help get BIPOC families out of Ukraine since they're having trouble exiting at the border.'
Be Nice Los Angeles and HVW8 Gallery are exhibiting the Canadian 34-year-old's fashion items and several others at their auction Resistance For Ukraine, and all proceeds go to Diaspora Relief and Razom.
Grimes (born Claire Elise Boucher) and her stylist Turner enlisted Chris Habana to create the chromed-out adjustable face mask, featuring a pierced bridge, which is valued at $1,200.
Charitable act: Art-pop musician Grimes is auctioning off two accessories from her 2021 Met Gala look to 'raise money to help get BIPOC families out of Ukraine since they're having trouble exiting at the border' (pictured September 13)
The Dion Lee SS/22 model indicated to "Vogue that Habana borrowed a Harkonnen warrior mask from costume designers Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West, who worked on Denis Villeneuve's 2021 sci-fi epic.
Also up for grabs is silver 'Elven Ears' cuffs by Romantic Elf Jewelry designer Sofia Pavlova, valued at $1,500, which Grimes confessed she bought off Etsy.
Fans can start bidding on the Shinigami Eyes singer's mask and earrings on Artsy starting May 26 at noon PST.
It's been eight months since Grimes rocked the items at the Costume Institute's In America: A Lexicon of Fashion-themed celebration at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Full line-up: Be Nice Los Angeles and HVW8 Gallery are exhibiting the Canadian 34-year-old's fashion items and several others at their auction Resistance For Ukraine, and all proceeds go to Diaspora Relief and Razom
Dune Harkonnen Mask: Grimes (born Claire Elise Boucher) and her stylist Turner enlisted Chris Habana to create the chromed out adjustable face mask, featuring a pierced bridge, which is valued at $1,200
'We were working with the Dune movie people': The Dion Lee SS/22 model indicated to Vogue that Habana borrowed a Harkonnen warrior mask from costume designers Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West, who worked on Denis Villeneuve's 2021 sci-fi epic
