Doechii is a musician, and particular person, of intentional decisions. Again in 2026 she defined that the face tape she gravitates toward is there for a purpose: “The face tapes are there on function as a result of… it’s c*nt,” she stated in a TikTok.
That intentionality is in her option to go barefoot at Met Gala 2026 as effectively. The rapper wore an attractive deep purple ensemble, with silky-looking material artfully draped over her chest and decrease physique and an identical purple and maroon hair wrap. All of the items of her look have been working collectively, naked ft very a lot included. (Additionally, her make-up artist Chelsea Uchenna told Vogue the purpose was a “darkish, female look.”)
Doechii at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating “Costume Artwork” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Might 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photograph by Lexie Moreland/WWD through Getty Pictures)Lexie Moreland/Getty Pictures
Her ft are naked, however adorned with anklets and West African henna on the soles of her ft and on her fingers, which she stated was “grounding” her: “That is artwork to me, that is human to me. It is susceptible, it is female.”
“It’s extremely snug, but additionally very susceptible,” Doechii defined to retailers on the Met Gala crimson carpet about her resolution to go barefoot, as captured by Selection. “I really feel like naked ft, it signifies a groundedness. I am not petrified of the ground!”
