Gabrielle Union 詳細(に述べる)s the '神経-wracking' part of the Met 祝祭 and why she '絶対 loves' it

With the Met 祝祭 days away, Gabrielle Union is 供給するing some 知恵 for those …に出席するing the 排除的 event for the first time.

The Truth Be Told actress, 51, opened up about the '神経-wracking' experience of working with a designer, telling PEOPLE why she '絶対' loves it.

'I love that part,' she said of showing off a new look at?the 主要都市の Museum of Art's 衣装 学校/設ける 祝祭.

'I think it's 神経-wracking for a lot of people, but when you really f*** with a designer and you really love leaning into their creativity and their 解釈/通訳 of the 主題 and you are a conduit of somebody else's artistic freedom and 表現 that also matches your own, it's f***ing awesome,' 追加するd Union.

She also 認める to loving the red carpet. 'A lot of people want to 急ぐ through it, not me,' said Union.

Gabrielle Union opened up about the 'nerve-wracking' experience of working with a designer for the Met Gala, telling PEOPLE why she 'absolutely' loves it; seen at the 2022 Met Gala in NYC

Gabrielle Union opened up about the '神経-wracking' experience of working with a designer for the Met 祝祭, telling PEOPLE why she '絶対' loves it; seen at the 2022 Met 祝祭 in NYC

'I love that part,' she said of showing off a new look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala; seen on May 2

'I love that part,' she said of showing off a new look at the 主要都市の Museum of Art's 衣装 学校/設ける 祝祭; seen on May 2

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'They literally are like, "all 権利, Gab, move it up the stairs,"' she 追加するd. 'Because I love it. I love it. I 絶対 love it.'

Once she's inside the event, it's a different story. 'It can be a little 神経 wracking if you don't know everyone at your (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する or something like that,' explained Union.?

'But I've also made more friends in those 状況/情勢s. That gave me so much 苦悩. 'I'm not going to know anyone' ― Of course you know people.'

Union 解任するd, 'I sat at a (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する with Jack Harlow before he was Jack Harlow, and Tommy Hilfiger and all these different people and Kris Jenner.

'I left there with friends and I left there feeling like, "Wow, this (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する somehow sees me and understood me more than some (米)棚上げする/(英)提議するs that are paid to know me and understand me,"' she 追加するd.

The Bring It On 星/主役にする said that although the event 'can be 神経-wracking,' she likes to 'lean into the experience.'

'But it can be 神経-wracking when we're in 産業s that cater to us and they massage our 恐れるs and they don't have us lean into them in 環境s like that ― where we can grow and 拡大する in our 不快 and not 存在 中心d in every 選び出す/独身 thing.?

'You can 高く評価する/(相場などが)上がる other people and get to know other people that might be feeling the same way that you are,' 追加するd Union.

For last year's 'Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty' 主題, Union paid 尊敬の印 to the late designer in a red leather Prada duster 層d over a matching 床に打ち倒す-length dress.

She also admitted to loving the red carpet. 'A lot of people want to rush through it, not me,' said Union; seen at the 2023 Met Gala

She also 認める to loving the red carpet. 'A lot of people want to 急ぐ through it, not me,' said Union; seen at the 2023 Met 祝祭

Once she's inside the event, it's a different story; seen at the 2021 Met Gala
'It can be a little nerve wracking if you don't know everyone at your table or something like that,' explained Union; seen at the 2019 Met Gala

Once she's inside the event, it's a different story. 'It can be a little 神経 wracking if you don't know everyone at your (米)棚上げする/(英)提議する or something like that,' explained Union; seen left at the 2021 Met 祝祭 and 権利 at the 2019 Met 祝祭

This year's Met Gala theme is ' Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,' showcasing the spring 2024 exhibition, which aims to 'push the bou
ndaries of our imagination and invite us to experience the multisensory facets of a garment'; see with husband?Dwyane Wade at the 2022 Met Gala

This year's Met 祝祭 主題 is ' Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,' showcasing the spring 2024 展示, which 目的(とする)s to '押し進める the 境界s of our imagination and 招待する us to experience the multisensory facets of a 衣料品'; see with husband?Dwyane Wade at the 2022 Met 祝祭

Whatever designer look Union ends up serving, it will be preserved for generations to come, as she stores her archive in 'a temperature-controlled space'; seen at the 2018 Met Gala

Whatever designer look Union ends up serving, it will be 保存するd for 世代s to come, as she 蓄える/店s her 古記録 in 'a 気温-controlled space'; seen at the 2018 Met 祝祭

Her husband Dwyane Wade?complemented her in a buttoned-up 黒人/ボイコット leather vest with matching gloves as they walked the carpet together.

This year's 主題 is 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,' showcasing the spring 2024 展示, which 目的(とする)s to '押し進める the 境界s of our imagination and 招待する us to experience the multisensory facets of a 衣料品.'

Whatever designer look Union ends up serving, it will be 保存するd for 世代s to come.

'So I have a 貯蔵 that's just 十分な of things that I'm like, oh, I want to be able to tell this story or how I felt wearing this,' she told People. 'So it started with me putting in this beautiful 陳列する,発揮する 事例/患者 my first Met ball outfit.?

'I was also in the museum and then I realized maybe I don't have to 陳列する,発揮する it in my home, but I can put it in a 気温-controlled space that 保存するs the ma terial and the memories. So even if [Kaavia] never wants to wear any of it, she will have this little bit of her mom and the stories that go with it,' 追加するd Union.

Union 株 5-year-old daughter Kaavia James with Wade, 42, whom she married in 2014. She's also stepmom to his kids Zaire, 22, and 16-year-old Zaya.?