Camila Cabello is setting the record straight about the price of her now-infamous Met Gala bag, which was made of actual ice. At the time, rumours spread that the custom Jane Wade bag, which she wore with a metallic Swarovski crystal Ludovic de Saint Sernin gown, cost over $25,000. However, Cabello is here to put those rumours to rest because her ice bag — which literally melted as she walked the red carpet, a symbol of the “Garden of Time” theme — did not cost that much.
While stopping by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Camila Cabello took a moment to clear the air about the price of the bag. Turns out you could probably DIY a similar look if you're crafty and have a large freezer space handy. “Guys, it’s water, frozen! You can make it at home!" she said. “It’s however much water cost plus a rose that we got from Etsy.” (At the Gala, Cabello told Extra: “I feel like it is impermanence and things decaying over time and the beauty in that.”)
Cabello told Fallon that the ice block was originally supposed to be a purse with straps, but the strap broke en route, so she had to carry it as a clutch — and it was not her best-case scenario (Weren't her hands cold?)
“I get there, I get this purse that we took out of a freezer, which was ice. It’s just a block of ice,” the singer explained. “I didn’t think about the fact that ice very quickly melts. I get there, and it’s just a nightmare situation. This is the thing you least want to happen … a bunch of famous people looking at you having a breakdown during the line before you take your picture at the Met Gala!"
Cabello said she turned to guests, including Kaia Gerber, and asked what she should do with the broken strap bag, and decided to grin and bear it, holding the bag as a clutch; she also got a helping hand from a Met Gala staff member and set it down when she could. “I put it on a bush while I was doing interviews.” OK, so maybe you don't want to DIY an ice purse for your next big event!
Watch the full interview with Cabello, whose new album C,XOXO drops on June 28, below:
This article originally appeared on Teen Vogue.
