--- title: Beyonce Met Gala Dress: High School Girl Recreates For Prom description: India Ross, a St. Louis high school student was the talk of the internet when she recreated Beyoncé's Givenchy Met Gala dress for prom. canonical: https://time.com/4343337/beyonce-met-gala-dress-high-school-prom/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-20T17:34:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:36.013Z og:title: This High School Girl Recreated Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress for Prom og:description: Flawless. og:url: https://time.com/4343337/beyonce-met-gala-dress-high-school-prom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcdad544c961116c/6988941e196cf42d3503bae3/beyonce-met-gala-prom-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Alternative Views og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This High School Girl Recreated Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress for Prom twitter:description: Flawless. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcdad544c961116c/6988941e196cf42d3503bae3/beyonce-met-gala-prom-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A High School Girl Recreated Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress for Her Prom > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=086829f3-2408-4814-8981-fb83e563bf50&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 20, 2016 5:34 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Beyonce attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Beyonce attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) Mike Coppola—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 20, 2016 5:34 PM UTC There’s only one way to describe [Beyoncé](http://time.com/70716/beyonce-2014-time-100/) fan India Ross’ prom dress: flawless. The 18-year-old St. Louis, Missouri high school student created a DIY version of the [_Lemonade_](http://time.com/4305890/beyonce-lemonade-album-review/)singer’s [sheer and jewel-encrusted Givenchy gown](http://time.com/3846771/beyonce-sheer-dress-met-gala/) for the 2015 Met Gala and it basically won the Internet. Ross told [_Cosmopolitan_](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/interviews/a58588/highschool-girl-recreated-beyonces-met-gala-gown-for-prom/)that she wanted to make a dress that would help her channel Queen Bey. “When I gave my designer my money I said, ‘Can you make me feel like I’m Beyoncé?'” Ross said. “And that’s what she did.” To create her viral sensation of a dress, Ross and a local designer, Toi Hall, worked together to recreate the gown using materials from stores like Walmart and Michael’s; she later completed the look with the same high ponytail that Bey rocked on the Met Gala red carpet. Ross also told Cosmo that she has ambitions to work in the fashion industry and would like to open her own business and become a celebrity stylist. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4343337/beyonce-met-gala-dress-high-school-prom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4343337/beyonce-met-gala-dress-high-school-prom/"},"headline":"A High School Girl Recreated Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress for Her Prom","datePublished":"2016-05-20T17:34:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:36.013Z","description":"Bow down.","url":"https://time.com/4343337/beyonce-met-gala-dress-high-school-prom/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Beyonce","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcdad544c961116c/6988941e196cf42d3503bae3/beyonce-met-gala-prom-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcdad544c961116c/6988941e196cf42d3503bae3/beyonce-met-gala-prom-dress.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Alternative Views","caption":"\"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Alternative Views","creditText":"Mike Coppola—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4343337/beyonce-met-gala-dress-high-school-prom/","name":"A High School Girl Recreated Beyoncé's Met Gala Dress for Her Prom"}}]}] ```