No one wanted to dress Ashley Graham for last year’s Met Gala

Ashley Graham slayed on the red carpet at the 2017 Met Gala, but the year before she wasn’t given the opportunity to do so.

“I couldn’t get a designer to dress me,” she told New York magazine’s fashion issue. “You can’t just show up in jeans and a T-shirt.”

With the help of her stylist, Jeff Kim, the 29-year-old model has scored designs from A-list labels such as Roberto Cavalli, Jonathan Simkhai and Badgley Mischka. Graham admitted that most of her designer duds for high-profile events are borrowed, even though designers are aware that Kim will “aggressively tear off sleeves, lower bust lines, and add slits to better suit [Graham’s] body.”

Graham also dished about her husband Justin Ervin, revealing that her longtime love would toss her around in different positions before they finally consummated their love after marriage.

“My husband weighs less than me, but he feels bigger than me,” she shared.