“All the little details—the beads, the coloring, everything—came together perfectly for me,” Paige shared in E!’s By Design as part of Live From E! Stream: Met Gala. “To be you, express yourself in the way that you want to enjoy the process of making a beautiful masterpiece.”

There were Easter eggs hidden throughout, too. 

“They are going to add an embroidery of the five [to the sleeve],” the 24-year-old said. “That’s specific to me and my basketball number.”

Needless to say, she scored big on the theme and dress code.

“For me, basketball is an art, so I feel like it’s just all of my worlds collabing and colliding,” she explained. “For this piece specifically, I really enjoyed how they put it together.”

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