Mika McKinnon is a physicist who has crunched statistics on millions of data points and invented internally-consistent imaginary physics frameworks for TV shows; but she also got her first sewing machine at 6-years old and has yet to find a textile art she didn't want to try at least once. In this article, she writes about how she is "blown away" by the intricate gowns at the Met Gala and how much math, physics, and engineering goes into each design.