The cape Alicia Keys wore to the Meta Gala was covered with 200,000 crystals in the shape of New York City's skyline

• Alicia Keys attended the 2022 Met Gala in a gown and cape embroidered with the NYC skyline.
• The Ralph Lauren ensemble was made using more than 200,000 crystals.

Alicia Keys attended the 2022 Met Gala in a Ralph Lauren gown and cape that paid tribute to New York City.

The "Empire State of Mind" singer, 41, arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a strapless sequined gown and a floor-length cape that had the NYC skyline embroidered on it using more than 200,000 crystals.

According to a statement shared on Ralph Lauren's Instagram account, the ensemble was chosen as a celebration of this year's dress code, Gilded Glamour, which is a reference to the Gilded Age of New York between 1870 to 1890. During this era, the upper class had a "more-is-more" approach to fashion, Insider's Samantha Grindell previously reported.

"In celebration of this year's theme, America's Gilded Age and its influence on New York City, Alicia's hand-embroidered and hand-beaded New York–inspired duchess satin cape features more than 200,000 crystals, styled with her column dress that required approximately 30,000 crystals and black lacquer sequins," the statement reads.

"I'm from New York, Ralph Lauren is from New York, that's what we're wearing. We really just wanted to represent the empire state of mind and the city of God here tonight, so we're feeling so good," Keys said during an interview with Vanity Fair on the red carpet, which was posted in a short clip to her Instagram story.

The singer wore her hair in a long braid that was wrapped into a black and silver headpiece, and wore earrings by Tiffany & Co., the brand wrote on Instagram. She was styled by the celebrity stylist Jason Bolden.

Keys coordinated her outfit with her husband, the record producer and musician Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Daoud Dean. He wore a tuxedo and a Ralph Lauren Yankees leather jacket, which had "New York" embroidered on the front and "Ralph Lauren" on the back.

Representatives for Ralph Lauren, Jason Bolden, and Tiffany & Co. did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.