Ashley Graham reveals the secret behind her slinky CFDA Awards look

She’s got a strong support system.

Ashley Graham showed off the impressive engineering underneath her slinky CFDA Awards Kallmeyer dress — including ample adhesive.

The model, 38, shared a carousel of behind-the-scenes snaps from the fashion industry fête on Instagram, including a peek at the boob tape and shapewear that kept her curves in place throughout the evening.

“A gorgeous night with the @cfda 🤍 thank you @meta 🤍,” she captioned the post.

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Graham wore an artfully draped ivory silk dress by Daniella Kallmeyer, the New York City-based designer who was nominated for American Womenswear Designer of the Year at the event. The model attended as a guest of Meta.

In a video taken in the bathroom at the ceremony, Graham celebrates her arrival at the awards — as well as the styling trick that got her there: “We frickin’ made it to the CFDAs! My dress made it, I made it, and my boobies are all taped up.”

The clip also features Cult Gaia founder Jasmin Hekmat and WNBA star Angel Reese, who commented on Graham’s Instagram post, “Bathroom time with some baddiesssss😍🤪.”

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Fans, meanwhile, were enthralled by the mother of three’s styling hack. “That boob tape is taping! I need an instructional video! You look gorgeous per usual! 🔥,” one commenter wrote.

“Boob tape is truly a miracle,” influencer Lauren Wambolt added, to which Graham replied, “it really really is 🙏🏼.”

The model has sung the praises of the bra-replacing adhesive before, sharing a video of the “freakum dress” she wore to a pal’s birthday celebration in 2022, which required an “obnoxious” amount of boob tape to “keep these girls up.”

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Graham’s Instagram carousel post revealed other glimpses of the prep work that went into her look, including a video from the back of the limo bus with stylist Ava Deith steaming her dress and hairstylist Rosibel del Jesus putting the finishing touches on her hair.

The model also shared snaps from inside the ceremony, where guests dined on chicken pot pie — “we always have pot pie at the CFDAs because it’s Anna’s favorite,” she noted, referencing Vogue global editorial director Anna Wintour’s well-known preference for the dish at the annual event.

Graham sat with celebrity stylist Law Roach and actress Ryan Destiny at the American Museum of Natural History ceremony.