TikTok Designer Behind Ella Emhoff's 2024 DNC Dress Reacts to Her TV Appearance: 'She Looks So Good!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Designer Joe Ando reacts to Ella Emhoff wearing his design at the 2024 DNC.Photo:Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Joe Ando/Instagram

Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Joe Ando/Instagram

Ella Emhoffworked with a TikTok-famous designer to create her look for the night four of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Ando, a Fashion Institute of Technology graduate who’s also acted inThe Walking Dead, made the model an off-the-shoulder dress featuring a periwinkle top and white ruffle skirt with a V-shaped waistline. Emhoff styled the dress with crew socks and black ballet flats.

Ella Emhoff at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Before Emhoff debuted the dress on national television, Ando teased that he was working with the model for the “historic event” on TikTok, where he has 2.9 million followers. Then, when the moment finally happened, he posted areaction videoof him cheering.

“Watching a dress you made on national television,” he wrote across the clip. “ELLA LOOKS SO GOOD!!” he added in the caption.

He shared the video on Instagram too, where Emhoff commented, “WE DID IT JOE!!!!!” referencing the viral meme from when Harris found out she andPresident Joe Bidenwon the 2020 election.

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His popularity turned him into a social media sensation even among the stars, earning him quite the rep for creating bespoke pieces for A-list celebrities. He’s also become synonymous with his tagline, “Can I make you a dress.”

source: people.com