The short black dress featured a single long sleeve, Krause wrote for Insider.
Christian Siriano, the designer, wrote on Instagram that it was "an honor to create [the dress] for this unbelievable and beautiful women [sic] tonight."
The 2020 US presidential election was a few weeks away at that point. Lizzo also had "vote" inscribed on one of her fingernails.
Around the same time, she posted a photo on Instagram recreating the "Uncle Sam" poster from 1917 which was used in recruiting efforts by the US Army. The caption of the post encouraged people to vote.