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Met Gala 2023: Karl Lagerfeld – who worked for Chanel and Fendi – becomes the theme of the NYC fashion event… after he died three years ago at the age of 85
- The theme for the Met Gala 2023 was announced Friday morning in Paris
- The focus will be on the designs of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld
- The German star died in 2019 at the age of 85 after working for Chanel and Fendi
- Karl had many famous fans – including Kim Kardashian, Madonna and Gisele Bundchen – and they are likely to show up at the gala to honor him
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The theme for the Met Gala 2023 was announced on Friday morning in Paris.
The focus for the next annual Gala – featuring a parade of stars like Beyonce, Blake Lively and Billie Eilish in couture fashion – will be on the many designs of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld who works on his own label as well as designing for other houses such as Fendi. , Balmain and Chanel.
Titled Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, the Gala will feature 150 of his best designs and will take place on the first Monday of May.
The high-profile event is overseen by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Karl had many famous fans – including Kim Kardashian, Madonna and Gisele Bundchen – and they are likely to show up at the gala to honor him.
King Charles! The theme for the Met Gala 2023 was announced on Friday morning in Paris. The focus for the next annual Gala – featuring a parade of stars like Beyonce, Blake Lively and Billie Eilish in couture fashion – will be on the many designs of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Seen in 2015
Coming May 2023 – Explore the artistic methodology and stylistic vocabulary of Karl Lagerfeld’s designs in ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’ at The Met’s #CostumeInstitute,” said a tweet from The Met.
Karl died in February 2019, aged 85.
“Every design in his life was a sketch,” curator Andrew Bolton told CNN after the announcement.
His bestie: German couturier Lagerfeld of Chanel Fashion House (L) and German top model Claudia Schiffer (R) arrive at the Sporting Club of Monaco in 1995
She was a fan: Lagerfeld and Victoria Beckham attend the 2013 Bambi Awards at the Stage Theater in Berlin, Germany
‘And when I saw the drawings, I thought, ‘These are so charming, so whimsical, so impressionistic.’
“But what I didn’t realize was that they contained very precise information – about a shoulder line or the length of a sleeve. And (his staff) knew exactly what this line meant or what that dot meant, and they could decipher it.’
The designer was close to many stars, including Cara Delevingne. He helped her see how ‘interesting fashion is’.
She loved his work: the designer was close to many stars, including Cara Delevingne. He helped her see how ‘interesting fashion is’. Delevingne Cara Loves Karl, Karl Lagerfeld Party, Spring Summer 2023, Paris Fashion Week, France on Tuesday
He taught her: Cara said, ‘I didn’t know much about fashion before I started. I’ve never given it so much credit. He taught me so much more about fashion in terms of possibilities.’ Seen in 2016
The 30-year-old model admitted this year that she “didn’t know much about fashion” before working with the legendary designer.
Cara said: ‘I didn’t know much about fashion before I started. I’ve never given it so much credit. He taught me so much more about fashion in terms of possibilities.’
Cara also praised Lagerfeld for the confidence and space she needed to grow within the fashion industry.
The London-born star – who won the gong Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014 – said: ‘He really influenced me a lot.
“He never told me to do anything specific, but he gave me room to grow, and he treated me like a friend… He was so human to me and I felt so much more comfortable in myself.”