Global Courant 2023-05-02 04:06:38
The worlds of fashion, celebrity, music, business and sport collide tonight at the 2023 Met Gala, as attendees pay tribute to the late German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Considered one of the most extravagant annual events in the entertainment industry, the Met Gala is an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Guests are expected to dress in the theme of the museum’s annual exhibition. This year’s theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, pays homage to an industry legend with a complicated legacy.
Lagerfeld, who passed away in 2019, has been celebrated for his contributions to fashion. In addition to his own couture line of the same name, he was creative director of the French fashion house Chanel and of Fendi, the Italian luxury line of fur and leather.
He has long been criticized for making remarks that were sexist, racist and fat-phobic in nature. Lagerfeld criticized the #MeToo movement and made derogatory remarks about plus size models on several occasions.
As such, the theme has provoked reactions, including from the Met Gala’s social media team, which has opted not to live-tweet this year’s events in protest.
As we approach the first Monday in May, the hf twitter met gala team would like to announce that we will not be celebrating this year’s met gala as our values do not align with Karl Lagerfeld’s choice of theme. We hope to celebrate with our community again soon.
Guests dressing according to a theme can choose designs inspired by Lagerfeld’s collection, as well as pieces by Chanel or Fendi. They can also replicate his own signature style: a head of white hair, high collars, sunglasses and fingerless gloves.
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour co-chaired this year’s event, as she had done since the 1990s. Its co-chairs this year include Oscar-winning actor Penélope Cruz, Ghanaian-British actor and writer Michaela Coel, tennis star Roger Federer and pop singer Dua Lipa.
