Dua Lipa (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
In New York City, the first Monday night in May means the Met Gala — the megawatt party and fashion soiree that raises money for New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This year's event celebrates the opening of a new show at the museum's Costume Institute: "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." Lagerfeld, one of the most looming presences in fashion for many decades, was the creative director for both Fendi and Chanel (respectively from 1965 and 1983 until his death in 2019) as well as his own eponymous line.
This year's hosts are actress Penélope Cruz, an ambassador for Chanel since 2018, as well as actress Michaela Coel, tennis star Roger Federer, singer Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue and global chief content officer for the fashion magazine's parent company, Conde Nast. Tickets, which were available by invitation only, cost $50,000 each, with tables available beginning at $300,000.
This year's guests have been asked to dress "in honor of Karl": a wide-ranging dictum, considering that over the decades Lagerfeld also designed for Chloé, Balmain and Patou.
Ironically, Lagerfeld was not a fan of putting fashion behind glass in museum displays; the exhibition's curator, Andrew Bolton, told Voguelast year that the designer often said, "Fashion is not art—fashion belongs on the street, on women's bodies, on men's bodies."
Michaela Coel (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Roger Federer and Mirka Federer (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Penélope Cruz (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)Anna Wintour and Bill Nighy (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)Jeremy Pope (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Florence Pugh (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Lil Nas X (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)A$AP Rocky and Rihanna (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Brian Tyree Henry (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Jared Leto (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Janelle Monáe (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Bad Bunny (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Jenna Ortega (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)Michelle Yeoh (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Stephanie Hsu (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Jennifer Lopez (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Halle Bailey (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Yung Miami (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Anok Yai (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Gigi Hadid (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Brittney Griner and Cherelle Griner (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Viola Davis (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Kendall Jenner (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Kylie Jenner (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Kim Kardashian (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Tems (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Teyana Taylor (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Olivia Rodrigo (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Conan Gray (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Lily Collins (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Anitta (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)David Byrne (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Quinta Brunson (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Aubrey Plaza (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Pedro Pascal (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Bella Ramsey (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Sora Choi (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)Stormzy (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Cardi B (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Mary J. Blige (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek Pinault (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Jessica Chastain (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Serena Williams (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Daniel Ricciardo (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Anne Hathaway (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)Doja Cat (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Naomi Campbell (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Madelyn Cline (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Ice Spice (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Jeremy Strong (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Julia Garner (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Camila Morrone (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Amanda Seyfried (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Jodie Comer (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Yara Shahidi (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Adut Akech and Wes Gordon (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Karlie Kloss (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Olivia Wilde (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Ashley Graham (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Margot Robbie (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Huma Abedin (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Gustav Witzoe (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Maude Apatow (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)Ariana DeBose (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Kelsey Asbille Chow (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Tyler Mitchell (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Phoebe Bridgers (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Amber Valletta (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Kaitlyn Dever (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Gisele Bündchen (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)Quannah Chasinghorse (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Liu Wen (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Maya Hawke (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)Emily Ratajkowski (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Imaan Hammam (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Taika Waititi and Rita Ora (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Emma Chamberlain (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)Chloe Fineman (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)La La Anthony (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Grace Widyatmadja photo edited this piece.
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