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Organisers of the annual Met Gala, one of fashion's biggest nights, have announced next year's theme: celebrating the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld.

The invite-only benefit, which usually costs upwards of $30,000 a head to attend, is a major source of funding for the Costume Institute. Scheduled, as usual, for the first Monday of May, the star-studded fundraiser will invite attendees to honour the work of the German designer who died in 2019 aged 85. Organisers of the annual Met Gala, one of fashion's biggest nights, have announced next year's theme: celebrating the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced next year's Met Gala theme, which will honor the work of late designer Karl Lagerfeld.

This year's celebrity co-chairs — who will follow on the heels of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds — are yet to be announced. The Gala operates on an invitation-only basis, bringing celebrities, influencers and media personalities from around the globe. It is followed by the institute's annual spring exhibition, this year titled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," which will be on view from May 5 through July 16.

The Met Gala theme is borrowed from the accompanying exhibit at the Met's Costume Institute in New York.

Presented in the museum’s Tisch Gallery, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, will be on view from May 5 to July 16 2023. It will be entitled Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty and will gather some 150 of his creations to explore his “stylistic language”. 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

Late creative director of Chanel, Chloé and Fendi to be focus of benefit and New York exhibition.

Lagerfeld’s creations, which include boucle suiting and supersized pearls at Chanel, faux fur at Chloé, quilting on everything from dresses to handbags, and gowns emblazoned with arch bucolic motifs, not to mention the double C logo, routinely strayed into four figures. Speaking at the press conference, the musician said: “I first heard about Chanel through Notorious BIG in the 90s,” said Williams. No.” It is likely the clothes at the gala, which will be inspired if not designed by Lagerfeld, will nod to his tentacular reach. “There was always a representation of Karl on his runway.” They will have their own opinion.” I don’t believe in censoring history, I believe in contextualising it. “We knew he’d rather look forward than backwards,” he said. But as fans of his aphorisms (“trendy is the last stage before tacky”) and his cat (Choupette) can attest, the designer’s influence extended far beyond the catwalk, epitomising the way fashion permeated wider culture. No. “Forgive me for [saying] this, but I associate Karl with Chanel far more than Gabrielle [Bonheur “Coco” Chanel]. Bolton agreed with Wintour that Lagerfeld would be “100% horrified by the idea of it and that he never tired of telling me that fashion was not art and fashion should not appear in a museum”, but described the exhibition as more of an essay than a retrospective.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's spring 2023 Costume Institute exhibition will honor Karl Lagerfeld with “A Line of Beauty.”

Presented at The Met Fifth Avenue in the Tisch Gallery, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” will be on view from May 5 through July 16 next year. This immersive exhibition will unpack his singular artistic practice, inviting the public to experience an essential part of Lagerfeld’s boundless imagination and passion for innovation.” Around 150 original looks—from all the houses he served, as well as his own line—will be presented in the Met alongside their respective original sketches. “The speakers included some of the premiers he had worked with for years. From 1954 (when he shared the Woolmark Prize with another emerging designer named Yves Saint Laurent) until his death in 2019, Lagerfeld produced a body of work—for Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his own namesake brand—that is unparalleled. And yet, says the Costume Institute’s Wendy Yu Curator in Charge, Andrew Bolton: “Karl never tired of telling me that fashion did not belong in a museum.

According to the Met, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” will “explore the artistic methodology and stylistic vocabulary of Karl Lagerfeld's designs through ...

The co-chairs for the 2023 gala are yet to be announced. The theme for the 2023 Met Gala has been revealed. Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Regina King and Lin-Manuel Miranda were the co-chairs for the 2022 gala.