World stars of fashion, show business, sports and politics on Monday evening honored Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019, with luxury and extravagance at the Met Gala, writes AFP.

An American tradition to raise millions of dollars, the Met Gala, held on the first Monday in May, is designed to fund the museum’s fashion department, The Costume Institute, whose annual exhibition, open since May 5, pays tribute. creative house of Chanel.

Created in 1948, the Met Gala had long been reserved for New York’s high society, but Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour transformed it in 1995 into a “popular” event adapted to the age of social media.

Wearing a white Valentino dress, pop superstar Rihanna was, as always, one of the last to hit the runway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s 5th Avenue, followed by tennis champion Serena Williams and model Karlie Kloss. All three are pregnant. Williams and Kloss announced their pregnancy on Monday night.

Rihanna happily told the cameras she was “feeling good” while her partner, rapper ASAP Rocky, said he was “happy to be a father”.

Chanel Nicole Kidman dress

World movie stars Penelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman, singers Dua Lipa, Rita Ora and Cardi B, tennis champion Roger Federer, models Gisele Bündchen and Kate Moss were among hundreds of guests at the most elegant event of the year in New York.

Wearing the Chanel dress she first wore 20 years ago in a Numéro 5 perfume ad, Nicole Kidman told AFP she was “extremely happy to still be able to wear it”.

Singer Dua Lipa wore a cream dress that Lagerfeld designed for Chanel in the 1990s, accessorized with a stunning diamond necklace from Tiffany, whose owner LVMH has just reopened the famous 5th Avenue store.

$50,000 entry ticket

A ticket costs $50,000 for a seat at the dinner (compared to $35,000 in 2022), and $300,000 or more includes food paid for by a patron.

On Monday morning, former model and former first lady of France Carla Bruni paid tribute to Karl Lagerfeld at the press presentation of the exhibition about the designer “Beauty Line”. She said she was “honoured to be here today to celebrate the extraordinary career of my dear friend”.

Karl’s “immense talent”.

“He was interested in everything but mediocrity,” Carla Bruni said, praising his “extraordinary talent” in front of Anna Wintour, Lagerfeld’s longtime friend, and under the gaze of Federer, one of the co-presidents of this year’s festival. gala with Dua Lipa, Mikaela Coel and Penelope Cruz.

As a sign of respect for Lagerfeld, all the stars at the gala wore outfits that honored him.

However, there were voices criticizing the fact that such a large tribute was paid to the “Kaiser”, who criticized the #metoo movement and made comments that were considered offensive to plus-size models.

“The show really focuses on Carly the designer, on his works, not his words,” said Andrew Bolton, curator of the exhibition and Chief Curator of the Costume Institute.

Lagerfeld’s personality is mentioned at the end of the exhibition, “but we have not included his most controversial and offensive comments”, assured Bolton. (Source: News.ro)