Karl Lagerfeld will be the star of a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2023 and of his next Met Gala, a capricious gathering of the biggest international stars, organizers announced Friday.
In the middle of Fashion Week, the all-powerful editor-in-chief of Vogue in the United States, Anna Wintour, was among the couturier’s friends and other personalities gathered this Friday at the former Lagerfeld photographic studio in Paris to present the exhibition. .
The first international retrospective since his death in February 2019, “Karl Lagerfeld, A Line of Beauty” will take place from May 5 to July 16, 2023 at the Met and will review his career from the 1950s to his last collection in 2019.
“Great Fashion Intellectual”
Intended to fund the Met’s fashion department (The Costume Institute), the extravagant Met Gala, which traditionally coincides with the museum’s annual grand exhibition, will be staged on May 1 in honor of the ponytailed, dark-glassed couturier, whose name is inseparable. from Chanel’s house.
“Most of the around 150 creations on display will be accompanied by sketches by Lagerfeld,” specify its organizers.
“From Fendi to Chanel to his own brands, his genius was in constantly renewing his goals, always absorbing new information without ever losing his way,” said Anna Wintour.
“His career was full of paradoxes. Karl was the king of commerce, but also a great fashion intellectual, one of the most cultured people I have ever met,” he adds.
Born into a wealthy but strict family in Germany, Karl Lagerfeld began his long career in Paris, where his friendship turned into a rivalry with Yves Saint-Laurent that became legendary. His spectacular creations and shows for Chanel, Fendi and his own brand, as well as his strong personality, have deeply marked the world of fashion.
Source: BFM TV
