The best-dressed guests last night were the ones who took the theme and made it their own.
The magic of Chanel is its ability to allow anyone who steps into it to feel glamorous. Over his decades at the label, Karl Lagerfeld created a dependable uniform of tweed jackets, ballet flats, and chunky gold belts that required no instructions. They were pieces that could easily work in your wardrobe—quick templates for looking fabulous.
So when the Costume Institute at the Met announced that it would be doing a Lagerfeld retrospective for 2023, it was pretty clear how the topic would play out on the red carpet. All you needed was tweed, pearls, camellias, the colors black and white, or perhaps something bridal as a nod to his tradition of ending every Chanel couture show with a wedding gown. The bigger challenge for guests was how to embody the current era’s fashion values while staying on theme.
Lagerfeld was famous for his own personal uniform—dark suit, huge glasses, fingerless gloves—and plenty of guests mimicked his signature personal style. The most successful were those who did a less literal ode, like Letitia Wright in Prada or Kristen Stewart in Chanel menswear. Like Lagerfeld, they both love a good suit, and they brought their own distinctive takes to the red carpet, which feels as much a tribute to the late designer’s impact on fashion than anything.
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