Met Gala 2023: All about Karl Lagerfeld who has inspired this year's theme

Paris Fashion Week held in September last year, was iconic for more reasons than one. Metropolitan Museum of Art, w synymous as a platform for annual elite fashion parade, Met Gala, anunced its sartorial me for 2023 - 'Karl Lrfeld: A Line of Beauty'. Met has w furr elaborated, in month running up to ball, that this year's me is in fact, "in hour of Karl". 

Karl Lrfeld: A profile of fashion powerhouse

German designer needs  introduction in business of fashion. His mammoth imprint on vint and contemporary sartorial luxury is evident from his unwavering role as creative director of fashion powerhouses Chanel from 1983 and Fendi from 1965, right up until his passing in February of 2019. He also worked for his own brand - Karl Lrfeld, launched in 1984, in same capacity. His dark glasses, sw white hair, glovelettes and super-starched collars left an eternal impact on evolving fashion scene and emerged as one of most memorable beacons of personal branding. 

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His final show

Karl Lrfeld's death in February of 2019 was seen as a massive loss to global fashion scene. His final show, held posthumously, had an Alpine me featuring very niche category of après-ski clothing. His decades long career featured, several instances of Karl establishing trends only to discard m by flipping m on ir heads. This dichotomy is what Met has envisioned, as a tribute to fashion legend.

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A little about me and possible interpretations

Andrew Bolton, curator for Met, also opened up about intention behind me and expectations from esteemed attendees. Sharing a little about Karl Lrfeld's vision, Bolton explained how though visionary was deeply inspired by history and its narratives, he kept striving to take his inspiration from those mes forward into future. What is t implied in anuncement and enunciation of me, are that linear and basic interpretations of fashion maestro and his work are outside scope of expectation. Met Gala will take place on May 1.