Met Gala guests and celebrities will only have a brief window to steal red carpet attention for the benefit of the upcoming Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This event is one of the most significant fashion events of the year.
The museum has announced that the spring 2023 exhibition's theme will be "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." The Met announced that the gala's theme would be "in honor of Karl" more recently, after confirming the news at a press conference during Paris Fashion Week in September.
As celebrities and their stylists get ready to stun, a dress code based on Lagerfeld's creations should give more direction than last year's notoriously vague "Gilded Glamour" theme.
What is the Met Gala?
The Costume Institute Gala or Costume Institute Benefit, also known as the Met Gala or Met Ball, is an annual fundraising gala held in New York City for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An invitation to the Gala is highly sought after because it is widely regarded as the most prestigious fashion event in the world. The celebration of the Costume Institute exhibition's particular theme each year establishes the tone for the evening's formal attire. The gala, which is hosted by the fashion magazine Vogue, is attended by celebrities from a variety of professions, including fashion, film, television, theater, music, business, sports, social media, and politics.
The ball typically raises millions for the Costume Institute at the Met through the sale of tickets, which are purchased by designers and brands and have an annual accompanying exhibition. Each ticket is about $35,000, and tables are between $200,000 and $300,000.
When is the 2023 Met Gala?
The Met Gala will take place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 1, 2023. Although celebrities are notorious for arriving (fashionably) late, live coverage of the red carpet typically begins at 6 p.m. EST.
What will be the theme of the 2023 Met Gala?
Every year, the spring exhibition at the Costume Institute serves as the inspiration for the Met Gala theme, or more specifically, the dress code. “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” which will be the theme of this year's show. It pays tribute to the late German designer's devotion to both straightforward, serpentine, and "satirical" lines in his collections for Chanel, Fendi, Chloé, Balmain, Patou, and his own brand from the 1950s to 2019.
The Met Gala's dress code is thus merely "in honor of Karl," leaving room for interpretation on the part of attendees. It is never easy to predict how famous people and designers will approach the theme; some may decide to take the references very literally, while others may be more ambiguous.
But because Lagerfeld is one of the most well-known and adored fashion designers of all time, we can anticipate that many people on the red carpet will be overcome with emotion as they honor a friend and colleague in Lagerfeld.
Where will the 2023 Met Gala be held?
Every year, on the first Monday in May, the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit, which is housed on Manhattan's Upper East Side, opens with the Met Gala. The Costume Institute is located on the ground floor of the Met's north side, within the Anna Wintour Costume Center. From the fifteenth century to the present, it contains more than 35,000 costumes and accessories from five different continents and seven different fashion eras.
Who will attend the 2023 Met Gala?
A recent announcement states that Penelope Cruz, Dua Lipa, Michaela Coel, and Roger Federer will serve as the event's co-chairs. Of course, you can anticipate the stalwarts in addition to the co-chairs: The Hadid sisters, the Biebers, Zo Kravitz, Billie Eilish, Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Lady Gaga, and Beyoncé, to name a few, will undoubtedly receive invitations, as will Zendaya, Selena Gomez, Rihanna, and Blake Lively. However, there hasn't yet been any official confirmation of their presence.
Unconfirmed rumors also include Anok Yai, Devon Aoki, Shalom Harlow, Kendall Jenner, Liu Wen, Adut Akech, Natalia Vodianova, Naomi Campbell, Amber Valletta, and Liu Wen. When it came to their invitation status, the Kardashian-Jenner family, who are typically guaranteed guests at the yearly party, initially generated conflicting reports: The Kardashians and Jenners might not make the VIP list, according to sources who told Page Six in March that the hosts were "cracking down on the guest list."
These rumors were refuted by another source (close to the family) in April, when they revealed that Kim Kardashian had not only been invited but was also going to be there. It's still unclear if the rest of her family will attend.
