“Met Gala 2023: A Tribute to Karl Lagerfeld’s Legacy in Fashion and Philanthropy”

In true American philanthropic tradition to raise millions of dollars, the Met Gala, which takes place on the first Monday in May, is intended to fund the museum’s fashion department, The Costume Institutewhose annual exhibition pays homage to the couturier with the ponytail and dark glasses, inseparable from the house of Chanel. First major retrospective since his death, Karl Lagerfeld : A Line of Beauty (May 5 – July 16) explores the dualities of the artist, master of reinvention, who had adapted the famous Chanel tweed suit with a mini-skirt to rejuvenate the brand.

Created in 1948, the “Met Gala” was for a long time reserved for the very high society of New York but the editor-in-chief of Vogue Anna Wintour took it over in 1995 to transform it into an event “people” planet adapted to the era of social networks. Even invited, the ticket is very expensive: 50,000 dollars for a place at dinner (compared to 35,000 dollars in 2022), from 300,000 dollars per table paid by a patron.