The greatest classic Chanel seems on the 2023 Met Gala
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intage vogue was a serious pattern at this yr’s Met Gala.
The theme of the annual occasion – at all times held on the primary Monday in May – was impressed by Karl Lagerfeld.
During his profession as a designer, Lagerfeld was artistic director of manufacturers together with Chanel, Fendi and his eponymous label.
Celebrities have been notably eager about dipping into the archives of Chanel for vogue’s largest evening, with loads of well-known faces sporting archival seems from the French model – additionally feeding into the rising pattern in direction of sustainability within the vogue business.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell – who repeatedly modelled for Chanel throughout Lagerfeld’s tenure as artistic director, first assembly the designer when she was 16 – wore an archival outfit from the style home’s spring 2010 couture assortment.
Campbell was attending her sixteenth Met Gala and wore a pale pink sari-inspired robe with glittering silver detailing.
Big Little Lies actor Nicole Kidman wore a pale pink classic Chanel robe with a voluminous feathered skirt.
The couture costume was designed by Lagerfeld and worn by Kidman for the 2004 commercial for the perfume Chanel No5, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
On the carpet, Kidman instructed Vogue her sporting the outfit practically 20 years later confirmed “the way these couture gowns last”, mentioning the “exquisiteness” of the ensemble.
Kidman mentioned she nonetheless has the unique sketches Lagerfeld made for the costume.
Singer Dua Lipa, who was co-chair of the occasion, wore a Chanel costume from the autumn 1992 assortment.
The princess-style white robe was in Chanel’s basic tweed material, with Lagerfeld’s go-to silhouette of a nipped-in waist and large hips.
It was the ‘bride’ costume of the gathering – Chanel couture catwalks historically finish with a white bridal outfit – and was initially worn by mannequin Claudia Schiffer.
“It’s been on my mood board forever,” Lipa mentioned of the costume on the carpet.
As one of many co-chairs of the occasion alongside Lipa, Penelope Cruz additionally dipped into the archives for her look.
She wore a bridal-inspired couture costume from Chanel’s spring 1988 assortment, telling Vogue on the crimson carpet: “I fell in love with this dress.”
The hooded robe was closely embellished with silver sparkles, and featured the interlocking ‘C’ Chanel emblem on the belt.
Model Gisele Bundchen typically labored with Lagerfeld and was one other face of the Chanel No5 fragrance.
To pay tribute to the designer on the Met Gala, she wore a classic Chanel robe she mentioned she wore for an editorial round 2006 or 2007.
The costume had glowing silver panels and was worn with a white feathered cape she moved dramatically on the carpet.
While not technically classic, Barbie actor Margot Robbie’s outfit got here shut. She donned a remade model of the costume supermodel Cindy Crawford initially wore on the Chanel catwalk in 1993.
The robe had a black tulle skirt and bra, with a see-through bodice and gold chains on the corset.
“I’m thrilled that they’re honouring him tonight, because he was incredible,” Robbie mentioned of the evening’s theme, including that it was notably particular as she was the final Chanel ambassador Lagerfeld selected earlier than he died.