A major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York honors late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, during an event It will be held next year within the framework of the famous annual meeting “Met Gala”, which brings together some of the The most famous international stars, according to what the organizers announced yesterday.
Among the fashion designer’s friends, Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue in the United States, was among the fashion designer’s friends And other personalities gathered yesterday to announce the event in the photography studio he owned by Lagerfeld in Paris, which… Currently experiencing Fashion Week.
The first international retrospective will be held since his death in February 2019, entitled: «Karl Lagerfeld, A Line of Beauty» (“Karl Lagerfeld: A Path of Beauty”) between May 5 and July 16, 2023 Ve The Metropolitan Museum, with highlights of his career from the 1950s through to his latest collection in 2019 .
In order to fund the museum’s fashion department, a Met Gala evening is held, which traditionally coincides with the exhibition Metropolitan’s flagship annual event, May 1 in honor of the late fashion designer.
The organizers noted that “the majority of the approximately 150 designs will be accompanied by drafts prepared by Lagerfeld.” .
“From Fendi to Chanel to his own brands, his genius was,” said Anna Wintour In constantly renewing its goals, and always absorbing new information without ever losing its mark.
“His career was full of paradoxes,” she said. Karl was the king of commerce, but also a great thinker in the field of fashion design, and one of the most cultured people who I have ever known.”
Born into a wealthy but strict family in Germany, Lagerfeld began his long career in Paris, where His friendship turned into a rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent. His amazing creations and performances left him with Chanel, Fendi and his own brand, as well as his personality. Powerful, profound influence in the fashion world.
