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Good evening and welcome to the 2023 Met Gala.
I am La La Anthony here on the steps
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
right in New York City.
Tonight, we honor the life and legacy
of one of the most influential and prolific designers
in the history of fashion, Karl Lagerfeld,
and celebrate The Costume Institute's newest exhibition,
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
which opens to the public on Friday, May 5th.
I am joined now by my co-host for the evening
Saturday Night Live's Chloe Fineman
and writer and fashion's best friend Derek Blasberg.
I must say you two look absolutely terrific tonight.
Well, thank you La La,
and it's an honor to be at the Met as always.
[Chloe giggling]
And with the two of you guys.
Chloe, I hope we get to meet some of the people
you are impersonating on SNL tonight.
Yes, yes, as do I,
as long as they don't get mad at me.
[laughs] You should definitely impersonate
as many people to their faces as as possible tonight.
Okay, we shall see.
La La, any advice for us first time hosts?
You know, I'll just tell you that
it just goes by so much faster than you think,
so let's make sure we soak it all in and just have fun.
You are looking gorgeous, by the way.
Thank you, thank you.
This is Sergio Hudson, definitely put it together.
He did an incredible, incredible job,
so shout out to Sergio
and tonight's dress code is an honor of Karl,
so I wanted to make sure my look was on point.
Derek, I know you will tell me the real deal,
did I hit the mark or what?
La La you knocked it out of the park.
Karl liked monochromatic, he like pearls,
and I'm sure he would've loved you.
Aw, I love you so much, so much. Thank you.
And how about me?
Oh, oh, well, of course Chloe, you look perfect.
And I don't know if you guys, where's your purse?
Oh, perfect. Oh, here, look y'all.
Yes, we have our little Choupette.
People are wondering if Choupette would be here tonight
and you know what? Here he is.
[La La] Here he is. You mean them.
Them, they are in purse form.
I am in Wiederhoeft tonight,
my dear friend, Jackson Wiederhoeft.
The look is inspired by Karl Lagerfeld
Couture for Chanel in 2004.
And what about your jewelry? Oh, a little Bulgari.
A little Bulgari never killed nobody.
[laughs] And you look very, very dashing, I must say.
[La La] I just can't-
I just wanted to point out I have a camellia pin,
you're gonna see a lot of camellias tonight.
Coco Chanel love this flower and this version
was designed by Karl Lagerfeld and given to me.
It's kind of a disco metallic, techno mesh version
of a camellia. Woo.
Very, very dashing, I must say
and I'm excited for more camellias.
Hey La La, who do you have there?
I am joined now by Vogue's Global Editor Director,
Condé Nast's Chief Content Officer
and longtime Met Gala co-chair Dame Anna Wintour,
who I love so much.
Anna, thank you so much for just putting together
an extraordinary evening for all of us.
Thank you, thank you for being here
and it's very emotional night for me.
I love Karl so much and it's just
wonderful to see so many people who are turning out
to honor him and give him the
recognition that he so deserves.
Absolutely, now what can you tell us about
the exhibition that we're here to celebrate?
So many people are excited to see.
Well, the exhibition really examines
themes that run through Karl's work.
And Andrew Bolton, the curator,
the Chief Curator at The Costume Institute told me
he looked at 10,000 objects. Wow.
To whittle it down to just 200.
What? So and then, I mean,
each object as Andrew describes them,
is more beautiful than the next and you really see
for 65 years how Karl just
was so creative, so visionary,
invented so many things, and at the same time,
I think was intrinsically
the chicest designer that you can ever imagine.
Absolutely.
So with everything going on and so many beautiful moments,
what are you looking forward to the most tonight?
Or how do you even pick one thing?
Well, I always love to see
what everybody is wearing on the carpet
and I've had been lucky enough to have a sneak
preview of what some of our guests are wearing
and I'm just so grateful that they've made such an
incredible effort and
I know how thrilled Karl would've been.
Absolutely and I just wanna thank you
for helping me with my dress tonight.
Well you look amazing. And I feel so good
and thank you so much
and I hope you have an incredible evening.
And have fun yourself, thank you.
Thank you, see you later, kay.
Thank you Anna who was here.
Beautiful, amazing.
And the evening is gonna continue, it's gonna be epic.
I'll take the glasses off...
[Chloe] Wow, Emma Chamberlain has arrived.
[Derek] Emma Chamberlain? Yes.
[Derek] Oh, she's like the internet's little sister.
[Chloe] Yes. I love you Emma.
We love you Emma.
She will also be interviewing guests
on the carpet this evening.
You can watch those interviews
on Vogue's YouTube channel and hopefully
we will be able to check in with her later this evening.
[Women] We finally get to- [faded police sirens]
This year's Met Gala is co-chaired
by Michaela Coel, Penelope Cruz,
Roger Federer, and Dua Lipa.
And they'll be walking the carpet alongside
more of the most notable figures from the worlds of
film, music, sports- Yes.
Politics, and of course fashion.
We'll be interviewing them right here
and you can help us, [faded police sirens]
join the conversation by using the #MetGala.
Share your questions and comments on social media
and we will feature our favorites right here on the show.
We'll also be conducting viewer polls
throughout the evening, so make sure you check those out.
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I am here with Nicole Kidman,
who also just shut down the Met Gala Carpet,
as you were coming up, I was just like,
You look amazing and this dress looks familiar.
Can you tell us about the dress?
So this dress was one in the Chanel No.5 commercial
that Baz Luhrmann and I did with Karl
who concocted this out of his head.
It looks gorgeous. I have the sketches
when he was drawing it. Wow.
And then we fitted it. I remember fitting it repeatedly.
And I think my deep, deep sort of love of Karl
came through this time together
because I knew him very, very well.
And so to be able to honor him and wear this dress now
for Chanel and show, I suppose the way
[La La] these couture gowns last. Yes.
[Nicole] And the exquisiteness.
[La La] Isn't that incredible?
[Nicole] And if you take care of them and love them,
they are timeless. Absolutely and I-
To be able to wear the same thing
20 years later and it still holds
because it's a whimsy. That is amazing.
There's whimsy to it. Right.
And it's so light as a feather
and it's unbelievably comfortable, but it's all handmade.
It's couture and that's what it should be.
Absolutely gorgeous Nicole, absolutely gorgeous.
And I hear so many people tell stories about
working with Karl and how amazing it was
and how kind and how patient,
what was your experience like working with Karl?
[laughs] He'd make me laugh. He was funny.
He was so funny, yeah, and I also just,
I think right now to celebrate
the history of fashion and the way in which we
need the beautiful, beautiful work
that goes into these clothes- Absolutely.
To be honored and remembered, that's what I love.
Absolutely, I think everyone's in for
an incredible evening. Because it's an art form.
Yeah, on we go and have fun.
Now you get to have fun [Nicole laughing]
and you look absolutely stunning.
Thank you so much. And my husband's here.
Hi, how are you Keith? It's nice to see you.
You're just staring like a proud, proud husband.
I love that. You guys have an incredible evening.
Thank you so much.
All right, see you, thank you.
Thank you.
All right, bye-bye.
Bye. Thank you, see you.
Okay, bye.
And we have a great group down here.
None other than the supermodel, Naomi Campbell.
Hello.
And the director of the Met,
the guy in charge tonight, Max Hollein and his wife.
How are you? Very good, thank you.
Naomi, I don't wanna put you on the spot,
but how many Met Galas have you been to?
This is my 16th Met Gala.
[Derek] Sweet 16.
Wow, a sophomore in high school.
[Derek and Max laughing]
And Max, have you ever met Karl Lagerfeld?
I know that's who we're celebrating tonight.
Well, I actually met him when I was 12 years old,
which was, of course, a childhood memory.
He designed together with my father,
a big theater production in Vienna.
And my fondest memory is they got pulled off the stage
because it was so radical. Wow.
And also that kind of gave me an impression of
that when you do something radical,
actually appreciation only happens then afterwards.
So it was a great-
Why was it pulled off the stage?
I mean, Karl's designs- Ahead of their time?
His fashion design was ahead of the time,
my father's architecture for that piece,
it was at the Vienna Burgtheater,
the main theater place in Vienna,
so it's been a special thing.
That's incredible. Wow.
It's such a good story.
Naomi, you must have known Karl too.
I met Karl Lagerfeld when I was 16 years old
and he put me in every chameleon
that he could have in the spang in the studio.
And I used to go out after Inès de la Fressange, who was the
[Derek] Chanel girl at the time. Yes.
And I loved Karl, he treated me like,
you know, what would you, how would you wear it?
Are you like sarees this year?
Okay, let's do a Chanel saree.
He was always very tapped in,
tapped into each individual person.
And I think tonight, from what I've seen so far,
everyone looks their individual Chanel-esque self.
Thank you. That is beautiful.
Thank you guys so much for being here.
Thank you.
And we will see you inside. Thank you so much.
Excited to be here Good to meet you.
Good to meet you Naomi, yes.
Thank you for opening up for us.
Yes, good to see you. [everyone laughing]
Thank you.
Thank you guys. Good to see you, thank you.
So this is a moment,
Ice Spice is here at the Met Gala.
This is your first one, you hit the carpet,
you shut it down.
Let's talk about how it feels to be at your first Met Gala.
I'm just so grateful, I'm so happy to be here.
You know I was like really nervous
like approaching the carpet. Right.
And once I heard everybody screaming, I was like,
I felt better. You was like, I'm okay.
Tell us about your look 'cause you look so good.
Thank you, this is Balmain.
Super last minute, but we did it, we here, can you see?
You did it, you did it, you did it.
Okay, okay, everybody see that?
You look stunning.
So what are you expecting from your first Met Gala?
Like what are you looking forward to?
What are you excited about?
Some fire pictures, hopefully.
And the fact that you got the camera right there
ready to go. I'm obsessed with her.
Yes, we gonna go in there,
we're gonna have fun, we gonna party,
we gonna have a good time. Yes, thank you.
You look like amazing. You too, baby.
I can't wait to see you inside.
Okay, thank you.
All right, Ice Spice everybody.
[Sabia] Thank you so much.
Okay, I'll see you inside, okay?
[Ice Spice] Okay. Alright baby, okay.
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As everyone knows, [Chloe laughing]
this year's Met Gala celebrates the opening
of The Costume Institute's newest exhibition
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
It looks back at the designer's career and process.
Across seven decades Karl put a stamp on some of Europe's
most celebrated fashion houses,
Balmain, Patou, Chloe, Fendi, and, of course, Chanel.
Chanel. [laughs] Chanel, channel. [laughs]
He also launched his own label in 1984,
and was the first designer to work with H&M,
which ushered in an entire new age of the designer,
designer collaboration and that was in 2004.
Yes and I had a coveted H&M item, you heard it here.
Karl is probably the most famous designer
since Coco Chanel herself
and has left an indelible mark on the history of fashion.
Chloe and I checked it out this morning.
Yes. And I gotta say
that exhibit is fascinating. It is more than fascinating,
it's stunning. It will make you cry
and take your breath away.
In fact, let's take a look inside right now.
Karl would often say he was four people.
That he was one person at Chanel, one person at Fendi,
one person at his own label, and one person at Chloe.
And to an extent that's true. I think that Fendi,
it was more of his modernist tendencies.
Chloe, he's more romantic.
At Karl Lagerfeld he's more minimalist.
And I suppose that Chanel more of his
historicist and post-modernist sensibilities.
But I think that what the show, I hope, shows
is that themes transcended all of those houses
and he would revisit themes again and again.
And there's one particular silhouette
that he would return to again and again and again,
which we call the Schlimmerian silhouette,
which was a very broad shoulder,
a nipped in waist and wider hips.
And I think the airs of the body that he was obsessed with
were the shoulders and also just at the top of the ribcage,
he always wanted to make it as narrow as possible,
which meant a high armhole.
And I think that was partly to do with youthfulness.
I think he felt that having this very narrow ribcage
gave him a sort of sense of youthfulness.
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All right, I am joined now
by one of this evening's co-chair.
The utterly fabulous, gorgeous, I mean, you shut it down.
Michaela Coel is here with me.
Now, I'm gonna go out there and say,
this is one of my favorite looks of the night for sure.
Thank you. I'm gonna say you look absolutely stunning.
I love you, you look stunning.
Tell us about this look,
like you guys have to see this, tell us about this.
I am wearing Schiaparelli.
and we can see the homages to Karl here.
Wow. In the chain and the lips
and the clutching of the pearls.
Wow.
It's a collaboration between my stylist,
Georgia and Daniel.
I'm just like a total tourist in this industry.
I'm here to serve
and I'm here to honor their creative vision.
I wanted to have a lot of gold
and he created this like second skin.
I just love this. There's 130,000 crystals.
130,000 crystals.
26,000 mixed stones,
and over 3,800 hours of work to make this dress.
Wow. Yeah.
That has to be an honor to wear something,
this is a work of art, this is an absolute work of art.
Now Michaela, you were on the cover of Vogue last November,
so now you're here at the Met Gala.
So what was it like preparing for tonight?
Oh, you know what?
I felt a strange sense of peace
because yesterday I was at the pre-dinner
and Anna said something I'd been wondering,
you know, like why was I asked to coach her?
You know I couldn't help but have the question
in the back of my mind to be honest.
And she said, what I like about you is that
you are unafraid to be yourself.
And Karl, her dear friend, fashion icon,
she felt his journey
was to try and learn to be unafraid of being himself.
[La La] Wow.
And so she felt like he would like that about me.
And suddenly I just felt very much at ease about being here.
[La La] Absolutely.
I'm just out here being myself.
And I appreciate Anna for appreciating that
and giving me such lovely opportunities, really.
Yes, amazing.
And you and I haven't met before
and I was so excited to meet you tonight.
So thank you for coming over and chatting
and I hope you have an incredible evening.
My pleasure. I like you, you got great energy.
Thank you, thank you. Yeah man, take care.
[crowd murmuring]
[Sabia] Tell her, tell her in her ear.
Careful.
[crowd murmuring]
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All right, so I am here with someone
who needs no introduction, the beautiful Gisele.
How are you? I'm good, how are you?
You look absolutely amazing.
So you've worked with Karl numerous times
over Chanel campaigns over the years.
So do you have a favorite?
Is it so hard to choose?
You know, it's hard to choose.
I just like love the memories with him
and just the times together and he was a gentleman
and a wonderful man, always so kind and yeah.
I mean, maybe one time we were shooting
in the streets of Paris- Okay.
At night, like at midnight
and I had no shoes, bare feet,
the whole campaign of Chanel with bare feet around town.
That was pretty funny. I mean, people were like,
what are you doing bare feet around Paris? It's so dirty.
I'm like
I'm just doing Chanel walking around bare feet.
But it was fun. He was a lovely man,
so I'm happy to be here to honor him.
Absolutely and when was the last time
you worked with Karl?
The last time? It was,
I'm trying to think if it was Chanel No.5.
There was a Chanel No.5. party in New York.
And I think that was, no, no, no, it was in Cuba.
Okay. We were in Cuba together.
Beautiful place. Beautiful.
And he was doing a show
and I was doing Chanel No.5. at the time
and he invited me to go
and yeah, I think that was the last time I saw him in Cuba.
Absolutely, now tell us about your look.
Stunning, stunning, stunning.
So, this dress, I'll show you.
It's so gorgeous. Is vintage Chanel.
I wore this dress, I think 2016, no, 2006 or 2007.
Wow. In an editorial with him,
I wore the same dress. Wow.
So when I was picking a dress, I was like,
which dress that is going to be the dress and I thought-
This is the one. This is the one so.
Well you've made a great choice.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Thank you so much for stopping by
and I hope you have an incredible evening
and you look fabulous. Thank you so much.
Thank you, thank you. [Gisel1e smooching]
Thank you, see you. Bye guys, take care.
[Sabia] Thank you so much.
[laughs] Like I feel like this would all be- [laughs]
Like right now. [laughs]
We are joined here
by one of my favorite people in the world,
Keke Palmer and the brilliant Sergio Hudson.
Yes. Hello. [laughs]
I assume that Sergio Hudson designed this incredible
ensemble we have tonight. Yes, of course he did.
Tell me a little bit about it.
Oh my god, can we see the train?
Oh my gosh, well this is a gorgeous dress
he can explain as well but obviously, I mean,
you wanna go and do your thing.
I'm like, I was gonna explain it for you.
Okay, well when I saw Keke,
I saw Hollywood royalty, black Hollywood royalty.
So I immediately thought about Josephine Baker
in her heyday. Wow.
And this was around the same time of like late fifties,
early sixties when Karl was at Patou.
So I wanted to give like a nod to that era
with the silhouette and then, of course,
my favorite era of Chanel with Karl is the early nineties.
So we really wanted to give a nod to that with the pastels
and with the styling and all of that.
So it's just fun and,
you know, visiting a lot of different eras.
Yes, it is be breathtaking, I have to say.
It's like a whole fashioned history lesson.
You got got fifties. I know, and we got 90s.
You've got 90s, you got Josephine Baker.
A little something for everybody.
Now you hosted last year. Yes.
Do you have any tips for us?
Yeah. Goofs.
Literally just be goofy 'cause that's me.
I had fun, obviously this event is incredible.
It can be overwhelming at times.
There's so much fashion and beauty around you.
So I think, I mean, you're amazing at this,
just have fun. You make it easy for me.
And you made it easy for me. I can do that,
I can have fun with Chloe. Yes.
Well, you guys have fun tonight too.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
Thank you for coming. Enjoy.
[faded crowd cheering]
Ooh, ooh, oh. Oh, oh, we're, go, go Chloe.
Oh, want even more Met Gala coverage?
Head over to Vogue.com
where you can watch exclusive behind the scenes videos
and vote on your favorite looks throughout the night.
[faded crowd cheering]
Please just do that, everybody.
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All right, so I am joined now by the one and the only
Dua Lipa is here with me.
Now, this is your second Met Gala, correct?
This is my second Met Gala, yes.
All right. So talk to me about,
what is the difference between just attending
and co-chairing this year?
'Cause that is a huge responsibility.
It's a big responsibility and a big honor.
And I feel very lucky that Anna asked me to do this
to honor Karl tonight and his legacy.
And I mean, we've got some work to do inside.
Right, it's gonna be such an exciting night.
But it's gonna be such an exciting, amazing experience
and I'm really, really looking forward to it.
I would love for you to tell me about your look
and this necklace, like, this is,
like, can we zoom in on that Sabia? This is crazy.
[Dua] And what waist? And what waist.
And what waist, tell me about the look.
So this dress is a very special dress,
it's a 1992 full bride dress,
[La La] Chanel by Karl. Wow.
[Dua] Of course and it's been on my mood boards forever.
[La La] And when the opportunity came- It's gorgeous.
I was just like, is there any way I can find the dress?
And the Patrimony at Chanel was very kind
and allowed me to borrow it for tonight.
That is amazing.
It's a big dream come true for me so I'm very happy.
And can we talk about the necklace.
And the necklace, this little thing. [laughs]
Oh my goodness.
This is a very special Tiffany necklace.
It hasn't been seen before, so I feel-
[La La] It's unbelievable.
Excited to get to showcase it here today.
And yeah, they pulled it out the vault for me.
It's so gorgeous, so I'm not usually speechless,
but I'm sitting here like wow. Shiny, shiny.
Well, I hope you have an incredible evening
and just enjoy all the moments, you look incredible.
Thank you so much.
[La La] Thank you so much Dua Lipa.
[Both] Thank you.
Have a great evening. Thank you, and you.
All right, of course.
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All right, so I am here with supermodel extraordinaire
and like to call her the Met Gala Show Stopper,
shut the carpet down 'cause you know how we do.
Anok Yai in the building, she's here with me.
What's up, what's up, what's up?
So what's going on?
I am, I made up the stairs.
You made up the stairs.
I made it up the stairs, I'm here.
No, no, no, First, first, first, first, first.
You guys have to see this,
like this is different, this is that next level right here.
It's tight girl, I'm sewn in.
Tell me who you wearing.
I'm wearing Prabal Gurung
and we were inspired by the 1993 Chanel Couture show,
the look that Cindy was wearing.
Wow, just amazing.
And you are currently on the cover of Vogue right now.
Let's talk about that.
I'm on the cover of Vogue, thank god.
I mean, that's like the biggest thing in the world.
May issue, May issue. Major, major, major.
I'm on the cover of Vogue, we shot it in Paris
[La La] on the Grand Palais. Wow.
Inside the Grand Palais,
we like took it over for a little bit,
but it was an amazing experience
and I'm just blessed to be here, girl.
Well, you look gorgeous tonight, it's gonna be fun.
What are you looking forward to the most this evening?
I'm looking forward to
seeing everybody's outfit, to be honest.
I know, I told you from up here
I can see everything. I'm like watching everybody
come on down. I see everything
from up here, I can see it all.
It's gonna be an incredible evening.
It's gonna be insane. We're gonna have fun,
we're gonna dance, we're gonna do all of that.
So I will see you inside, but thank you for stopping by.
I'll see you inside, I love you so much.
Love you sis. [La La smooching]
All right. Thank you.
See you inside, okay?
Oh, we're up, we're up, and clearly we got the Coach crew.
Wow.
A designer, Stuart Vevers. Hi.
Dylan, I'm sorry, Maya Penn. Yes.
And this is Gabriella. How are you guys?
Amazing. We're stoked.
We had such a party on the way here.
We were breakin' out Brittany, Karaoke,
get this mic away from me. [everyone laughing]
Well I have to ask about these little purses,
I'm blown away. Yes, they are so gorgeous.
[Maya stuttering]
These are super, super special.
These are a part of Coachtopia
which is a circular design concept
that Stewart has come up with
and they have elements of recycled
pieces of material from the Met.
Yes, literally the Coach team went through the trash
of the Met Museum, took plastic water bottles,
tickets, maps, everything in the Met trashcans.
Aluminum foil.
Transformed into some incredible.
Both on the gowns and the bags.
The trash of the Met? Like the actual garbage?
Yes.
Inside the Met, outside.
Wow.
You know some people say
one man's trash is another man's treasure.
Yeah. Yes.
One man's trash is another woman's Met Gala look.
This is a first. These are like ticket stubs
and the maps from the Met,
so this year we wanted to do something
completely different and it was about creating
something beautiful, creating gowns from waste.
And I see a lot of monochromatic,
I assume that's a nod to Mr. Lagerfeld.
Indeed, yes, yes, yeah. That's our biggest nod.
I mean, of course, the innovation that he
explored in materials inspired our approach,
but this was the most obvious nod.
Amazing, well thank you guys so much.
We can't wait to see you inside.
See you inside at the bar?
I think so, yes. Maybe, drinks, drinks?
A little Brittany singing? Have a great night guys.
Thank you guys. Thank you, thank you.
[crowd murmuring]
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This year's exhibition honors the life and legacy
of visionary designer Karl Lagerfeld, let's take a look.
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I am thrilled to introduce everyone to the one and only
Michael Kors. Hello everyone.
And his date for the evening, Emily Blunt.
How are you guys? We're good.
Yes. We're great.
We're great. Now how are you feeling?
Are you one stomach flu away from your goal weight?
To be honest, I do wish I was because
[Micheal laughing]
I was telling Michael last night I ate a pizza,
almost forgetting,
'cause I thought, well, I'm like covered up
so I'll be all right.
And then I tried to put my skinny pants on and it was.
[everyone laughing]
And I wish I was.
Tell us about this look.
I assume Micheal is the- Yeah, it's like a pretty
skinny pant to me. Man responsible for this.
Well, I think it was all about dichotomy tonight.
I think Karl loved romantic,
but he also loved something a little edgy and nasty.
That's me, right? [everyone laughing]
Isn't that Emily Blunt? That says it all, right?
I'm romantic and nasty. She's romantic and nasty.
No and I just love the idea of
throwing it off with the overskirt
with the really narrow skinny cigarette trousers.
And then of course it's the night for flowers.
Yes. Yeah.
I mean, absolutely and white shirts.
I know. And white shirts.
Right on the white shirt but his signature white shirt,
but like a romantic version of it.
[Chloe] Right. Nasty and romantic.
Nasty and romantic. [everyone laughing]
Michael, I'm sure you knew Karl Lagerfeld.
I did, indeed.
Your paths must have crashed.
Absolutely, absolutely.
You know, it's whenever I have a day where I thanked myself,
I have too much to do today.
I'm too busy. [Derek laughing]
What do I have to do next?
I always kind of remember Karl,
who was just this machine of creativity, energy, humor,
all of it together and stayed curious.
Yeah.
Curiosity is the coolest thing in the world.
[Emily and Chloe] Definitely.
Do you have a favorite memory of Karl?
Oh my God, yes.
Once he actually said to me, he said, you're always so tan.
Why are you always so tan? [everyone laughing]
And I said-
Look at us next to each other.
Look at us next to each other, oh my God.
I look like a ghost. No.
Well, he said, why are you always so tan?
I said, well, the minute I have a day off,
I run to the sun. Do you?
I always do and he looked at me and he said,
obviously I don't. Aw.
So I was like, okay, I got that.
But I mean, he said, you're always tan.
He had such a great, great wit and really and such charm
and he was just singular.
He was very like you Michael Kors,
always wore sunglasses.
Shades, shades. Lot of black and white.
Lot of black and white. A lot of good one liners.
Boots, boots Good quips.
Zingy quips. Yes, Derek, you're getting it.
Chloe and I saw the exhibit this morning
and you guys are gonna love it.
So thank you so much for popping in.
Thank you. We can't wait.
We can't wait, great to see you guys.
Great to see you.
[Emily] Now I want a pizza. I know.
We all want a pizza.
Okay.
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So I am joined now by the fabulous, the beautiful,
the gorgeous Penélope Cruz here with me,
one of the co-chairs of tonight's event.
Now Penelope, I know that you knew Karl personally
and he dressed you often over the years
and you attended so many of his shows.
What does it mean to you to be here tonight
and be a co-chair of the evening?
A huge honor. I met Karl in 1999.
I am probably one of the biggest fans of
Chanel and Karl in this world.
I know a lot about every single collection he ever did.
So when he offered me to become an ambassador for the house
and start doing campaigns for him,
that sometimes he was photographing,
like we started to spend more time together
and became good friends.
And I loved him so much, he was really special.
So special. Now, what is your favorite look
that Karl ever created for you?
Wow.
There was a
blue couture dress that he changed,
that he transformed for me
and then he would do the drawings and put my face
and I think one of those times I watched him
drawing me with the dress. And that was
like a really specific like dream come true.
I don't have pictures of that moment,
but it's like recorded here in my soul forever
because he is such a genius.
The amount of hard work, I respect him for that,
obviously he was like a genius mind,
but also very, very generous and very hard worker
and everybody that knew him, loved him.
Loved him, loved him.
He treated everyone really, really kindly.
I'm so glad tonight is all about him, everyone is
so honored to be here. It's all about him.
So before I let you go, tell me about your look tonight,
'cause you just shut down the whole carpet.
I saw you from up here. I was like, Wow, wow, wow.
Thank you, so this is Chanel Couture, 1988.
Wow. Spring summer.
And when they told me we're gonna redo
one from the Patrimony, like whichever one you look,
whichever one you choose and that was
[La La] not easy to choose. No, of course not.
That was like one month going back and forth,
studying every single collection that he ever did
for Chanel but I really felt-
Well you made a perfect choice and you look gorgeous.
Thank you, you too. Thank you so much
for talking and I hope you have an incredible evening.
Thank you.
All right, thank you Penélope, all right.
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I am here with the talented, fabulous, gorgeous
Gwendoline Christie, we've been having our own
little party over here, we've been having so much fun.
I've been enjoying it. You gave me some advice
I wish I'd had at the bottom of the stairs.
I'm gonna be desperately trying to employ it
through the rest of the evening.
That's our secret, we don't tell everybody that.
Yeah, no one.
Okay, now Gwendoline, you are such a student
and fan of fashion.
So what do you think of when you think of Karl?
Karl Lagerfeld was and is rightfully an icon.
He was a renaissance man.
He had such an interest not only in the craft of design,
which was his career, but indeed
of all elements of artistry, literature, art, history.
He was such an intellectual.
He was interested in literature,
he was interested in philosophy,
and he took the rigor of discipline
that he applied to his craft
into all areas of intellectual and emotional acumen.
And I just think he was an astounding designer
and that's why he has endured for so long.
And I feel very, very lucky to be here tonight
celebrating him. Absolutely
and that's why we're all honoring him tonight
at such an iconic place. What a great moment.
So tell us about your look, you look gorgeous.
Thank you so much.
I'm lucky enough to be wearing Fendi Couture.
Wow.
Designed by the incredible Kim Jones.
[La La] I love Kim Jones. I love Kim Jones.
And Kim and I have been friends since I was 19 years old.
Wow.
So it is an enduring friendship.
But again, what I love about Kim
is that he's so dedicated to his craft.
He definitely is. He's always spontaneous and
shows such innovation in what he does,
but he's also working endlessly
on developing an exquisite technique and discipline
alongside the flamboyant nature of his imagination.
And he's great. Absolutely.
And a lal. Absolutely, absolutely.
Well, thank you so much
and I hope you have an incredible evening
and I enjoyed our talk so much.
I loved it so much darling.
[laughs] All right, I will see you inside.
Enjoy the night. All right.
Bye Gwendoline. Bye darling, bye.
All right, thank you.
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We have the honor and pleasure of being joined now
by Tommy and Dee Hilfiger.
You guys look incredible. Thank you.
Tommy, I love this look,
can I be so bold as to observe
that this is inspired by Karl Lagerfeld?
[Derek] Inspired by Karl. Tell us about it.
This is vintage Chanel fabric,
but the shirt was given to me by Karl as a gift.
[Derek] Karl himself? The man, the legend.
Yes, a gift.
And I'm not sure how he was able to get dressed
in an outfit like this every day,
but certainly had a valet because it's a shirt
[Derek] that just buttons in the back- Really?
With a separate collar.
Was this the first time Dee helped zip you up tonight?
I did not help get into it, I would no idea what to do,
but we had a whole team that helped us
get put together tonight.
It took a small village. [faded crowd cheering]
We had my Tommy Hilfiger team
take inspiration from Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld
and develop Dee's gown and her look.
I love the curl, this was added.
You know you have to do something a little different
for the Met Gala. Yes, yes.
Tommy, I'm sure you crossed paths with Karl
a couple times, do you have any favorite Lagerfeld memories?
I do.
I asked Karl once how he became so successful with Chanel
and he said it was very easy. [Derek laughing]
He went back to her archive and took everything that was
from her favorite collections
and made them relevant for today.
And that was very inspirational.
But we became partners with him
when we bought the Karl Lagerfeld brand in 2004.
So we became very close.
Chloe and I went and had a look at the exhibition today
and it's pretty incredible. We haven't seen it yet.
Oh. I think it'll be great.
You guys are going
guys to love it. Well we're going to
let you guys get to it. Thank you.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Thank you. Nice to see you.
[Dee] We'll see you you guys. Bye guys.
[Chloe] Bye Lovely.
[Derek] See you at the bar.
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All right, so I'm here with Sydney Sweeney.
Hi.
You look absolutely stunning.
Thank you so much. And amazing.
Thank you. And we were just
talking about how just crazy this carpet is
and all the fabulous that comes along with this.
Tell us about your look tonight.
I'm wearing Miu Miu. Fits like a glove.
Thank you, it feels like a glove. [laughs]
You feel good though?
I do. And you look so, so good.
I know currently you're filming season three of Euphoria,
which is me and sons- We haven't started yet.
Oh, you haven't started yet.
But I'm very excited cause I miss all the girls
and I think Maude is here tonight, so
I can't wait to see her. Yes.
Okay, so you haven't started yet, but it's coming.
It's coming, it's coming. Definitely,
so we're all looking forward to that.
I don't think anyone's- Thank you.
Looking forward to it more than my son,
[Sydney laughing]
but we're all really, really looking forward to it.
Thank you.
So what does a night like tonight mean to you,
especially honoring such an icon such as Karl?
I mean, it's such a beautiful evening
seeing everyone just appreciate and honor
such incredible looks, people look absolutely
stunning. Stunning, stunning.
And it's just an honor and a privilege to be here.
Absolutely and is there anyone
you're looking forward to seeing tonight?
We were just talking about everybody we're seeing.
Honestly, I'm just excited to just meet new people
and have a really good night.
Absolutely, well, I hope you have an incredible night.
Thank you, you too.
See you inside and have so much fun.
Thank you. All right, of course.
Bye. Thank you.
[Sydney] Thank you guys. Thank you.
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Get ready fashion fans we have two
of the most fashionable people here tonight.
Glenn Close and the designer Erdem,
who's responsible for this incredible creation. Hi guys.
Really have to see this train, it's unbelievable.
Yes, it's so elegant.
So elegant. Now Glen, I'm a huge fan.
Two of your most famous films,
Dangerous Liaison and Fatal Attraction,
have recently been adapted to television shows.
Have you watched either of them?
[Erdem laughing] No.
[everyone laughing] Isn't that terrible?
[Chloe] No. You're a busy woman.
I mean, people wonder and I just,
I mean, frankly, I haven't had time.
I've been here doing a lot of things while
Fatal Attraction has started.
I also have a very personal relationship to that material,
so I'm a little bit nervous to watch it.
But I think I will because I wanna know
what they did and how they told the story.
Danger Liaisons was such an incredible film
because of all the costumes. Yes.
How is that as an actress to use style as a character?
Ooh. It's everything,
it's everything, I have kept all my costumes.
I have a costume collection of over 800 pieces
that is in the Indiana University
because I could not say goodbye to them,
they are such a part of my career.
And it helps you build a character and
to see Erdem and be with Erdem in building this
and seeing what he was creating.
Yes, they said, What character are you doing?
And I'm thinking maybe a kinder Madame de Merteuil.
A nicer one. And you're my young lover.
[everyone laughing] Exactly, exactly.
Young lover, tell us about this look tonight.
Yes, young Lover, young Lover. Do Tell.
Well, it's an homage to Karl where
the amazing body of work that Karl Lagerfeld created.
The dress, the starting point, was actually from his first
Chanel Couture collection.
And then the cape actually inspired by
the finale look from Chanel Fall 1999
[Chloe] that Devon Aoki wore. Wow.
And then, of course, the collar and the cuffs are
an homage to Karl themselves, so.
[Chloe] Paris. There you go.
Très chic and très French très Karl.
[everyone laughing] Thank you.
We can't wait to see you guys inside and-
Thank you.
It was lovely seeing you at the exhibit today.
Thanks so much, thank you.
We're gonna clear a path. We have to clear a path.
Shucks.
Hi, look at you. Hey, how are you?
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Here with Margot Robbie and when I say
the world is so thirsty for your new Barbie.
No, no, no, it's like, it's a sensation.
It's going crazy, everyone wants to put their picture
with a Barbie logo in the background.
Were you surprised at all by the intensity
and excitement around this?
Yeah, I have to say I was,
I knew it was gonna be exciting for everyone.
I didn't really realize
the kind of energy it would have behind it
and we're still, we come out July 21st, so-
Exactly
It's still a little while away,
I'm amazed everyone's this excited already.
Everyone is so excited.
We still have so much more to show you.
Can't wait, can't wait. Yeah.
Now, Margot, tell us about your look tonight.
I'm wearing Chanel, this is actually-
Gorgeous. Yeah.
This dress was worn by Cindy Crawford in 1993.
Oh wow. They remade it for me.
And it's obviously a Karl design and
I feel really great in it actually.
And you look absolutely stunning.
Thank you. So Margot,
what does a night like tonight mean to you
honoring such an icon and a legend like Karl Lagerfeld?
It's incredible.
Obviously the Mets always an exciting night,
but I had the great privilege of getting to
know Karl to an extent.
I was the last Chanel ambassador that he
picked actually. Wow.
Yeah, so like, you know- What an honor.
Yeah, it is an honor.
and I'm thrilled that they're honoring him tonight
because he is, he was exceptional.
Absolutely, well, I'm so glad you came to say hi.
Thank you.
I hope you have the most fabulous evening.
You look incredible. Can I just say,
you look incredible. Thank you.
Like I said, I was relooking at pictures of you
when I was in the car, I was like, She looks amazing.
Thank you so much.
I'll see you inside and have a great evening.
Okay, thank you.
Barbie movie coming soon, everybody.
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Karl Lagerfeld.
Karl Lagerfeld put on some pretty memorable fashion shows
during his decades at Chanel.
Which of his Chanel runway designs is your favorite?
[Chloe] 2014's Supermarket,
2008's Carousel,
2012's Underwater World,
or 2019's Pool Party.
Head to @VogueMagazine on Twitter now to cast your vote.
Cast away!
[faded crowd cheering]
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Are you feeling nervous, overwhelmed, excited?
Where is your head at?
I was really excited until
I got off my car like two minutes ago.
Me, that's what happens to me. I'm like, I think I'm fine.
I think I'm cool, and then I get out and I'm like,
Whoa, this is a lot.
So you're about to walk on the carpet.
What do you think happens after that?
What do you think happens when you get inside?
That's a really good question
because I see people wearing these crazy dresses.
I'm so curious to see how they sit down. [laughs]
Right, right?
I love this because this is so,
like this is so effortless.
Yeah, it works. And gorgeous.
I can sit down. Who is this?
I'm wearing Chanel from the nineties runway.
Amazing.
I'm so lucky to have the Chanel team recreated this
look from the nineties, the one that Karl did,
so I'm just like so happy.
I mean, congratulations. Thank you.
You look beautiful,
this is amazing. Thank you, thank you.
I mean, I'll tell you this,
everyone's ambushing us. [both laughing]
You are gonna have the best time in there.
Thank you.
Do you have like one thing that's like a mystery?
Like what's like the biggest mystery to you?
Oh, about the Met Gala or-
Of all the Met Gala,
like what's the one thing that you're like,
I just can't wait to figure out.
I don't know, that was a bad question.
I would say literally everything because it's my first-
You just don't know, it's your first one.
I don't know what to expect. Totally.
But Rosie, she was here last year and she told me,
Just have fun. So that's the plan for today.
I'm gonna go have fun.
You're gonna have so much fun and I'll see you in there.
I'm so happy to meet you, finally.
So happy to meet you, it's such a pleasure.
I can't even express how amazing you look
and how amazing you just are. Thank you.
We'll hang out in there. Yeah, we'll see you.
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Hi Elle Fanning. Hello.
My goodness, you look like a dream and a vision.
Tell us about this look.
Thank you. Well, I'm technically,
I am at the Cartier table tonight.
Ooh. Yes, this,
I'm wearing a 1955 Grain de Cafe coffee bean necklace,
which is special. Wow.
It's this one that Grace Kelly wore in the royal portrait.
I don't think the exact, but it's from that time.
Let's say it's the exact,
you and Grace Kelly is everything.
And then Vivienne Westwood designed my outfit, Andreas,
and it's based on, I met Karl when I was 13
and my first fashion show ever was 2011
Fall Chanel Haute Couture and after the show,
he selected me to be someone to be
in the Little Black Jacket book and from that,
that book he kind of styled everyone
in the way that he kind of saw them and wanted to see them.
And I was 13 and young and I had a little white dress on
and he kept my dress on and all he put on me
was a daisy crown.
And so I'm like, This is how Karl wants me to look.
And here it is. Fresh as a daisy.
Bridle, like Chanel bride.
Yes, yes. Come on, yeah.
Nothing better, right? Yes, yes.
Wow. [Elle laughing]
We talked about so much royalty, Grace Kelly,
the Queen, Vivienne Westwood-
We talk about The Great, which premieres on May 12th.
What can you tell us about truly one of my favorite shows?
Oh my gosh, it's only in like couple weeks,
a week and a half or so? Yes, 11 days.
Oh great, that's right. Yeah, May 1st. [laughs]
Doing math on the carpet. [everyone laughing]
I'm so excited, it's season three and
it's my favorite season yet.
It's like, there's a lot of spoilers
there's huge twists.
I want it to come out so I can just talk about what happens,
but I love this show so much and it's so much fun to do
and I can't wait for everyone to see it.
Yay. Yes.
Well, you look beautiful tonight.
Thank you. Well, you are a vision
and I can't wait to find you for a little drink.
Yeah, that's right.
What are you gonna do with these flowers like later?
Could you leave those? I'm gonna throw,
maybe you'll catch 'em. Oh.
Let's do it and you'll propose, right?
Yes, I might. There you go.
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[Keke laughing]
So the family has joined me up here.
Now I know you guys were at the bottom of the carpet,
but it was important for you to stop here.
Keke and Sergio, who designed both of our dresses tonight.
Exactly.
So it was important that we linked up,
the family had to link up. Absolutely.
Now what I did say was, if my body could look like this
after having a baby, Oh, girl, stop.
Then somebody out there might have a chance,
somebody might have a chance.
You look gorgeous.
Sergio, I'm so grateful for you
designing these amazing dresses for-
Absolutely. The both of us.
Keke, let me ask you,
what are you looking forward to the most here tonight?
Well, it was you because I had to make sure
that Sergio didn't like make you up stage me,
but we both look fabulous. [La La laughing]
But we both do. [laughs]
I'm just here to see everybody.
I mean, this is gonna be a fun night. [stutters]
I didn't go to the last one, so this is my second time
and so it's good to be back and just see
what it's given' honey. How's it baby?
Baby is good. He at home missin' mama.
I know it gets hard when you gotta leave.
He was with us all day. Yep.
It's okay, he was with us all day, he all right.
We gonna do some parties afterwards, we're gonna be good.
Exactly.
That's what he say, he said we gotta link up with you after
to figure out where we going. All right.
So we gonna do something.
Well, I will see you guys later and thanks for stopping by.
Love you and thank you so much for everything.
Good seeing you babe. Good seeing you always.
[Sergio] Love ya. Love you.
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All right, so here with one of my faves for sure,
Usher is officially in the building,
fresh off the stage in Vegas,
your amazing residency that everyone is talking about.
Talk to me about that Usher.
How are you able to just outdo yourself
time and time and time again?
Well, I mean, the fans deciding
to come see me in Vegas is part of it.
The other half is an amazing catalog of songs
and then the other side is just really enjoying myself
in Vegas and doing things that I've always wanted to do.
Absolutely, now tonight we are honoring Karl Lagerfeld.
It's A Line of Beauty. Talk to me about your look tonight.
Well, first and foremost, designer Bianca Saunders-
Yes.
I put this amazing ensemble together for myself and her.
I love that and you look stunning and gorgeous.
What an incredible suit you put together for Usher tonight.
You look great.
Yeah, thank you very much. All right.
The idea was to honor, but also to still have
a little individuality in it, you know?
And you brought your swag to it for sure.
Better notice, baby, you better know.
Exactly, you brought your swag to it for sure.
Tonight's gonna be incredible,
we're gonna have a lot of fun.
I'm glad you came over to say hi,
I'll see you guys inside, okay?
Absolutely, I'll see you then.
All right, have a great evening.
See you later. Thank you.
All right, for sure.
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We are joined now by Vera Wang and Lily Collins
with these incredible trains.
You can scroll down-
We had to do some clever positioning.
Can you see what's happening
down here? Yes, we have to see
the Karl, can we get it in the camera?
Not quite.
[Lily] Yeah, we have Karl. There we are.
There we go.
Vera you famously knew Karl,
can you tell us a little bit about what these outfits
that you designed resemble?
I think they're absolutely both
obviously homages to him and his enormous talent.
And I think while we very much wanna respect
all the work he did everywhere at Chanel,
at Chloe, at Fendi, it was really a moment for us,
for Lily and I to translate our own version
of how perhaps we could wear Karl
with respect and joy and
privilege to be here for him tonight.
That's amazing.
Now it is very French tonight
and I have felt like you on the carpet trying to pronounce
[Lily] Patou, Bhama. Oh my god. [laughs]
[Chloe] Guillaume, do you any advice for the-
[Lily] I think you're killing it.
[Chloe] Really?
I think you know what I think it is?
It's about the commitment. Right.
Yes.
It's the commitment to whatever you think it is
and then you just sell it. You just sell it.
That's what I think you have to do and you're sell,
I mean, you're totally selling it.
Okay, all right. Yeah.
I'm gonna tell that to myself
tonight before bed. As long you can say
Choupette. Choupette, yes.
Choupette is all that- We're good.
[everyone laughing]
What are you guys excited to see tonight in the exhibit?
We've already seen it.
We'd like to see the exhibit.
I know, that's what, I'm dying to see it, I know.
[Vera] We'd like to see it.
Well get in there guys. Get in there.
Thanks for saying hi. Can't wait to see you guys.
We'll see you inside. Merci.
Merci. Merci, oh look,
you're already, aw. [everyone laughing]
Aw, we're doin' it. [faded police sirens]
All right, Miss Wang. Thanks guys.
I am here with someone who needs
no introduction whatsoever.
Doja Cat has officially
stepped into the Met Ball. [Doja Cat meowing]
You are here, all right.
Tell us about head to toe, I wanna know everything.
This is Oscar De La Renta
and then my friend Molina did my prosthetics.
[La La] Unbelievable.
I got Sasha Livingston on the nails and yeah,
I'm very, very excited and I love it.
So you told me this is your first Met Ball.
We talked about this. This is my first Met.
So how does it feel like, are you nervous?
Is it crazy? Because the first one is is hectic.
It's really not bad. Okay.
You're all right? Normally it's kind of bad.
I feel nice, I feel relaxed here.
I like the, I don't know, maybe it's the beige.
I feel very calm.
You're in a good place. Yeah, it's like very nice.
All right, so Doja, tell me on a night like tonight,
what is something that you're
really, really looking forward to?
I don't know
because they don't tell you what's gonna happen.
You don't have any information. [laughs]
So I have no idea. Right, right.
But I do hope to have some good conversation.
[La La] Absolutely, see some cool people.
[La La] Yeah. Have some fun.
Yeah.
Well, I'm so glad you came over to say hi.
Thank you. I just wanna say,
you look absolutely stunning. Thank you so much.
And I love how you are always
you no matter what and you know,
I support you through and through.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Absolutely, see you inside and have a great time.
See you inside baby. [ladies smooching]
[Doja Cat meowing]
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I'm here with this stunning Rachel Brosnahan
and I'm so happy we're both wearing
Sergio Hudson today. I know.
And we were just saying
how incredible he is. Me too.
And the looks are so different.
Yeah And so fabulous.
Tell me about your look.
Sergio Hudson had sent through some
inspiration images from a Chloe show
in the nineties. Okay.
A lot of black mesh, a lot of embracing the nipple,
and so here we are. [both laughing]
Absolutely, well, you look fabulous.
Thank you very much. So, Rachel, tell me,
what does a night like tonight mean to you,
especially honoring such a legend and an icon as Karl?
I mean, this is the kind of stuff you dream about-
Right.
Having the opportunity to attend and
it's the only event that I've ever been to
that is quite literally about wearable art.
[La La] Absolutely.
It's about honoring the art of design.
And then we get to walk through the exhibit.
I mean, it's so special.
And get to look around at- See everyone's faces.
All these incredible looks.
I've just been like all night long.
Absolutely, well, you're in for a fabulous evening.
Thank you.
And thank you for stopping by and you look
absolutely gorgeous. You too.
Thank you for saying hi. Thank you Rachel, of course.
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It is a great honor of mine
to be joined with Anne Hathaway.
I'm at a loss of words and I'm drunked in your presence.
You look stunning and you recently became
the face of Versace.
How do you guys work together on these looks?
Oh, you're giving me too much credit.
I just do what Donatella tells me to do, very gratefully.
Very gratefully, she sent me a sketch for this
and I just went, Well, all right.
But I do have to say I work with an amazing team,
my stylist, Erin Walsh, she always puts everything together,
so it's really her that does the collaboration,
I'm just a lucky girl.
I'm seeing a lot of Karl homages here.
There's between- Yes.
I see a camillia like on my lapel,
but also a little nod to Versace in the safety pins.
And yeah, absolutely,
and I have to give a shout out to my hairstylist,
Orlando Pita, he brought a camillia
from a Versace show in the nineties.
Can we get that? So this is the first time
we've seen a vintage piece, hairpiece.
Vintage hairpiece, all right, I'm the first one.
We've seen some vintage Chanel pieces.
but not a lot of vintage hairpieces.
Yeah. Leave it to Anne Hathaway.
Well, Orlando Pita, definitely.
The two of you together.
That casual icon. Yeah, yes. [laughs]
But yeah, I think it's kind of this,
it was meant to be sort of a marriage between
Versace and Chanel.
The rings I'm noticing. Yeah, these little things,
they're just a couple of them. Little things.
They're my wonderful, wonderful
friends and family at Bulgari.
They're beautiful.
Anne, when you came into the shot here,
you said that there's a certain way that you can pose
in this dress. Yes, I did.
You're gonna make me say it right now, aren't you?
[Derek] Yes, I wanna know. All right,
I gotta be honest. How does this dress
make you feel? I gotta be honest,
It's very hard not to laugh next to Chloe.
Well, I'm gonna copy you.
It's easier, not to laugh next to Derek.
But there's just something about this dress
that makes you kinda wanna hit it.
You just kinda wanna hit it.
Get a little Rosalía going on in your head
and just live in a fantasy.
Did I do it right? Yeah, yeah.
Let me see, heck yeah.
All right, here we go. Oh, I'll just leave guys.
Great, great, thanks Anne Hathaway.
No, come back, come back.
Well thank you so much and we look forward to
seeing you in there. Thank you, have so much fun.
Derek I love you.
[ladies smooching] We'll see you inside.
I love you too. See you inside.
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Here with someone I love very much,
Yara Shahidi is here with me. Hi.
You look gorgeous,
I was like, wow. Thank you.
Okay, first, let's talk about this look
'cause this is it. Thank you so much.
You look gorgeous.
It's Gaultier, half of it is archive from 2008.
Wow. And the rest is custom,
but it was an ode to my favorite Haute Couture Chanel '93.
Wow and you pulled this off fabulously.
Thank you. You look so incredible.
Now people are so excited you're playing Tinkerbell
in the new Peter Pan & Wendy movie.
So tell me, how do you approach such a well-known character
[laughs] and then make it your own? Well, I think
that's even the task of the Met, right?
You get a theme and you try and make it your own.
Quite honestly,
I think it was trying to figure out what this movie
asked of Tinkerbell first and foremost,
which was already really fun, but a lot of fun references.
Last year I was here as an ode to Josephine Baker.
And funny enough, in this movie I watched
a lot of her performances- Oh wow.
To look at how people like her
are using their facial expressions to communicate so much
when you say so little. [laughs]
That's incredible and everyone is looking forward to that.
So what are you looking forward to here tonight
honoring such a icon and a legend like Karl?
What are you looking forward to the most tonight?
Well, the Chanel house and Karl
were the first fashion house to really bring me in at 16,
I believe. Wow, 16 years old.
The first shows I ever went to, my first experiences,
and I think my general appreciation for fashion
comes from that experience
and it comes from how welcoming they are
and being able to see fashion as art
and so I think that really kicked off my entire journey.
So it's beautiful to be able to be here.
Absolutely. Well, I hope you have an incredible evening.
Thank you.
I'll see you inside. Go have some fun
See you inside, you look gorgeous.
Thank you. All right, for sure.
Thank you, thank you.
[Sabia] Thank you. See you inside.
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Thanks. [laughs] Thank you so much Chloe.
You have to tell us about these looks.
Well I wanted to honor Karl
and I was doing black and white
'cause I was thinking about his color palettes often
[Chloe] restrained in black and white. Yes.
And the last time Devon and Karl and I were together
was after my last show in Paris
when I originally lived there
and she wore a winged leather piece, a bustier in the show,
and so I wanted to take a nod of mine with Karl
and then, of course, I have my shared muse
Devon Aoki with Karl.
It's so great to have Karl back in the conversation.
He passed away in 2019.
I know you both were close friends
and collaborators with him.
Do you have any fabulous Karl memories?
Well, I have a great story.
It might be a little long winded for this,
but I'll try to do it quickly. [Derek laughing]
You know, when I used to model for Chanel,
they're one of the only brands that would
make you your shoe size and I have a very small foot.
[Derek] What size is your shoe size Devon Aoki?
I have size six, so it's pretty tiny.
And the sample size is always for models much bigger.
You know size nine, size ten.
Anyway, after the show, Virginie and Karl would say,
okay, take your shoes
'cause no one else is ever gonna wear these so
you can keep them.
And so I took the shoes, thought nothing of it,
and a few months later
we were gonna show the same collection in Japan.
Well, I got to Japan and, of course,
I had taken the shoes
and they didn't have the shoes anymore.
So I had to wear these big size nine, ten shoes,
and there were a lot of steps.
It was a runway with almost all steps.
And I just turned to Karl and I said,
Oh my God, there's so many steps.
And he said, Oh my God, get rid of those shoes.
Being barefoot as chic. I was a bride barefoot.
[Chloe] Wow. In the couture.
And it just shows he was so sweet and-
[Derek] He was always made it work that Lagerfeld.
You know he really did and he was so good to me.
So that was a fun story that I always think about.
Chloe and I checked out the exhibit this morning
and I can't wait for you guys to see it.
I'm sure you're in some of the pictures.
Yes, you are. I know, I know.
I'm so excited.
Can't wait for you guys to see it
and have the most magical night.
Thank you so much.
Thanks for stopping by guys.
Paris, New York. Yeah?
We're in Paris, New York right now.
[everyone laughing]
[Chloe] Thank you. Thank you guys.
Here with the legendary Carla Bruni.
Now you were the first lady of France
and Karl was such an icon of France.
Can you tell us about your relationship with Karl?
Yes.
I had a very longlasting time relationship with Karl
because it started when I was a young model
and it ended just a few months before he left us.
Wow. At his last show,
we became friends, I became a songwriter
and he came to all my concerts.
Wow. Without even telling me,
just buying tickets and coming.
And then when I married my husband,
he was president of France. So then he keep,
my husband gave him an honorific decoration.
Wow.
And so we had plenty of dinners
and a good time together as he would send me clothes
to wear on official occasion. Right, right.
And so we remain friends for about 30 years.
And Carla, how does it feel to just see everyone
honoring him tonight?
You personally knowing him and having such a relationship,
I know that has to be an incredible feeling.
It feels moving.
Almost overwhelming. Wow.
And I can feel his soul around us here.
And you know Karl didn't really believe in death.
He would always say death doesn't exist.
Wow. You just go,
the person just goes in another room
and person can come back any minute.
So that's how I feel tonight.
Absolutely. Well, thank you so much
for stopping by. Thank you very much.
You look gorgeous and thank you for talking to us.
Thank you so much. All right, Carla,
have a great time. You too.
All right, thank you. Bye.
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I am so excited to introduce the most pearl-fect
guest at the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian.
Yes. I love that.
You're always one of the most talked about people
here on the Met Gala Red Carpet.
Do you feel pressure to outdo yourself every year?
What's your process?
I did, but this year I just wanted to feel glamorous.
I really didn't feel the pressure.
I just wanted to have a good time,
I took a shot before I came with my sisters.
My daughter was in the room with me.
She's actually in the car watching us
all walk up the red carpet.
So it was just like a glamorous night.
Now I have a silly question.
What was it like meeting the famous Choupette?
A little scary.
You know, it takes a little while to warm up to her.
She wrote me a sweet note and left it in my room.
We spent some time together before this.
That's major.
Kim, actually, you sent me a video
of you and Choupette having a little bit of a cat fight.
Ooh.
Did you guys kiss and make up?
We did. Okay.
That's the pictures that I showed
of us in the bedroom. Yes.
Laying on the bed.
I think she was intimidated by all the people, so-
[Derek] Yes. Yeah, we had a love fest.
And and most importantly,
tell us about what you're wearing tonight.
Yes. Who designed this?
This is Daniel for Schiaparelli.
and you know, I wanted pearls.
I thought, what is more Karl?
You know the iconic Chanel pearls
is what I always thought of.
So we wanted to just be dripping in pearls.
All the way down if you can see this,
mother, she's mothering. We're trying to be Gen Z.
[Derek] We're trying to-
We're trying and failing this.
Some popped on the way and I told my daughter
to grab them all, they're real pearls,
and she was putting 'em all in her purse.
[Derek] Are they real pearls?
They are.
All right, well then I think I'm gonna
follow you around all night too.
Yeah, if you need me to pick up a pearl I'm-
When's mother day?
Chloe and I are gonna make some pearl necklaces
for our mother out of the remnants of your Met look.
Well, thank you so much
and we can't wait to see you inside.
Or course, of course. Stunning.
You have a long walk up that carpet,
and I'm thinking you're taking small steps. [laughs]
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I'm here with the fabulous Billy Eilish, [laughs]
just having our own little private convo over here,
having a great time.
You look gorgeous, Billy.
Tell me about your look
and I'm gonna tell you right now, the black hair is it,
like, it's it for sure. Thank baby.
[La La] I'm wearing Simone Rosha. Wow.
Who is just one of my favorites in the world
and she does not like custom make anything.
and I was just like.
Please? Please.
You batted your eyes like that?
I did, I did, I did, but yeah.
And you look incredible.
So, Billy, talk about tonight,
this is honoring Karl Lagerfeld, an icon, a legend,
and so many people are just
bringing their interpretation of Karl and his designs,
what does a night like tonight mean for you?
I mean, it means a lot.
I'm just, every time I'm invited at all,
it's just an honor to me.
And I have a good time, I go in there.
You have fun.
I have good stories afterwards. I'll say that.
Absolutely, absolutely.
I really do, I'm sure you do too, girl.
Yeah, well, we're in for a night of fun for sure.
You made it through the hard part.
I did.
How intimidating are the steps, Billy?
Because people ask that all the time.
I feel like they're not too bad.
They're not that bad.
I feel like, I'm not gonna die.
Okay. So you made it through.
I made it. Now it's time to have fun.
It's time. See you inside.
I love you, take care. All right,
Love you too, Billy.
All right, see you inside.
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Oh, Salma Hayek looks amazing. [laughs]
Are you guys ready? [everyone laughing]
We are joined by Priyanka Chopra Jonas,
Nick Jonas no more small talk, we're live.
We're on vogue.com, how are you guys?
Wow. I was really enjoying everyone's,
Oh, thanks babe. Aw.
I was just enjoying watching everyone's
take on this year's Met Gala,
[Chloe] people look amazing. Yes.
Everyone's turned out so well, it's awesome.
Jared Leto came as a furry. [everyone laughing]
That's great.
You didn't see that coming, did you?
Salma Hayek looks fire, so did Kim, it's awesome.
This whole look is unbelievable.
I'm like blinded by this necklace you're wearing.
It's stunning. I know.
It's a beautiful bespoke Bulgari piece.
[Chloe] Wow.
And that's 11.6 carats or something.
[Chloe] Woo, hoo, hoo. I know.
A lot of carats. I like a lot of carrots
in my vegetables. [everyone laughing]
Poor Nick, poor Nick. [everyone laughing]
Now how did Karl inspire your guys' looks tonight?
I think the black and white as a classic Karl look,
you know we're trying to play
with a few of the jewels as well,
[Chloe] obviously you saw this. Yes.
I've got a few of my own. Oh, oh, those look cool,
we love a jeweled- Less exciting..
Nick, do you remember we had dinner with Karl Lagerfeld?
I remember, in Paris.
That was the first time we met.
Like seven, eight years ago.
Yeah, big night for me. Big night.
Karl Lagerfeld and Nick Jonas.
What are your memories of Karl?
Lovely. I mean, it was a beautiful night
and wonderful celebration of him at that time and
nice to be able to do that tonight as well.
[Chloe] I'll say.
Chloe and I went to see the exhibit tonight and there is,
Oh, I'm so excited. We can't wait to see it.
Seven decades of Karl fabulous fashion extravaganza.
And an opening dress with a snake like your tie,
you're very, you're on theme Nick Jonas.
Always on theme, Nick Jonas. [everyone laughing]
I'm trying.
It's incredible. Yeah, it's so exciting.
Like Viola Davis looking amazing as ever.
Oh my God.
Yeah, we're wearing Valentino today.
Oh, wow, we're with the Valentino's.
Yes. What an honor.
Well, thank you guys so much and we can't wait to
see you guys inside. Thank you.
See ya inside. See you guys inside.
Thanks Vogue. Thanks Vogue.
All right, so I am with the fashion killer himself.
Russell Westbrook is here.
Now Russ, you've worn a lot of iconic outfits,
you've had a lot of iconic moments,
and then the Met Ball comes
and we're honoring Karl Lagerfeld tonight.
So what do you do in that type of atmosphere?
What do you do? How do you put it together?
You know I think you start with history.
Tonight I'm wearing Bode tonight,
they was able to gimme some pants that
I know Karl was big into interior designing and-
Right. They got some pants from
hotel that was a part of some lining,
that was only a piece of the pants that made it.
So I wanted to give a nod to him,
obviously with the pearls here as well.
[La La] Absolutely.
But I'm just excited to be here and
happy to be a part of it.
And for someone who's so into fashion,
like honoring an icon and a legend like Karl,
what does that mean for you? I mean, it's an honor.
It's just a blessing
for me to be a part of something like this.
And with such a inspirational and fashion for myself
and so many people, so I'm happy to be here.
Absolutely and you shut it down like you always do.
I appreciate it, thank you.
Thank you for coming to say hi.
Appreciate it. All right,
have a good evening. La La, take care.
All right.
[Sabia] Thank you sir for your patience.
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Hi, we're back with Viola Davis and Julius,
lovely to meet you guys, thanks for coming tonight.
Oh. Absolutely.
Your most recent film Air has been a huge hit.
Yes. You play Jordan's mother
who until now has been the unrecognized force
behind the biggest endorsement deal
in the history of sports and maybe even fashion.
How did you approach that role?
Oh, I approached a role like I approach every role
where I just have this study this subject,
Dolores Jordan, incredible woman, you know?
And pray. [everyone laughing]
Pray that it works. [laughs]
Priyanka was just here and she said,
you're both wearing Valentino tonight.
Yes.
We're both wearing Valentino.
Tell us about this look.
They wanted to dress me for the Met Ball
and I had a couple of different choices
and I loved the color.
That Valentino pink, right? And I love the feathers.
I know, I'm trying to do my microphone
and like not touch the feather. [laughs]
I wanna put my eyes right above the feathers.
I know, I was asking about it,
how're you gonna eat tonight? I'll figure it out.
[Chloe] There you go, there you go.
[everyone laughing]
And the earrings are so-
The earrings are Boucheron on and all the jewelry is.
[Chloe] It's beautiful. And yeah,
I feel a little bit like a princess.
[Chloe] That's what we're here of.
Our queen or an empress, whatever you wanna choose.
Did you ever meet Karl yourself?
I've never met Karl.
It's like two different worlds sort of,
I know some people really are meshed into the fashion world,
even though they're actors, not us so much.
[everyone laughing] Yeah.
But obviously you know of Karl,
we know of his legendary work and-
Yes. And his philanthropy.
And I mean he was just a great guy.
[Chloe and Derek] Yeah. He really was a great guy.
Well he had a pretty distinctive look too.
Yes.
He did have a distinctive look.
Chloe and I checked out the exhibit this morning.
Yes. And it's pretty incredible.
78 years. I hear it's amazing.
Wow. It's chills and tears.
[everyone laughing] Oh, wow, that's great.
Well, you're done with us
so now you can go check out the show.
Yeah. Absolutely.
Thank you guys so much. We're huge fans of you guys.
[Chloe] Unbelievable, even from the back, woo.
[Derek] Thank you so much.
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So I'm here with what I like to call the dream team.
We have Caitlin, Vanessa, and Leah hanging out all together,
each one of you ladies look absolutely stunning.
My co-host from last year. Yes, we are.
I miss you this year. I know, I miss you,
you look so stunning. Thank you
and so do you three, amazing. Thank you.
Leah, you said you had a story,
I'm putting you on this spot.
Just so I needed to tell you that I live in your house.
[Leah laughing] Whoa, what?
When you moved out, I live in your house now,
I get tons of packages for you everyday.
[La La] In my LA house? No, here in New York.
[La La] Oh my goodness gracious.
[everyone laughing]
Now I get tons of packages for you all the time,
I promise I don't open anything.
Okay, okay.
In case you're missing anything, I might have it.
Okay, I trust them with you.
But it's great, yes, I love it.
Well that place has great energy, so-
Oh, good, good, good. It's good, it's good stuff.
So talk to me about tonight.
What does Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
mean to you guys tonight?
I mean, you can really feel his energy tonight
in everyone's gowns and this is my first time at the Met so.
Oh, it's your first Met? My very, very first Met.
Okay.
So it's very exciting to be here.
Absolutely, it's so exciting, not too overwhelmed?
Not at all, I'm here with my pals.
She's got girls around her. I do.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Now, Vanessa, you're back not as a co-host,
but as a guest this year. I know, yes.
So you put all the work on me, that's okay,
it's all right. [ladies laughing]
It's okay. Sorry.
[La La] How you feeling?
I'm feeling great.
It's really nice to be able to just like come and hang out,
we're here with Michael Kors and he's just like
[La La] the ultimate party starter. He's the best.
I feel like everyone looks amazing,
so it's nice to be out with the girls.
It absolutely is and Leah,
what does a night like tonight mean to you?
Well it's my night off from work.
There you go.
I told my son that I was at a wedding tonight
[La La] for my friends Anna and Karl. Oh, there you go.
And so I love being here,
like Vanessa said, it's such a great group of girls
that Michael put together,
I've been a fan of Michael for so many years,
and it's an honor to be here at the Met
wearing these exquisite dresses and it's a fun night.
And you all, like I said, just look stunning.
Please have the best time tonight.
And thanks for coming by to say hi.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
All right, all right, for sure.
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As fun as it is talking to these gorgeous guests,
don't forget, we also wanna hear from you, our viewers
watching live around the world.
So make sure you're getting in on the conversation
by using the #MetGala on social media.
We'll be checking in throughout the night
and featuring our favorite
comments and questions right here.
So I'm here with Brittney Griner and Chenelle Griner.
We are here at the Met.
I was so happy when I saw you both coming up the steps,
I was like, Yes, this is incredible.
What is this moment like for you?
It means everything just to be here with my wife
and just able to be here, it means so much.
Get to see this event a lot and to actually live it,
it's amazing.
It's one of those things you watch,
you're like, One day I'll get to be there.
One day I'll get to go.
Cherelle, how are you feeling?
I mean, it's surreal still, you know?
I mean, this time last year I was missing my wife,
so to have her right here to be in this moment,
breathtaking.
Absolutely, Brittany, we are so happy that you are here
with us tonight, it is such a moment, thank you so much.
I wanna hear a little bit about your looks tonight.
Oh, yes.
Calvin Klein has styled- Did the thing with that.
Myself and my beautiful wife
and they have done an amazing job.
I mean, we are, it is dripping off of us right now.
Absolutely, yeah. That's it, that's it.
It's dripping off of y'all, I like that.
It's dripping off of you guys.
And on a night like tonight,
honoring Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
It's so many different interpretations
of Karl and everything,
what are you guys most looking forward to tonight?
I mean, just honoring him.
He was an icon in the industry, head of so many houses.
I mean, when you think of fashion,
you cannot not think of him.
So just being here, celebrating his life,
and what he's done for the industry and just enjoying it.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Well, we are so happy that
you were both were able to join us.
Life is good right now. Yes it is.
Life is great right now. Yes it is.
And I definitely just wanna say,
oh, I wanted to make sure, ooh, ooh,
I don't wanna forget about this.
Can you tell us about the Bring Them Home campaign?
Yes.
You know, I was able to come home and
bring home our families.
They were big for us, they did everything,
supporting my family, supporting my wife,
and it's a lot of hard work doing this
and there's a lot of families that
don't get the availability that I have with media,
so every day just being there,
being a voice for those families,
so they're not feeling left behind or forgotten at all.
Absolutely. Brittany Griner, Cherelle Griner,
I am so happy to see you, let's do a group hug.
Yes. I'm just happy that we here.
Yes, yes, yes. This is good.
Go inside, have the best time, you both deserve it.
Have an incredible evening. Oh, thank you.
And thank you so much for stopping by.
Thank you so much. All right, see you guys.
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Wow, look at these three lovely ladies.
We have Stella McCarty, Madeline Cline, and Audreys-
Slutburn. Slutburn.
Oh, whoa. Slutburn to you.
Well, I'll take it. Yeah.
And now tell us about this look.
It's a look. It's a look.
[Chloe] And that's about it. And that's it.
And this is, I love it.
This is Stella McCartney.
Oh, wow. It's amazing, isn't it?
That's right, sustainable Stella.
McCartney. Great, great.
Now Stella, you took over from Karl Lagerfeld-
Are you're not taking this seriously?
I am. [laughs]
I think it's very serious. No, I'll be more serious.
Okay go, oh my god, don't do that.
No, no, okay, this is, okay.
That was good 'cause I did.
Well, no, 'cause my name is Chloe
and you took over from Karl Lagerfeld at Chloe in 1997.
How did you work with his legacy at the house?
[sighs] You know my favorite moment about that,
and it's when I felt that I truly arrived,
is when Karl found out that I had taken over as successor
to the brand, his quote was,
I knew they would take a big name when I left the brand,
but I thought it would be
a big name in fashion, not in music.
[Chloe gasping] So good though.
A king of the one-liners. So good.
Burn, burn, burn, burn.
But I loved it, I was like,
Oh, Karl Lagerfeld knows who I am.
Yeah, there you go.
Now Audrey, is this an alter ego of yours,
explain to me Audrey Slut-
No, she just likes to have a good time.
Does the right thing, says the right thing at all times.
Cheerio and Madeline, you look lovely.
Thank you.
And it's just Madeline, right?
Not Madeline... It's just Madeline.
Great. No last.
Great, well, I guess we'll see you three inside.
Yep, we stick together. Stick together as we do.
The good news is that you have the best
Met Gala tour guide, Stella McCartney's always the
ringleader of the good times here at this event.
All right. I hope I see you again.
All right, get outta there you guys.
Get outta there, get outta there.
It was lovely to meet you and we'll never see you again.
Christina Ricci is here. Hi.
We're having great conversation.
You look stunning. Thank you.
Christina, tell me,
how do you prepare for a night like tonight?
Well, I went and got some insane facial
with like microcurrents and stuff to
reattach my face to my skull.
[La La] I might need to try that.
[La La] Which worked. This looks so good.
[La La] It seems to have worked. Looks so good.
Stuck on now, my face. Absolutely. [laughs]
Tell us about your look.
I'm wearing Fendi by Kim Jones.
Oh, Kim Jones. Yeah, I know, I love Kim.
He's one of my closest friends
and it's inspired by Karl's time at Fendi
and how he experimented with fabrics
and the reworking of fabrics. Right.
And so yeah. I think we're all in
for an incredible evening. Yeah.
I'm hearing the exhibition is unbelievable.
I'm so excited to see it. So go and enjoy yourself.
Thank you.
And thank you so much for stopping by.
So nice to see you. All right, always Christina,
always a pleasure with you. You too, have a great night.
For sure, of course.
[crowd murmuring]
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Guess what?
It's time for our first fan comments of the night.
Chloe, take it away.
Oh boy, SILVERFIIRE says,
Watching the Met Gala is one of my favorite traditions.
I absolutely love seeing all the beautiful outfits.
Whoa, Liz Lemon? Liz Lemon?
Are you think that's the actual Liz Lemon
or is that like a fan of, we'll come back to you,
but she says, Chloe Fineman?
One of the hosts of the Met Gala? Slay mama.
Slay mama.
Are we allowed to say slay mama?
I think so. Okay, all right.
@LIA_FERREIRA says,
Manifesting a lot of vintage and archive Chanel
for today's Met Gala.
That's, please keep your questions and comments coming
and we'll check in again later in the evening,
shout out to the watch party happening
right now in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.
Oh. Yeah,
I got some hometown heroes. You're from SLo.
They threw their own Met Gala after party,
maybe this will become a thing.
Yes, we want that to a thing.
When we get fired, we will come to those.
We'll see you next year. Yes, please invite us
to St. Louis. [Derek laughing]
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It's couples night tonight,
we have Nicola, Brooklyn, Rena, Alexis, we are all here.
This is couples night tonight,
And we have a special guest here with us right now.
Do we wanna talk about our special guest, Rena?
I don't know, you tell me. Okay, I think we should.
I think we should, I think we should.
Okay and our new addition, there's three of us here.
There are three, three, three.
Yeah. Congratulations, Rena.
[everyone cheering]
The secrets out, the secrets out, congratulations.
Thank you. How you feeling?
I'm good, I'm feeling good now, yes.
Feel good? Yeah, feel pretty good.
You can breathe? I feel pretty good.
Yeah, I can breathe. I can stop-
Well, you look gorgeous. Not hiding, but yeah.
You look unbelievable. [Serena laughing]
Look, we're both just like- Seriously.
Ah, so happy.
We're like, we're locals, we're semi neighbors.
Oh yeah, that's what I said,
couples night, it's just hanging out.
Tell me about your look.
You look absolutely, you never disappoint.
No, you're so sweet.
You look absolutely incredible.
You don't either. Thank you.
Valentino. Wow, wow.
Yeah, thank you.
Brooklyn. Yes.
You know you are a fashion killer, you shut it down.
Tell me about your look. Valentino.
Absolutely. Just keeping it.
Rena?
We're holding it down for Gucci.
[La La] Okay, all right.
Both of us are, yeah. Proudly representing.
Absolutely and everyone looks gorgeous,
tonight is such an incredible night.
It's Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
We're honoring such an icon,
what does that mean to each one of of you guys?
We're so excited to be here, he is such a legend.
Honestly, I'm so excited to see everyone interpret
his legacy that he left behind and do it in their own way
and I'm so excited to see the exhibition.
Absolutely.
Rena, you are amazing when it comes to fashion,
you never disappoint on a red carpet,
so what does a night like tonight
mean for you to honor such an icon like Karl?
Well, yeah, I mean, Karl never disappointed
with his design, so we're both just so happy to be here
and to get inside and not drink.
[Serena laughing]
Look- I'll be partaking
for both of us. I'll help you out,
I'll help you out, I'll help you out.
Well, thank you all for stopping by couples night.
Love you all very, very much.
Thank you very much. I'll see you inside all.
All right, bye everybody.
All right. [laughs]
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So a little while ago, we asked you
for your favorite Chanel runway design and you chose
[La La imitating bell ringing] Supermarket circa 2014.
Supermarket circa 2014 was pretty iconic and legendary,
so I see why you chose that.
And now the Met Gala has seen
countless memorable looks over the years,
but which is your all-time favorite.
Sarah Jessica Parker in Alexander McQueen in 2006,
Rihanna in Guo Pei in 2015,
Chadwick Boseman in Versace in 2018,
or Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell in 2019.
Head to @VogueMagazine on Twitter to cast your vote,
excited to see who you vote for.
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Cara Delevingne is here, I'm so excited to see you.
I met Cara as a wee teenager
and I watched her grow into being
a ultimate Karl Lagerfeld muse.
It's a big night tonight.
It is a big night, yeah.
A lot of emotions,
honestly, I cried on the way here a little bit.
I don't know, it's kind of like,
it's a wonderful thing to be able to do this
and honor such an incredible person, not only in fashion,
but a person is a friend. I owe him so much
and it's an amazing way to remember him, yeah.
I imagine your look tonight is inspired by Karl himself,
can you walk me through it?
Yeah, so this is like his iconic white shirts
and a lot of Chrome Hearts jewelry.
This is by Karl Lagerfeld,
it just felt right.
But yeah, the gloves, everything,
all the pieces that kind of make me, yeah,
and just some kind of silvery blue hair.
And you came in in sunglasses, I think you-
I did.
I'm gonna wear those in the-
On the carpet?
Yeah, a little bit, whip 'em off.
Was it ever, this is the dumbest question,
but I'm so sorry I have to ask it.
Double down on it.
Cara Karl, was that ever hard or confusing?
Cara Karl. Cara Karl.
[Both] Cara Karl, Cara Karl.
No, people just call me Carla by the end.
Carla, that's what I would do too.
One of my favorite Cara Delevingne moments
in the world of Chanel was the Supermarket show.
Yeah, my favorite.
Do you remember Rihanna was pushing you around
in a shopping cart? I was pushing her around.
Oh, excuse me. Don't worry about it.
Thank you for fact checking me.
Oh no, she was pu-
I think she was pushing-
No, we were both in it.
Joan was pushing us around, there you go.
Joan Smalls was pushing you around
and I'm sure the internet will correct all of us.
I stole so, am I, can I say that?
I stole so much from that supermarket,
they had like a Chanel chainsaw.
Anyway, I don't steal things. [laughs]
You have to love it.
Well that's my favorite supermarket experience,
do you have a favorite Chanel memory?
There was so many.
I think doing a show in Edinburgh, we went to Japan,
we went all around the world.
But honestly, his like looking into the future,
he really like did so many things.
We did this amazing women's march
and I think also one of his last shows that we did
and it was like at the ski chalet, like all the girls,
we were all crying and holding hands,
and it just felt like such a moment.
But he is one of those people that no matter where he is,
he's always there.
You may see him on the carpet tonight, I hope so.
Deep thoughts from Cara Delevingne,
Yeah, but like, he lives on,
look at everything.
Like he's influenced so much, not only in fashion, so.
Well you're gonna love the exhibit tonight.
Yes. It's all Karl all the time
and I'm happy to see you.
Lovely to be with you Carla. Thanks guys,
nice to see you, Carla, Carla.
[everyone laughing]
Thank you guys, I will get back to what I do best.
I dunno what that is.
And I'll have these mics.
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Let's take a look inside this year's exhibition,
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,
which opens to the public on May 5th.
What always struck me
the most about Karl was that he always wanted to be relevant
and he never wanted to look back.
I think he did look back,
I think he was actually deeply nostalgic.
He would never admit it
and he always wanted to look forwards
and he absolutely always had the finger on the pulse and
always was looking at the zeitgeist.
I think that what kept him so relevant was
his curiosity, his intelligence, but also open-mindedness.
He would take inspiration from anywhere
from the green sweater in the street or
you know, from art or from film or from literature.
He wasn't a snob, but he was a snob,
he was a democratic snob
and I think that's what kept him abreast of things
'cause he was so passionate and so interested.
He was had this magnanimous spirit.
So the dream team has officially arrived
and slayed this carpet like no other,
Kendall is here, Kylie's here,
my best friend Kim is here shutting it down.
Tell me how you're feeling tonight.
I feel amazing, I'm so happy to be here
for Karl and just for the theme and for the Met,
I'm so happy, I'm wearing Marc Jacobs.
I am wearing Haider, JPG, Haider Ackermann.
Gorgeous, gorgeous.
And I am wearing Schiaparelli.
So Kim, tell me, what is a night like tonight
honoring someone like Karl mean to you?
To me it's like super emotional
just because I obviously love my sisters, I love my family,
and seeing Kendall really started
her beginning of her modeling career with Karl
and was the bride in so many of his shows
and I would just sit and watch them,
and I mean, my first fashion shoot ever, Karl shot it.
So it's so special.
Okay, so Kendall, talk about that.
Just starting your career with Karl
and then now being here, honoring him tonight.
Yeah, I mean, it's amazing.
Like Kim said, I think it's a little emotional
and I really, I owe a lot to him and what he did for me
and it was such a pivotal point in my career for me.
I started working with him when I was really young
and really new and he really embraced me.
So I'm honored to be here,
I'm honored to celebrate him,
and it's awesome. Absolutely.
And Kylie, on a night like tonight,
what are you looking forward to the most?
I'm looking forward to
making more memories with my sisters,
seeing all the fashion. [La La laughing]
[Kim] I'm just here for a good time. Having a drink
with my best friend. Maybe a little tequila, 818.
Ah, I like how you did that,
I like how you did that. I'm blessed to be here,
blessed to be here.
Well, I hope you guys have an incredible night.
We're in for some fun, drinking, and dancing.
Now everybody could breathe and go have a good time.
Exactly, we'll see you inside.
This is the last stop.
That is the most stressful part of the night.
Yes, everything is done. Now we can go
have some fun inside. Go have a good time.
All right, thanks guys.
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It features interviews with designers, stylists,
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[crowd murmuring]
We are here with two people
who just officially shut down the carpet.
Yeah, it's hot out there. Caresha Yung Miami is here.
Puff AKA Love AKA Diddy. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
We are in the building. All right, come on,
let's talk about what it feels like to just
walk up here and just shut the whole carpet down.
I mean, it feels great.
You know we out here giving that black excellence.
This is Sean John's debut. Wow, wow.
As you can see, first time I designed in 10 years
and you know we feeling good. How you feeling Caresha?
I'm feeling great.
This is your first Met Gala. Mhm.
What does that feel like?
It feels like a dream come true.
We were talking a lot and FaceTiming [laughs]
getting you ready for today. [Caresha laughing]
So now that you've done it, you've made it up the stairs,
does it feel like, Okay, I can finally breathe now?
I'm like, okay, you got through it, it was good.
It was perfect, it was everything.
You were perfect, she's gorgeous.
She's gorgeous. Stunning, amazing.
Incredible. All right, so I have-
You look beautiful.
I have the million dollar question right now,
You ready for it? What's up?
The million dollar question is,
so do y'all officially go together real bad?
I'm asking, I wanna know. [Caresha laughing]
She going to answer that. [laughs]
You not answering that for me today?
Nah, nah, I'm answering, of course, real bad.
We here, we here, we here, All right, real bad?
It's official, real bad?
[stutters] I don't know what you asking me exactly.
We definitely go together real bad-
Oh, well then that's what it is, then that's what it is.
She's my date for the night, she's incredible.
It's just a good date night, you know?
Oh, it's a date night.
Date night, date night. We don't put titles on it.
Everybody wants us to put a title on,
we don't put titles on it.
This is like my best friend in the world,
one of the most beautiful people God has blessed me to meet.
[La La] Absolutely.
And I'm blessed that she's my date tonight.
[La La] Absolutely.
Can I get like a little napkin for my forehead?
Damn, I'm sweaty. And by the way,
maybe y'all onto something.
No titles might be it. Yeah, no titles.
For sure, no titles might be it, that might be it.
You good? Yeah, I'm good.
All right, so last question- This cape is hot.
Last question, tonight we're honoring
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
Tell me what that means to you to honor such an icon
like Karl Lagerfeld.
I got a chance to spend time with Karl
when I was designing Sean John
just as a fellow designer and
he was so creative and he had so much attention to detail.
Yeah, you get some of that. Thank you, I appreciate it.
You want some baby? Thank you, thank you.
His attention to detail and his attention to beauty.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's just hot baby. Look at this y'all.
This is what I'm wearing, the Sean John cape.
Nah, this cape, like the detail on this cape is crazy.
Shout out to June Ambrose. Wow.
You know the first Sean John collection
so it's a little hot.
So I'd rather you ask Caresha some questions
so I could go get my cape fixed
and I could get all this sweat off of me
'cause I'm hot. I love you so much. [laughs]
All right Caresha. Somebody help me
with my cape. Before you guys go inside,
what are you looking forward to the most tonight?
Just fashion and seeing what everybody got on.
It's just see how,
yeah, I wanna see how good everybody look.
All right, well y'all go in there
and have an amazing time, I'll see you inside.
Can't wait to party and drink.
Love you. [ladies smooching]
You comin' to the party tonight?
What kind of question is that?
The only party I'm comin' to tonight.
Make sure everybody knows if they can't dance
or they don't want to dance. Don't come.
Don't come to my party. Don't come, don't come.
You heard it here first.
Don't come. Sean John is back baby.
Let me figure out my cape. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That cape is fire. Thank you baby.
See we got the flowers...
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[indistinct high-pitched voices]
All right, so we are joined now by
20-time Grand Slam Champion and Met Gala co-chair,
the spectacular Mr. Roger Federer
who's been keeping me company. So nice to see you.
We've been having our own little thing going over here.
It is so nice to see you.
So tell me this,
what is your favorite thing about your life
since retiring from professional tennis?
It's good to be home.
It's nice to have a more of a solid life,
not being on the road and packing, unpacking,
but I love that life too,
so, of course, I miss parts of it.
But just being home with the children,
having a schedule where I can meet friends on a Wednesday,
other people on Friday, do family trips-
[La La] Having a social life.
Social life, having family trips on a weekend,
having some really nice vacations as well,
and life's still fun.
It's still very busy, I'm surprised actually,
how much is going on. Yes
and we were talking about how many Met Galas you've been to,
so what's the count?
How many Met Galas? This is only my second.
This is your second one.
So do you have a favorite memory of the Met Gala?
Yeah, I mean when I came here,
I believe it was since 2017 it's been,
[La La] so it's a while back. It's been a while.
Yeah, it's been a while and it's been a lot of fun,
I didn't know what to expect, so this time I feel like
I kind of know how it's gonna run and being-
You know the flow. I know the flow.
And being a co-chair this year obviously
makes me very happy, you know?
Being here with Anna and helping out
the Metropolitan Museum and The Costume Institute.
So it's great fun. Absolutely.
Well, I hope you have an incredible evening. Thank you
for keeping me company. Thank you so much.
Absolutely. We had great conversation.
Have a nice evening. Thank you Roger.
I'll see you soon. All right, see you.
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I am here with Marc Jacobs himself
and Paris Hilton are officially in the building.
Thanks so much for stopping by to chat for a little while.
So Paris, I'm gonna start with you,
this is your first Met Ball.
How does it feel to be at your first Met Ball?
I just feel so excited to be here
with the legend Marc Jacobs. I just did his campaign
[La La] and it was so incredible. Wow.
And I'm just loving the dress that he made for me tonight.
The dress is absolutely stunning.
Marc, tell us about this dress.
Well, this dress I'd say, I believe in collaborate,
do you want me to hold this or-
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, okay.
So you know, collaboration of the sort.
So it was like a thing,
first of all to dress Paris Hilton is like,
how the fuck do you, oh sorry.
How do you do that, right?
So I thought like, well maybe it would be interesting
and exciting to see her in a black gown, you know?
'Cause it's not typical for Paris.
So we approached her with the idea
and then we added the idea of leather
and she was all game and everything
and then she had some comments like,
I need a little sparkle and could you make this fabric here?
And we worked together and made it happen
and she looks fantastic.
Absol, nailed it.
Nailed it. Nailed it.
Absolutely fantastic. Hot.
So Marc, I'm gonna say
you are one of fashion's most respected people
and I know you have an incredible amount of respect
for other designers, so how do you think about this
tonight honoring Karl and his legacy?
Well, Karl, I mean, I've looked up to Karl,
Karl's been a hero of mine since I was 17 years old
and looking at Chloe collections and
Karl's been a hero of mine
and he's also been a great supporter of mine.
And I think what I find so exciting always about Karl's work
and what he does is that he was like,
to me, the true fashion designer, like there were no limits,
it was about unbridled creativity,
but always with elegance and sophistication.
Absolutely. And tongue in cheek,
but always just in the sort of most louche and cool
like sort of smart, classy way.
Absolutely. Now Paris,
I know you tweeted a picture of you and Karl,
tell us about that.
Karl and I hung out in Paris a couple times
and he was just such an inspiration to me always
and we had so much fun and just so many memories,
I've always just looked up to him in so many ways.
[La La] Absolutely.
[Paris] And I love that we're honoring him tonight.
Absolutely, you both did an incredible job.
Have the best time, have fun.
The hard part's over, now you can go and have a good time.
Yeah, thanks. All right, thanks Marc.
Thank you, Paris. Thank you.
All right, thank you so much.
See if we can get that exhibition in.
[Marc] Yeah. [laughs] Ya know. [laughs]
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[Tech] Standby home base, three seconds.
Is it?
Earlier we asked
what was your all time favorite Met Gala look
and you chose. Bum, ba, ba, bum.
Rihanna Guo Pei. Ooh, look at this.
This was also, I think,
the dawn of the Met Gala meme moment.
[Chloe] Yes.
Do you remember this dress was everywhere
and every different type of variation.
Yes. It was an omelet.
It was a this. It was everything.
And a train.
I feel like we have a lot of trains tonight.
Rihanna does not disappoint. No she never does.
And we love hearing what you guys think,
so keep the conversation going on social media
with #MetGala.
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I am here joined by Baz Luhrmann, who I just love so much.
Thank you.
I don't fan of over a lot of people,
but you are definitely one.
Thank you so much for coming to talk to us.
Tell us about tonight, how are you feeling tonight?
It's really, you know what, a year ago today,
myself and, actually, Alton Mason who's up next,
we were here celebrating Elvis and-
I interviewed you
at the same spot, yes. I remember that.
And like today we're celebrating Karl, who was a,
I worked with him 20 years ago, we were great friends,
and when you see the exhibition inside,
you will understand the true genius of the man.
I mean, it's hard to believe a single person
made that much beauty.
So that's what, tonight is a great show.
There's gonna be a really surprising thing happening inside,
I might know a little bit about it.
[La La] Oh, it sounds like you know something.
Just a little bit.
But I will tell you it's all about that exhibition,
I encourage young people to get out and see that exhibition.
Absolutely, now Baz, before you go,
tell us about your look.
Actually, Thom Browne did Karl-
Oh, I love that.
I love that. This is Thom Browne.
This is Karl Lagerfeld via Thom Browne
or Thom Browne via Karl Lagerfeld,
these are pearls by Paspaley, an amazing,
and Bassalic jewelry, so a London designer.
Well, one thing about you,
you always know how to put it together and shut it down.
Thanks for coming to say hi. I wanna say one thing,
I'm really honored to be here, but bringing on
Alton Mason. Yes, thank you.
The Alton Mason. Alton Mason.
Hi baby, How you doing babe?
How are you? I'm doing good,
good to see you. Oh, you got that.
Okay, thank you, thank you. Good to see you Baz.
So Alton. Yes.
Tell me about this look, it's incredible.
So my biggest memory with Karl,
I got the blessing to meet Karl in person,
was doing Chanel becoming the first black man
to walk with Chanel. That is such an honor and
something to be so proud of. Such an honor.
So this is a very full circle moment for me.
My team asked me, what do you want to do?
And when I think of the grand all moment,
I think of the Chanel bride, so here we are.
And no one has done it better, no one has done it better.
Thank you baby. I love you so much.
You look you amazing. You look incredible.
We gotta celebrate when you get inside.
Absolutely, we will celebrate.
Let's do it. Thanks for coming by.
All right, babe. All right, see you in a few.
Yep, all right, we got.
[Jennifer] Hi, sweetie, thank you.
[La La] Hi baby.
Hi sweetie, thank you so much.
Hi baby, how are you? I'm good, how are you?
You good? Yes,
I haven't seen myself on TV. Well, you look so good.
Hi. You liking it?
You liking it? I kind of do.
You look incredible. Thank you baby.
All right, Jennifer, tell us about the look-
You look incredible. Thank you
'cause you doing so good. [La La smooching]
It's always so good to see you shut down, shut down,
like every single time.
Thank you, thank you. Tell us about the look.
It's Ralph Lauren. Wow, wow.
I'm very excited about it.
I wasn't sure about the hat, but now I'm kind of feeling it.
No, no, the hat is it, the hat is it. [laughs]
So, yeah, having fun tonight.
And Jennifer, tell me about a night like tonight,
we're honoring Karl. I know.
It's A Line of Beauty,
what does that mean to you when you hear that,
when you feel that, what does that mean to you?
You know, I hate throwing around the word iconic.
I've said this a very,
because everybody uses it so much now,
this is like the word to use. Right.
But he actually was such an iconic figure in fashion
and when you think of like the last 50 years,
you think, like if you think of five people in fashion,
[La La] he's one of them. Absolutely.
And what he did with Chanel and for so long
and keeping that brand so fresh and young and alive and
he really was a genius.
And it's amazing to be here tonight.
I got to meet him and for a little girl,
like we say from the Bronx,
who like kind of aspired to the fashion world
and to be an entertainer,
to meet people like that was always such a dream to me.
So it is a real honor to be here to celebrate him tonight
and celebrate his legacy in fashion.
And you've been to a lot of Met Galas,
a lot of Met Balls. Yeah.
So what do you look forward to?
I look forward forward to seeing everybody,
it's like, it's a nice congregation of like
fashion and film and music and-
[La La] Absolutely. You know that's my world,
those are my worlds, and so it's always a lot of fun.
Well I'm so glad you stopped over to say hi.
Thank you. Have the best time.
Thank you so much. See you inside.
So good to see you. Always good to see you.
The hat's perfect, the look is perfect, see you.
Keep the hat? During dinner, take it off.
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[Derek] Vogue's Weekly podcast, The Run-Through
will be dropping a special episode tomorrow starring
me, yours truly.
I'll be discussing all things Karl
and spilling the tea about everything you won't see
from inside tonight's event.
New episodes of The Run-Through are released
every Thursday and can be found
wherever you get your podcast,
but tomorrow's Tuesday's episode is a special edition.
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One of my absolute faves has officially hit the carpet,
Erykah Badu is here everyone, you just look,
over here, over here, you just look amazing.
You just look stunning. [Erykah laughing]
Can you tell me about this look Erykah?
Tell me what we got going on here today.
Well today I am joining Francesco Risso
who is the creative director of Marni.
[La La] Wow.
And we went together last year as well.
And we're together this year
because we've been hanging out quite a bit
'cause we just dropped our clothing line, you know?
[La La] I did see that. Yes, I did see that.
And it looks incredible and this outfit is so incredible.
Thank you. Erykah,
we are honoring Karl Lagerfeld tonight.
Of course. A Line of Beauty,
talk to me about what that means to you?
Karl Lagerfeld,
the black and whiter things is
what Karl means to us in fashion.
The daring, oh I'm sorry darling.
[La La] It's okay.
The daring or not too daring.
[La La] It's one or the other. Absolutely.
And that's what Karl represents to us.
So happy you're here, I just love you so much.
And your daughter's here. She is.
Your daughter's here for her first Met.
[La La] Puma, come through. Come in babe.
You look, I want everybody to see how gorgeous you look.
Thank you. How are you?
I'm doing great.
You look absolutely gorgeous.
Puma, tell us about your look.
Well, my look it just,
to me it just gives excellence.
[Erykah laughing]
I don't know how to describe it.
Excellence, expensive, [Erykah laughing]
but I think, stop laughing at me.
I think a way that it also pays tribute to Karl is by
the detail and the amount of work it takes to
put into a gar, oh, sorry.
The amount of work it takes to put into a garment.
And you know, I think that that's kind of how
to pay tribute to him because he's so detail oriented.
[La La] Absolutely.
Yeah. Absolutely.
Now your mom's been to a lot of Met Balls,
but this is your first one. Oh, yeah. Yes.
So how does it feel to be at your first Met Gala?
Well, it's a little nerve-wracking.
I know, right? Those steps, the carpet, everything.
The steps. Girl, I had a little workout
'cause this thing is heavy. Heavy, heavy, heavy.
Yeah, but you know, I just feel a lot of love here.
Of course. Really good energy.
I feel great about tonight. And you made it to the top.
I made it girl.
Now you get to go in and just have a good time.
Absolutely, I'm ready to eat.
That's a same, same, same. I'm ready to eat.
Erykah, you know how much I love you.
Love you, love you, love you.
Puma, have the best time tonight.
Great meeting you as well. All right, thank you.
[Erykah] Thank you sis. Of course.
[Erykah] Thank you Vogue.
Let's take another look
at the making of this year's exhibition.
The candlestick dress is from Karl's own label
from Autumn Winter 1985.
And it falls within a line called the satirical line.
And it looks at how Karl would
transfer his wit and irony humor
into clothes through almost surrealistic embroideries.
This particular one was inspired by a candlestick.
It was almost as if
when you placed the candlestick on the body,
it became a sort of substitute of the woman,
so when she walks and animated the candlestick,
it almost looked like an animated cartoon,
a bit like Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast.
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All right, so I'm here with my sis,
my family has arrived, Teyana Taylor
is here on the carpet. Hey girl.
I mean, sexy, fire, swagged out
I don't even know what else to say.
Thank you.
Tell me about this amazing look by Thom Browne.
Yes, I'm in Thom Browne from head to toe,
inspired by Karl Lagerfeld, you know his classic look,
the tie. Absolutely.
The little ponytail in the back.
Get into that. Get in, you know?
The Chanel tweed. Get in.
Get in.
[Both] The classic Karl Shade. Get in.
[ladies laughing]
I'm just suited and booted, yeah.
Yo, the body is bodying and doing everything else.
Thank you. So Teyana,
you have been to tons of red carpets,
you've been to so many events,
what does a red carpet like the Met Gala mean to you,
especially honoring Karl Lagerfeld?
Oh my God, I know it feels big when I got a potty
and it was just like I did so good the whole 35 minutes
I was waitin'. I was watching you.
As soon as I got my on that carpet,
my bladder said, Hey girl.
I said, Not now. Not now, not now.
So, yeah, but I mean, that means it's good though.
I always got a potty when I'm nervous,
so I was a little bit nervous.
And I wanna talk about your performance
in A Thousand and One. Thank you.
I watch it so many times, watch it on the plane,
I watch it in theater, I watch it over and over and over.
Tell me what you did to embody
that character the way you did?
It was showstopping for sure.
Thank you so much, sis.
Honestly, it was a lot of layering
and a lot of color coordinating of the layering.
I heard when you talked about that.
Inez, yes, she has a lot of layers with her.
So we had the color coordinate it
and it was like a good shorthand for being on set
'cause you know how it go- Yeah.
We film outta order so- Of course.
One day she's been in that taxi,
next day, she getting married, you know?
So I think color coordinating and layering Inez
was made the process really amazing
and it was really therapeutic. Absolutely.
I think there's some big awards in your future for that.
Thank you, thank you. For sure.
Thank you so much for coming by.
We're gonna party tonight, we're gonna have fun.
And yes for your anchor voice. [squeals]
You know I do many things.
Period, but I love the voice.
The voice is voicing, yes. Thank you, thank you.
Love you sis, bye. I will see you inside.
Love you. [smooches]
See you inside, all right babe.
We've got more comments from our viewers watching online,
@OSEAN_NESIE says, The theme of this year's
Met Gala is so good.
@ELHAMMOHAMUD says, Nicole Kidman
wearing the original dress from her Chanel campaign,
like you wish you could be her.
Full body chills.
Make sure you keep the conversation
on social media going with #MetGala.
The theme's amazing, tweet about it.
[Derek laughing]
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The what? Oh, now we vamp.
[Derek] Oh, I think we're vamping right now.
[Chloe] Okay.
Wow, what a night.
I have two words,
Oh, purr, lot of cats.
[Derek] Wow. Well played, well punned.
[Chloe] Hey, well, I'm looking at Cardi B
and I had to and it was bad, but I said it anyway.
[Derek] It's been nearly two and a half hours
and my dogs are barking.
[Chloe] Oh, oh. Oh, get it?
Great, yeah.
[Chloe] Now let's break down the cat, Doja Cat was a cat.
[Derek] Lil Nas X was a cat
in I'm told full body makeup by none other than
Pat McGrath cat.
[Chloe] Really? Cat McGrath.
[Derek] Pat McCat. Pat McGrath cat.
[Derek] It's late guys, we- And then Jared Leto
[Derek] literally was the cat. He was a huge pussy.
He was dressed in a full body costume.
[Chloe] Yes, he was, yes, yes.
[Derek] Pussy cat, he was. I gotta say,
beyond the cat and the cat puns, which we are-
[Chloe] Which we could do for hours.
[Derek] Absolutely killing more cat puns than cuddle.
[Chloe] Kennel? Kennel.
[Derek] Kennel. Kennel? Yeah.
[Derek] Never too late for a kennel joke.
[Chloe laughing]
[Derek] Another big theme tonight,
I have really liked is all the black and white,
[Chloe] the monochrome. Yes, yes.
That was obviously the way Karl dressed, reminds me a bit
of Truman Capote's black and white ball, everything looks
cooler in black and white. Oh, yes, yes.
We go back in time. Yes.
And the pearls, the all the pearls were beautiful,
the mother of pearls. Is everyone still watching?
Is everyone gorging on all the black and white looks?
All the kitty cats?
Gorging on the Gorgina looks.
Even I have my little cat here.
Yes, yeah, meow. Yeah, too, meow.
Meow cute of you. Yes, oh, here we go.
Nicole Catman, just kidding.
Oh. Penélopmeow Cruz.
Right. No.
No. I know, we should stop.
Okay. But the fashion
was really unbelievable and we're not drunk,
we're completely sober as we're talking down these looks.
Believe it or not. Believe it or not.
Well, we have more content for you, don't go, don't go.
Chloe, what are we about to see?
We are about to see.
More from inside the making of this year's exhibition,
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
[Both] Which opens to the public.
The perb-lic on May 5th.
Well this is the conservation lab
in The Costume Institute
and we're responsible for the
care and any repair of the garments.
This hem has all been restitched,
but we still want the other piece
to cover the damage tulle in the front.
[Assistant] Okay.
So we need to check that that's ready to go.
For this show since many of the objects are loans
from outside, we unpack them
and do a very thorough examination of them
to make sure that they're safe to exhibit.
I think that should work pretty well.
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You look beautiful, your face is like glowing.
Thank you baby.
Where's the camera? Where I gotta look at?
[Sabia] Look, you're right here.
Hi guys.
Look, You can see everything good.
Okay, this one?
Look straight to this one?
Oh, this one, oh, right here.
All right, you look so good. You look beautiful,
you look sexy.
All right, so I'm here with none other than
Cardi B who just killed the red carpet.
Thank you.
Completely killed the red carpet,
Cardi, tell me about your look tonight
'cause this is intricate, this is so beautiful.
Tell me about your look. Thank you.
Well it's from a designer called Chenpeng.
This is my second look of the night
and it's givin' a little bit of everything.
Like if you see like the texture of this skirt,
it's givin' like a Chanel boy bag.
[La La] Absolutely.
And then it got the flowers, the camellia flower,
that like, you know, when you get a Chanel purse,
it always got the white flower,
but you know, this one is black.
And then up top here is giving Karl,
so I'm representing the house of Chanel
and Karl at the same time.
[La La] I like how you broke that down
[Cardi B] and I like how you did that. Yes, yes.
Now you've been to a couple Met Galas at this point,
what makes tonight so special?
What makes tonight so special? You know what it is too,
that it's like a designer that like,
we're so like, we know so much we know so well
and then it's just like,
I was curious to see how people are gonna rock his design
because everybody got like. Their own interpretation.
Their own interpretation of
how things supposed to look tonight, so yeah.
I really like the looks for tonight, people killed it.
So Cardi, at the Met Gala,
what is something that you look forward to the most?
The carpet, shit. The carpet, right?
So now you could breathe, you made it all the way up.
This was the last stop. I pray, oh my God,
I hope I passed the test, honey,
'cause once you get on Instagram,
that's when you know you passed the test.
That's when you know, that's what you know.
You passed the test, go have a good time.
Thank you, you look beautiful.
Oh yeah, we gotta talk. Thank you, yes we do.
Thank you baby. Okay, oh,
I almost bust my ass. You good?
Thank you. All right.
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So the carpet is winding down.
It is, it is.
This was kind of our first date, Chloe.
It really was. How did it go?
It was our prom. It was our prom.
It was a magical night for both of us.
Yes, yes. Yes.
Now as somebody who's constantly on her phone,
I noticed that you posted about the times
that you knew Karl and- Oh yes.
And he had a little nickname for Mr. Derek,
what was it? I mean,
I loved Karl Lagerfeld for all the reasons we heard tonight.
He could do ten jobs at once,
but the puns, this guy was a pun wizard.
I'm a pun fan, he used to call-
A Pizzard, I had to. He called Beau Derek.
Ooh. But like,
not Bo Derek with the braids in the swimsuit,
Beau Derek, the French word for beau, Beau Derek.
Beau, which means and I pronounce that buh.
Beau Derek.
If nothing else, we've learned tonight
that Chloe Fineman's French is-
Chloe. Perfect, Chloe.
Chloe. But speaking of you
impersonating people that you're not,
[Chloe giggling]
did you find any new impersonations this evening?
Anyone that you'd like to do? Ooh, you know, I do.
When I was talking to Anne Hathaway, I was like,
that's. [mumbles]
Do you wanna tease the little Annie or no?
Well, I mean, I just in the way she
just the posing, Right.
You know fashion's kind of cool
'cause you get to see a new side
of how to do an impression,
which is like how they are on the carpet.
That was sort of my in on Nicole Kidman
was the way she poses. I gotta be honest.
Yes. There have been some people
who've come into the fashion swirl.
Ooh, the swirl. Which I've worked in for
over two decades, longer than I'd like to admit sometimes,
and they sometimes describe coming to fashion events
as an SNL skit. Uh huh.
There's so much drama over the hat and the hair.
I mean, little secret we're gonna share,
we had Cardi B in here, but she was worried.
Yes. [laughs]
That if she did the video first, it would rob her
or would cannibalize. Right.
Her red carpet debut. The reveal.
And she didn't wanna ruin her reveal.
Right, she needed the drama.
[Both] Okurr. [laughs]
I'm not allowed to do that guys [laughs]
Not the impression we're gonna learn tonight.
No, no, no.
But the drama. The drama.
The looks, the trains, there's always like eight people.
That's my new job that I want.
Is which part?
To just to like be, I wanted to do that to Cara,
but I didn't wanna be bad. Right.
You didn't wanna pick her train.
I was gonna try and pick her train and kind of-
You would like to be a fluffer?
A fashion fluffer. Yeah.
She's Megan the stallion and I'm-
Oh, right, oh. Yeah, I know.
A missed opportunity. Hindsight is 2020.
Gosh, is it ever.
One thing I loved about tonight was
reliving all these incredible Karl memories.
Yes.
I've worked in fashion long enough
to really respect his craft.
He's a legend. Yes.
And I'm very excited about the exhibit.
Yes. Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
is open to the public May 5th to July 16th.
Let's take yet another peak inside the exhibition.
Paper was Karl's favorite material.
This white garment
was from Chanel's Haute Couture 2009 collection,
which was an ode to paper.
And you see the papery quality
in the sort of crispness of the shoulders,
the crispness of the A line skirt,
and the inverted V in the pleat.
And it's entirely embroidered
with tiny paillettes and seed beads
that took 700 hours to embroider by Lesage.
And the garment itself is a dress and a bolero,
it took about 340 hours,
so in total it was over a thousand hours to complete it.
Real tour de force of the Couture
and shows the incredible skilled craftsmanship of the
petty man workshops.
[Derek] What do we say? I don't know.
[Derek] Yep. It's-
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Karl began at Fendi in 1965
and this particular caot from Fendi,
it was inspired by Sonia Delaunay's simultaneous paintings,
which was all about color and geometric shapes
and rhythmic patterns and it's a remarkable achievement.
Each square, each circle, each rectangle
has been pieced and laid into the garment,
and it's lined with silk that mirrors
the same pattern as a fur.
So it sort of has this ambiguity
between the inside and the outside.
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So Chloe Fineman? Yes, Derek,
Beau Derek Blasberg?
How are you hanging in there?
Well, I'll be honest, I'm in my flip-flops. [laughs]
Can we pan down and show?
Well, I'm in my Ritz-Carlton slippers.
Can we show where Chloe is this evening?
This is her vibe, she's officially transitioned to slippers.
You know, it's still chic. I'm in my corset.
The heels, I was losing circulation. But, you know-
There's just so much glamour, Chloe had to
take a little break. [Chloe laughing]
Hey, I think La La, can you hear us? Are you there?
She can't hear us. No, well,
we are waiting for our biggest star of the night.
Yes, we are.
Who do you think it is? I think I know who it is.
I think you know who it is.
Okay, it rhymes with,
just kidding. [both laughing]
[Both] She, they, he.
Oh, shh. Theshahee.
He or-
[Both] She or they.
Have made us wait before. Yes.
So.
That's the only clue you have.
So far. Yes.
But you know, we can hang. We'll just see how it goes.
Maybe we'll have other clues
as the night goes on. I'll say.
Chloe, quick question. Yes.
Who is the best dressed for you this evening?
You know, I saw her from a distance
and I really, I just wanna see Penélope Cruz up close.
Yes.
I thought that was like, ooh, Margot Robbie.
I thought Nicole Kidman looked good.
Nicole. Margot Robbie, yeah,
of course, she looked fab. Yes, yeah.
She always looks fab. Always. Michaela Coel's
dress looked beautiful, ooh. Yes.
I like bedazzling,
can you tell? Oh wait. [stutters]
I am getting a
feeling that maybe La La can hear us. La La, are you there?
I hear you, I hear you. Hi guys.
Hi, how ya hangin'? Hello,
What's going on where you are? How's it goin' down there?
It's hanging, we're good. You're good, you're good,
you're good, hi, so the night has been amazing,
just an amazing night.
Everything I thought it would be times a hundred.
This carpet, everyone who came and gave their interpretation
of Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty is just so incredible.
I'm excited to see the exhibit inside,
I'm excited to see who we're waiting for.
We're here for a reason,
a reason that everyone wants to stay put
and stay tuned because there's a big surprise.
One thing about the Met Gala, there's always a surprise.
There's always a big surprise.
So definitely don't go anywhere, you don't wanna miss it.
It's an amazing night that's about to get even better.
That's all I can say.
But yes, tonight has been amazing and I'm honored.
I've been having such a great time
and thank you to everyone who's tuned in
and watched us and saw all the incredible looks
and we talked to so many incredible people.
It's just been amazing all the way around, for sure.
So now it's just the waiting game.
We're just waiting to see what happens next.
I'm excited for you guys 'cause I know what it is, but
you don't, so you gotta stay tuned for sure.
[La La sighing]
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Every year, Raul Àvila and his team
create the most spectacular centerpiece
for the Metropolitan Museum's Grand Hall.
Cameras aren't technically allowed inside the event,
but we've got a special sneak peek
at the making of this year's installation
and it's just for you, check it out.
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So I said the word dream team a couple times tonight,
but this right here is the real dream team.
We're back together, this is the real dream team.
Now I've done this before. Yes.
This is you guys' first time tell me,
tell me the experience, how you feeling?
I know your feet hurt. My feet hurt,
but you survive. Yes.
We'll do anything for fashion.
You push through.
You push through, you have to.
And what are we doing right now, La La?
We are pushing through for fashion.
[everyone laughing]
We are waiting for a big surprise.
What's great about the Met Ball is that there's always
an incredible surprise, you never know what's gonna happen.
So clearly we're here for a reason, a special reason but-
A very special reason. You gotta stay tuned
to find out it. It does feel like
the Super Bowl of Fashion. It is the Super Bowl.
The East coast Oscars, the most important night in style.
In my life. [Derek laughing]
So tell me,
being that this is the first time you guys have done this,
what was your favorite part of the night?
Hm, I liked Lizzo's outfit. I loved Lizzo's outfit.
I like that Serena announced.
I know.
Her second baby on the way tonight.
The secret is is out, I love that, I love that.
How nice to be the baby,
you're gonna tell all your friends one day-
[La La] Yeah, that was me, right there.
[Derek] I made my debut.
[La La and Derek] At the Met Gala.
[Chloe] I know. Wow.
[Derek] Not bad, not bad. It is not bad.
[Derek] That's a high bar. Also just
getting to talk to the designers was so fascinating
[La La] and the theme is unbelievable. Yeah, for sure.
[Derek] There was this, you know we have Anne Hathaway
[Chloe] and Emily Blunt here tonight. Yes.
[Derek] So I had a certain Devil Wears Prada
[Chloe] nostalgic moment. Yes, yes.
[Derek] Chloe made a good joke.
[Chloe] La La, what was your favorite moment?
[La La] So many moments just seeing
friends and seeing everyone, their interpretations of
the theme and just all the amazing things
[Chloe] people had to say about Karl. Yeah.
[La La] And who he was as a person and his legacy,
I was really touched by that.
Everyone had so many incredible stories
and things like that, but the fashion was on point tonight.
I was like, damn, everybody looking real good tonight.
[Chloe] Yes, yes.
[La La] And the cats. And the, oh.
[La La] The cats, the cats.
[Chloe] The little kitty cats.
[La La] Doja Cat was incredible with her prosthetic
[Chloe] that she did. I know.
What was that like talking to her?
[La La] Oh, it was awesome.
[Chloe] But it looked incredible. Oh, wow.
[La La] But she was like, she talked clear,
she could make it through and this is her first Met as well
[Chloe] and she was having such- Really?
[La La] An incredible night and there was another cat
[Chloe] jumping around down there. Jared Leto.
[Derek] Jared Leto was a cat,
[La La] Lil Nas X was a cat. Was a cat, yeah.
So cats, look you're right on theme,
[Chloe] You're right on theme. Raining cats, yeah.
[La La] Exactly.
[Derek] I actually didn't think cats
[Chloe] could become a bigger deal. I didn't either.
[Derek] Like they already have their place
[Chloe] in the memeosphere. I know, I know.
[Derek] On the internet, on Instagram.
Choupette was honored just as much as Karl in a way.
Absolutely.
We have some comments on Twitter,
let's see what's going on.
So RITAZAGOO says,
My first time watching the Met live
and everyone is so on theme, I love it,
I can't wait to see more of the fits. Wow
@MONETALEX_ says,
The girls are doing really well with the theme this year.
This has to be some sort of record.
Wow. @CUPIDILLY says,
This year's Met Gala is honestly my favorite theme
and I love it so much. I love so much.
It's so nice when they're nice on the internet.
[Derek laughing] I know.
Honey. I was like,
every time I read Twitter, it's like, ooh.
Ah, exactly. This is a little love fest.
So thank you, thank you for all the love
and I mean, we're almost there.
Do we feel some commotion?
Do we feel something happening?
Do we feel something happening?
Hear anything? Do we hear anything?
What is going on?
Do we feel something happening?
Do we hear anything happening? Who could it be,
who could it be. Derek's like,
I know who it is. I know who it is.
I know who it is. Any favorite Karl quotes?
Ooh. That's a good question.
I have some good Karl one liners.
I mean, loved that guy.
If you're cheap, nothing helps.
Ooh, okay, that's a bar.
That's a bar for sure. Yeah, yeah.
My favorite, which I tell myself every day,
'cause this is what I wear all the time.
Is it about sweatpants? It is.
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat,
you lost control of your life, [Derek laughing]
and so you bought some sweatpants.
You took mine, you took mine.
What's so surreal about this evening is that Karl himself
was not a fan of nostalgia. Right.
He was relentlessly forward looking,
he was obsessed with technology.
I remember when the iPads and the iPods
and the iEverything came out,
he had 10 of every of them, a dozen iPod Touches,
and so it's sort of surreal tonight
to spend so much time thinking about him
nostalgically in retrospective.
[Chloe] Yeah.
[Derek] I definitely think if it was here tonight,
knowing he was being honored at the Met Gala
with an exhibition at The Costume Institute,
he'd have a couple of one-liners to deliver himself.
[La La] Absolutely, so let me ask you a question.
Did you get any material tonight?
[Chloe] I did.
[La La] I know you got some tricks up your sleeve
[Chloe] after this one. I did,
new cast of characters start working on.
[La La] So good, can't wait to see, so great.
Well, I heard something,
I heard some clapping or some yelling or something going on.
[Chloe] Wow, I love this Kendall look that
[La La] we're looking at right now. Yeah, oh.
It's so great.
[Chloe] And the hair was really on point
I have to say tonight.
[Derek] Orlando Pita gave Anne Hathaway a beehive bumpit.
Uh huh, a lot of ribbons and bows we saw
in everyone's hair. So good, so good.
Karl Lagerfeld of course,
was most famous for a powdered white ponytail.
I think Cardi B had a little tribute with her.
Yes, she did. Gray do.
And Cara. And Cara.
[La La and Chloe] JLo. Oh, how was JLo?
Yes. La La, you interviewed Jlo,
what was she like?
She's awesome, she was like,
at first I wasn't sure about the hat,
but then I looked at it and I loved it.
I'm like, the hat was absolutely perfect,
the hat was perfect, here she goes, right here.
She looked incredible, absolutely incredible.
[Chloe] Not to comment on a woman's body, but oh my God.
[La La] Absolutely incredible, wow.
[Chloe] The hat was cool. Unbelievable.
[La La] So many amazing looks tonight.
Let's take a look at Janelle Monáe as well,
who you guys saw, I didn't get to see her.
[Derek] We saw her come in.
[Chloe] We didn't see her either.
[Derek] And she had a pretty elaborate monochromatic,
[Chloe] I mean, a couture tent. Yes.
[Derek] Can we call it that?
[La La] Oh wow. I would say.
[Derek] What are some of the verbiage?
[Chloe] Couture tent.
Oh, what was that word today at the costume exhibit?
[Derek] [Chloe mumbling] That's the one.
[Chloe] Yeah. [laughs] That's the one.
[La La] Mary J. Blige.
[Derek] Who's this in the purple lace, La La?
[La La] Mary J. Blige. Oh, wow.
[La La] Shuttin' it down like always.
[Chloe] I love how florals make their way into so many
[La La] of the looks tonight. Absolutely.
[Derek] La La, did I see you talking to Diddy today?
[La La] Yes and it was good, [Derek laughing]
it was a good moment, we had some fun.
But, all right, so we are going to
just take a chill pill real quick and keep waiting,
all right.
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All right, so we tried and we tried,
sometimes things don't work out the way we expected,
but you can catch everything on Vogue.com.
You don't wanna miss anything, I promise you.
There are some magical moments and you never know,
you never know what you're gonna see.
So make sure you tune in and the night isn't over,
but the show is.
I just wanna thank everyone so much for joining us live
on the carpet at the 2023 Met Gala.
If you missed anything, like I said,
I said it once, I'm gonna say it again,
visit Vogue.com to watch the show again.
Now, I don't know about you two,
but woo, I could really use some champagne.
Yes, you read my mind Champagne.
I think you mean Champleasure, Chloe.
[everyone laughing]
That type of night. It's that type of night.
Good night everybody, thank you.
Goodnight everybody. Goodnight, goodbye.
[dramatic classical music]
