Watch the Full 2023 Met Gala Red Carpet Livestream (2024)

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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-hosts 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,

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.

You should definitely impersonate

as many people to their faces as possible tonight.

Okay, we shall see.

La La, any advice for us first time hosts?

You know, I'll 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 in 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 liked 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?

Perfect. Oh, here. Look, y'all.

Yes, we have our little Choupette.

People were wondering if Choupette would be here tonight.

And you know what, here he is.

[La La] Here he is. Them.

Them, they are in purse form.

I am in Wiederhoft tonight.

My dear friend, Jackson Wiederhoft.

The look is inspired by Karl Lagerfeld

Couture for Chanel in 2004.

And what about your jewelry?

Ooh, a little Bulgari.

A little Bulgari never killed nobody.

And you look very, very dashing, I must say.

I just wanted to point out I have a camellia pin.

You're gonna see a lot of Camellias tonight.

Coco Chanel loved 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.

Ooh! 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,

Conde 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 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.

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. Okay.

Thank you, Anna, who was here. Beautiful. Amazing.

And the evening is gonna continue.

It's gonna be epic.

[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.

[La La] We finally get to meet!

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-

Yes. Sports, politics,

and of course, fashion.

We'll be interviewing them right here and you can help us.

Join the conversation by using the hashtag Met Gala.

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.

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 worn in the Chanel Number 5 commercial

that Baz Luhrmann and I did with Karl,

who concocted this out of his head.

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 these couture gowns last.

And the exquisiteness

and if you take care of them and love them,

they are timeless.

Absolutely. To be able to wear

the same thing 20 years later and it still holds.

It's because it's a whimsy, 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?

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-

Because it's an art form.

For an incredible evening. Yeah.

And now we go and have fun.

Now you get to have fun and you look absolutely stunning.

Thank you so much. And my husband's here.

Yes. 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, Vogue.

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?

Good to see you. Yeah. 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?

[Chloe] Wow, a sophomore in high school.

[Derek 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.

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 great. Why was it pulled

off the stage? Yeah.

Because, I mean, Karl's designs,

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 interesting.

That's incredible. Wow.

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 camellia

that he could have in the span in the studio.

And I used to go out after Ines de la Fressange

who was the Chanel girl at the time.

And he, I loved Karl, he treated me like,

you know, What would you, how would you wear it?

Oh, you like saris this year? Okay, let's do a Chanel sari.

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.

We will see you inside. Thank you so much.

Excited to be here. Good to meet you.

Thank you for opening up for us.

Yes, thank you. Good to see you. Yeah, 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, Oh, I'm okay.

I was like, They're here. Tell us about your look.

'Cause you look so good.

Thank you. This is Baumann.

Super last minute, but we did it, we here.

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're gonna have a good time. Yes, thank you.

You look amazing. You too, baby.

I can't wait to see you inside.

Okay. All right,

Ice Spice, everybody.

Okay, I'll see you inside, okay?

[Ice] Okay. All right, baby.

Okay.

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As everyone knows, 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.

Baumann, Patou, Chloe, Fendi, and of course, Chanel.

Chanel. Chanel. Channel.

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 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 Coca 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.

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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 at Fendi,

it was more of his modernist tendencies.

Chloe, his more romantic.

At Karl Lagerfeld, his more minimalist.

And I suppose at 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 [indistinct] silhouette,

which was a very broad shoulder,

a nipped in waist, and wider hips.

And I think the areas 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.

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, guys. 26,000 mixed stones,

and over 3,800 hours of work to make this dress.

[La La] 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 co-chair?

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.

And so she felt like he would like that about me.

And suddenly I just felt very much at ease about being here.

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, thank you.

Take care.

Good to see you, see you inside.

[Man] Tell her, tell her in her ear.

Careful.

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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 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, You know, I'm just doing Chanel,

walking around bare feet.

But it was fun. He's just a, 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 Number 5.

There was a Chanel Number 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 Number 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

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 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.

Thank you, see you. Bye, guys. Take care.

Like right now?

We are joined here by one

of my favorite people in the world,

Keke Palmer and the brilliant Sergio Hudson.

Yes. Hello.

I assume that Sergio Hudson designed

this incredible ensemble we have tonight.

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, you know, Hollywood royalty, black Hollywood royalty.

So I immediately thought about Josephine Baker

in her heyday, and this was around the same time

of like late '50s, early '60s, 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 '90s.

So we really wanted to give a nod to that with the pastels

and with the styling and, you know, all of that.

So it's just fun and, you know,

visiting a lot of different eras.

It is breathtaking, I have to say.

It's like a whole fashion history lesson.

You got got '50s, 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 goofs?

Literally, just be goofy 'cause that's me. I have 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 have fun with Chloe. Yes.

Well, you guys have fun tonight too.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you for coming. Enjoy.

Oh, oh, we're, go, Chloe.

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.

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 somehow?

This is crazy.

[Dua] And what waist? And what waist?

What waist? And what waist? Tell me about the look.

So this dress is a very special dress.

It's a 1992 Fall bride dress, Chanel by Karl-

[La La] Wow. Of course.

And it's been on my mood boards forever.

And when the opportunity came,

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. Can we talk about

the necklace?

And the necklace, this little thing.

Oh my goodness.

This is a very special Tiffany necklace.

It hasn't been seen before,

so I feel excited to get to showcase it here today.

And yeah, they pulled it out the vault for me.

It's so gorgeous.

I'm not usually speechless, and I'm sitting here like.

Wow, 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.

Thank you. 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 I like to call her the Met Gala Show Stopper.

Shut the carpet down 'cause you know how we do

Anok is 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 it up the stairs.

You made it up the stairs.

I made it upstairs.

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're 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. And we shot-

I mean, that's like the biggest thing in the world.

May issue. Major, major.

May issue. Major, major, major.

I'm on the cover of Vogue.

We shot it in Paris on the Grand Palais,

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's gonna be fun.

What are you looking forward to the most this evening?

I'm looking forward to seeing everybody's outfits,

to be honest. I know I told you from

up here I can see everything.

I'm like watching everybody come on down.

I can see it all.

It's gonna be an incredible evening.

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.

Love you, sis.

All right. Thank you.

See you inside, okay?

Oh, we're up, we're up.

And Chloe, we got the Coach crew.

Wow.

A designer, Stuart Vevers. Hi.

I'm sorry. Maya Penn. Yes.

And this is Gabriela. How are you guys?

Amazing. We're stoked.

We had such a party on the way here.

Britney, Karaoke. Get this mic away from me.

Well, I have to ask about these little purses.

I'm blown away.

Yes, they are so gorgeous. You wanna add your favorite?

These are super, super special.

These are a part of Coachtopia,

which is a circular design concept

that Stuart 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 you can imagine- Aluminum foil.

Transformed it into some incredible.

Both on the gowns and the bags.

The trash of the, like the actual garbage?

Yes, inside the Met, outside near the food carts.

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.

You actually, 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. Maybe?

I think so, yes. Drinks?

You already know. Drinks?

A little Britney singing?

Have a great night, guys. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

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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? Thank you. 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 wish I was.

because I was telling Michael last night,

I ate a pizza, almost forget, '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 [laughs]

and I wish I was. Tell us about this look.

Yeah, it's looking pretty skinny pant to me.

The 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, and-

That's me, right? And isn't that Emily Blunt?

That says it all, right?

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. Yes.

I mean, absolutely, and white shirts.

I know. And white shirts

and the play. His signature white shirt,

but like a romantic version of it.

Nasty and romantic. Nasty and romantic.

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 think to myself, I have too much to do today.

I'm too busy. 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.

You know, curiosity is the coolest thing in the world.

Definitely. 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?

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'd 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.

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, boots, boots.

Good one-liners. 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.

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.

[Michael] We all want a pizza.

[light music]

So I am joined now by the fabulous, the beautiful,

the gorgeous Penelope Cruz is 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, you know,

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, that I respect him for that,

you know, 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 and

I'm so glad tonight is all about him.

It's all about him. Everyone is so honored

to be here, 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 not easy to choose.

I was like one month going back and forth,

studying every single collection

that he ever did for Chanel.

But I really fell in love with this one.

A perfect choice and you look gorgeous.

Thank you so much for talking

and I hope you have an incredible evening.

Thank you. All right, thank you,

Penelope, all right.

[soft music]

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.

Now Gwendolyn, 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.

Designed by the incredible Kim Jones.

I love Kim Jones. I love Kim Jones.

And Kim and I've 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 loll. 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.

I will see you inside. Enjoy the night.

All right. Bye, Gwendoline. Bye, darling.

All right, thank you.

[soft music]

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?

Inspired by Karl. This is vintage-

[Derek] Tell us about it. Chanel fabric.

But the shirt was given to me by Karl as a gift.

[Derek] Karl himself? The man?

[Derek] Yes, a gift. The legend.

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

that just buttons in the back-

[Derek] Really? with a separate collar.

Was this the first time Dee helped zip you up tonight?

I did not help him get into it.

I would have no idea what to do,

but we had a whole team

that helped us get put together tonight.

It took a small village.

We had my Tommy Hilfiger team

take inspiration from Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld

and develop Dee's gown and her look.

I love the curls. This was added.

Beautiful. You know, you have to

do something a little different for the Met Gala.

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.

He went back to her archive

and took everything that was from her favorite collections

and made them relevant for today.

And that, 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 to love it.

Thank you. Thank you so much

for stopping by.

Thank you. Nice to see you.

[Chloe] We'll see you guys. Bye. Lovely.

[Derek] I'll see you at the bar.

[soft dramatic music]

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 Mew Mew. 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 my son's

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 looking forward to it

more than my son, 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

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.

[Sydney] Thank you. Thank you, guys.

[light music]

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. You really have

to see this train, it's unbelievable.

Yes, so elegant. So elegant.

Now Glenn, 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?

No. [laughs]

[Chloe] Isn't that terrible? No.

[Derek] 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,

you know, 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, you know, I think I will

because I wanna know what they did

and how they told the story.

Dangerous Liaisons was such an incredible film

because of all the costumes. Yes.

How is that, as an actress, to use style as a character?

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 you, it helps you build a character

and to see Erdem and be with Erdem

and building this and seeing what he was creating.

Yes, they said, What character you're doing?

And I'm thinking maybe a kinder Madam de Merteuil.

A nicer one. And you're my young lover.

Exactly. Exactly.

Young lover, tell us about-

Yes, young lover, young lover. Do tell.

Well, it's an homage to Karl

where it's 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 that Devon Aoki wore.

And then, of course, the collar and the cuffs

are an homage to Karl himself, so.

[Chloe] Paris. There you go.

Tres chic and tres French and tres Karl.

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.

Oh.

Shucks.

Hey, how are you? Look at you.

[soft music]

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?

I, 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, you know, we come out July 21st,

so 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.

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 Met's 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. Wow. Yeah, so like-

What an honor. Yeah, it is an honor.

And I just, 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.

I hope you have the most fabulous evening.

You look incredible. Can I just say,

you look incredible. Thank you, thank you.

Like I said, I was already looking 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.

Thank you.

Barbie movie coming soon, everybody.

[soft music]

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 at Vogue Magazine on Twitter now

to cast your vote.

Cast away.

[soft music]

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.

It's 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.

Right? Right?

I love this because this is so, like, this is so effortless

and gorgeous and simple. It works. I can sit down.

Who is this?

I'm wearing Chanel from the '90s runway.

I'm so lucky to have the Chanel team

recreated this look from the '90s, 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. I mean,

I'll tell you this, everyone's ambushing us.

I know. [laughs]

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? 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.

I'm 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.

[dramatic music]

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.

Yes. This, I'm wearing a 1955,

a Grain de Cafe coffee bean necklace, which is special.

It's 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 Karl's, 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, you know, that book,

he kind of styled everyone in, you know,

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.

[Chloe] And here it. Fresh as a daisy.

Bridal, like Chanel bride.

Yes, yes. Come on, yeah.

Nothing better, right? Yes, yes.

Wow.

We talked about so much royalty,

Grace Kelly, the Queen, Vivienne Westwood.

Karl.

We have to 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,

like couple weeks, a week and a half or so.

Less, 11 days.

Oh, great. That's right. Yeah, May 1st. [laughs]

Doing math on the carpet.

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 like, 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.

Well, you look beautiful tonight.

Well, you are a vision

and I can't wait to find you for a little drink.

What are you gonna do with these flowers, like later?

Could you leave those?

I'm gonna throw, maybe you'll catch them.

Oh! Oh.

Let's do it. And you'll propose, right? Okay.

There you go.

[light cheerful music]

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.

Now what I did say was,

if my body could look like this after having a baby,

that 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 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 upstage me.

But we both look fabulous.

I'm just here to see everybody.

I mean, this is gonna be a fun night.

It's been, this is, 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 giving, honey.

How's the baby? Baby is good.

He at home, missing Mama. I know, I know.

It gets hard when you gotta leave them.

He was with us all day. Yep, he was with us all day.

Sergio, 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 said.

He said we gotta link up with you after.

So 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.

Love ya. Love you.

[light upbeat music]

[soft music]

[soft music continues]

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, you know, 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. 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.

You better know this, baby.

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?

I'll see you then. All right,

have a great evening.

See you later. All right, for sure.

[soft music]

We are joined now by Vera Wang and Lily Collins

with these incredible trains.

You can scroll down.

You gotta do some clever positioning.

Can you see what's happening down here?

Can we get it in the camera?

[Vera] Not quite. Here we have Karl.

[Chloe] 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 Patou,

Baumann, Guillaume

Do you any advice for the? I think you're killing it.

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 I mean, you're totally selling it, yeah.

I'm gonna tell that to myself tonight before bed.

As long as you can say Choupette.

Choupette, yes, Choupette is all that [laughs]

We're good.

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.

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, oh look, you're already, aw.

Aw, we're doing it.

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 meows] 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? 'Cause the first one 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.

So I have no idea. Right, right.

But I do hope to, you know, 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

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. [meows]

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[light music]

I'm here with the stunning Rachel Brosnahan

and I'm so happy we're both wearing Sergio Hudson today.

And we were just saying how incredible he is.

And the looks are so different.

Yeah. And so fabulous.

Tell me about your look.

Sergio Hudson through some inspiration images

from a Chloe show in the '90s. Okay.

A lot of black mesh, a lot of embracing the nipple

and so here we are.

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

having the opportunity to attend.

And it's the only event that I've ever been to

that is quite literally about wearable art.

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 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.

[light upbeat music]

It is a great honor of mine

to be joined by, with Anne Hathaway.

I'm at a loss of words and I'm drunk 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 it 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 the tweed. Yes.

I see a camellia like on my lapel.

But also a little nod to Versace in the safety pins.

And I, absolutely, and I have to give a shout out

to my hairstylist, Orlando Pita.

He brought a camellia from a Versace show in the '90s.

Can we get that?

This is the first time we've seen

a vintage piece, hairpiece.

Vintage hairpiece. All right, I'm the first one.

But not a lot of vintage hair pieces.

Yeah. Leave it to Anne Hathaway.

Well, Orlando Pita, definitely.

The two of you together. That casual icon.

But yeah, I think it's kind of this,

it was meant to be sort of a marriage

between Versace and Chanel.

Rings I'm noticing. Yeah, these little things,

there are just a couple of them.

Little things.

They're my wonderful, wonderful friends

and family at Bulgari. They're beautiful.

And when you came into the shot here,

you said that there's a certain way

that you can pose in this dress.

I did. You're gonna make me say it right now.

Yes. I wanna know. 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 Rosa Lea going on in your head

and just live in the fantasy.

Did I do it right? Yeah, yeah.

Let me see.

Yeah, yeah. Like come on.

All right, here we go.

Oh, I'll just leave guys. Great, great.

Thanks, Anne Hathaway. Come back, come back.

Well, thank you so much

and we look forward to seeing you in there.

Thank you, have a great first Met.

Have so much fun.

Derek, I love you. We'll see you inside.

[Anne] I love you too. See you inside.

[soft music]

[light music]

Here with someone I love very much.

Yara Shahidi is here with me.

You look gorgeous. Hi.

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 and Wendy movie.

So tell me, how do you approach such a well-known character

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

to look at how people like her

are using their facial expressions to communicate so much

when you say so little.

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, thank you. All right. For sure.

See you inside.

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You guys look unreal.

Thanks. Thank you so much, Chloe.

You have to tell us about these looks.

Well, you know, I wanted to honor Karl

and I was doing black and white

'cause I was thinking about his color palette

was often restrained in black and white.

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.

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?

I have a size six, so it's pretty tiny.

And you know, the sample size is always

for models much bigger.

You know, size 9, size 10.

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, you know, size 9, 10 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 is chic.

I was a bride, barefoot in the couture.

And it just shows he was so, he was so sweet.

[Derek] He 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.

I 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.

We're in Paris, New York, right now.

[Jeremy laughing]

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 long lasting time relationship with Karl

because it started when I was a young model

and it ended, you know, just a few months before he left us

at his last show, we became friends,

I started, I became a songwriter

and he came to all my concerts

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, you know,

my husband gave him an honorific decoration.

And so we had plenty of dinners

and a good time together as he would send me clothes,

you know, to wear on official occasions.

And so we remained 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.

You just go, the person just goes in another room

and he could come, 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,

you know, 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.

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. 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 yeah, we had a love fest.

And most importantly,

tell us about what you're wearing tonight.

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, mother of, she's mothering.

We're trying to be Gen Z.

We're trying and failing. Some popped on the way

and I told my daughter to grab them all.

They're real pearls.

And she was putting them 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 your girl.

When's Mother's 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. Stunning.

You have a long walk up that carpet,

and I'm thinking you're taking small steps.

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Here with the fabulous Billie Eilish

just having our own little private convo over here.

Having a great time.

You look gorgeous. Billie, tell me about your look.

And I'm gonna tell you right now, the black hair is it.

Like, it's it. Thanks, baby.

For sure.

I'm wearing Simone Rocha,

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, Billie, talk about tonight.

This is honoring Karl Lagerfeld, an icon, a legend.

And so many people are just, you know,

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 and I have good stories afterwards,

I'll say that. 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, Billie?

'Cause 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. I love you too, Billie.

All right, see you inside.

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Oh, Salma Hayek looks amazing.

Are you guys ready?

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.

People look amazing. Everyone's turned out so well.

It's awesome.

Jared Leto came as a furry. 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 Bulguri piece.

And that's 11.6 karats or something.

[Derek] A lot of karats. A lot of karats.

I like a lot of karats in my vegetables.

[Derek] Poor Nick.

Now, how did Karl inspire your guys' looks tonight?

I think the black and white is 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 that are less exciting.

Oh, oh, show the jewels. We love a jeweled.

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. Big night for me.

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 Derek laughing]

Chloe and I went to see the exhibit tonight.

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.

So you're very, you are on theme, Nick Jonas.

Always on theme, Nick Jonas.

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 Valentinos. What an honor.

Well, thank you guys so much,

and we can't wait to see you guys inside.

See you 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 give me some pants

that I know Karl was big into interior designing

and they got some pants from the 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, you know, 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 to be a part,

be a part of something like this.

And he was such a inspirational

in 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. I appreciate it.

All right, have a good evening.

All right.

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Hi, we're back with Viola Davis and Julius.

Lovely to meet you guys. Thanks for coming tonight.

Oh, yes. 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 the role, like I approach every role

where I just have this study, this subject,

Dolores Jordan, incredible woman, you know?

And pray. [laughs]

Pray that it works.

Priyanka was just here and she said,

you're both wearing Valentino tonight.

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.

I wanna put my eyes right above the feathers.

I know. I was asking Vi, How you gonna eat tonight?

I'll figure it out.

There you go.

And the earrings are stunning.

The earrings are Boucheron

[Chloe] and all the jewelry is. It's beautiful.

And yeah, I feel a little bit like a princess or a queen.

[Chloe] That's what we're here for.

Or an Empress. Whatever you wanna choose.

Did you ever meet Karl yourself?

I 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. Yeah.

But obviously, we know of Karl,

we know of his legendary work

and you know, and his philanthropy.

I mean, he was just a great guy.

He really was a great guy, so.

Yeah, well, he had a pretty distinctive look too.

Yes. He did have

a distinctive look. Chloe and I checked out

the exhibit this morning and it's pretty incredible.

I hear it's amazing.

It's chills and tears.

Oh wow. That's great.

Well, you're done with us,

so now you can go check out the show.

Absolutely. Thank you guys so much.

We're huge fans of you guys.

[Derek] Even from the back. Woo! 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 Lea hanging out all together.

Each one of you ladies look absolutely stunning.

My co-host from last year.

Yes, I was. I miss you this year,

I miss you this year. I know, I miss you.

You look so stunning.

Thank you, and so do you three. Amazing.

Lea, you said you had a story.

I'm putting you on the spot.

I needed to tell you that I live in your house.

Whoa. What? When you moved out,

I live in your house now.

I get tons of packages for you every day.

[La La] In my L.A. house? No, here in New York.

[La La] Oh my goodness gracious.

So I get tons of packages for you all the time.

I promise I don't open anything.

In case you're missing anything, I might have it.

Okay, but I trust them with you.

But it's great. Yes, I love it.

Isn't that, 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.

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 good girls around her.

I do.

Absolutely, absolutely.

Now, Vanessa, you're back not as a co-host,

but as a guest this year, so you put all the work on me.

That's okay. It's all right. It's okay.

Sorry. How you feeling?

I'm feeling great.

It's really nice to be able to just like come and hang out.

You know, we're here with Michael Kors

and he's just like the ultimate party starter.

I feel like everyone looks amazing, so it's nice.

It's nice to be out with the girls.

It absolutely is.

And Lea, 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

and 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 hashtag Met Gala 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 Chanelle 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.

You get to see this event a lot

and to actually live it, it's amazing.

It's one of those things you watch and 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.

Brittney, 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 myself-

Did the thing with that.

And my beautiful wife, and they have done an amazing job.

I mean, they, we're, 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 is 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 both were able to join us.

Life is good right now. 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, you know, 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, you know, I have with media.

So, you know, every day just being there,

just being a voice for those families

so they're not feeling left behind or forgotten at all.

Absolutely. Brittney 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 McCartney, Madelyn Cline, and Audrey-

Slutburn.

Slutburn. Slutburn to you.

Well, I'll take it. Yeah.

And now tell us about this look.

It's a look. It's a look.

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.

I think it's very serious.

No, I'll be more serious.

We can jump into some fashion.

No, no, 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?

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.

So good though. A king of the one-liners.

So good. Burn, burn, burn, burn.

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 Madelyn,

you look lovely. Thank you.

And it's just Madelyn, right? Not Madelyn.

It's just Madelyn. Great.

No last.

Great. Well, I guess we'll see you three inside.

Yep, we stick together.

We 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.

Hope I see you guys. 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.

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.

Which worked. This looks so good.

[La La] Or it seems to have worked. Looks so good.

So, it's stuck on now, my face.

Absolutely. Tell us about your look.

I'm wearing Fendi by Kim Jones.

Love 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, and so yeah.

I think we're all in for an incredible evening.

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.

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Guess what?

It's time for our first fan comments of the night.

Chloe, take it away. Oh boy.

Silver Fire says, Watching the Met Gala

is one of my favorite traditions.

I absolutely love seeing all the beautiful outfits.

Whoa. Liz Lemon? Liz Lemon?

Do you think that's the actual Liz Lemon

or is that like a fan of, well, we'll come back to.

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.

At Lia Ferreira says, Manifesting a lot of vintage

and archive Chanel for today's Met Gala.

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.

And when we get fired, we will come to those.

Yes, please invite us next to St. Louis.

[Derek laughing]

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It is 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 edition.

There's three of us here.

There are three, three, three.

Congratulations, Rena. Thank you.

The secret's out. The secret's out. Congratulations.

Thank you. How you feeling?

I'm good. I'm feeling good now, yeah.

Feel good? You can breathe? Yeah, I feel pretty good.

Yeah, I can breathe. I can stop.

Well, you look gorgeous.

Not hiding, but yeah.

Unbelievable.

Look, we're both just like, Rena, I'm so happy.

We're like, we're locals. We're semi-neighbors.

That's what I said, it's couples night. Just hanging out.

Tell me about your look.

You look absolutely, you never disappoint.

No, you're so sweet. You don't either.

Thank you. Valentino.

Wow. Yeah, thank you.

Brooklyn. Yes.

You know you're a fashion killer. You shut it down.

Tell me about your look.

Valentino, just keeping it.

Absolutely, 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.

It's 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 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, you know, to get inside and not drink. [laughs]

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.

I'll see you inside. All right, bye, everybody.

All right.

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So a little while ago, we asked you

for your favorite Chanel runway design

and you chose 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 and Guo Pei in 2015,

Chadwick Boseman in Versace in 2018,

or Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell in 2019?

Head to at Vogue Magazine 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 personally as a friend.

I owe him so much and it's an amazing,

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, silvery blue hair.

And you came in in sunglasses.

I did. I think you

checked every box. I'm gonna wear those in the

On the carpet?

Yeah, a little bit. Might whip them 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.

Cara, Karl. Cara, Karl.

No, people just called me Carla by the end.

[Chloe] Carla? That's what I would do too.

Yeah, Carla.

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. Thank you for fact checking me.

Oh no, she was. I think she was pushing.

No, we were both in it.

Joan was pushing us around. Joan Smalls

was pushing you around

and I'm sure the internet will correct all of us.

I stole so, can I say that?

I stole so much from that Supermarket.

They had like a Chanel chainsaw.

Anyway, I don't steal things.

You had to have it.

Well, that's my favorite Supermarket experience.

Thanks, Karl.

Do you have a favorite Chanel memory?

There were 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 this one of, you know,

one of his last shows that we did.

And it was like at the Ski chalet

and 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 with Cara Delevingne.

Yeah.

But like, he lives on, look at, look, everything.

Like he's influenced so much, not only in fashion, so.

Well, you're gonna love the exhibit tonight.

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. [laughs] Carla.

I'm gonna start calling you that.

Carla.

Thank you, guys. I will get back to what I do best.

I don't know 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.

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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 a green sweater in the street

or you know, from art or from film or from literature.

He wasn't a snob. Well, 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 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.

I'm just here for a good time.

[Kim] A drink with my best friend.

Maybe a little tequila, 818.

Ah! I like. Look, 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 was the last stop.

That is the most stressful part of the night

and now we can go have some fun inside.

Go have a good time. All right, thanks, guys.

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Check out Vogue's weekly podcast, The Run-Through.

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We are here with two people

who just officially shut down the carpet.

It's hot out there. Caresha Yung Miami is here.

Puff aka love aka Diddy. 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. What does that feel like?

It feels like a dream come true.

We were talking a lot and FaceTiming,

getting you ready for today.

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. Amazing. Stunning. Incredible.

All right, so I have- You look beautiful.

I have the million dollar question right now.

You ready for it?

The million dollar question is,

so do y'all officially go together real bad?

I'm asking, I wanna know.

She gonna answer that.

You not answering that for me?

Nah, nah, of course, real bad. We here.

All right. Real bad? Real bad?

It's official? Real bad?

I don't know what you asking me exactly.

We definitely go together real bad for us to be here.

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 it.

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

[La La] that she's my date tonight. 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.

The cape is hot.

Last question, Puff.

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,

you know, 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. You want some, baby girl?

No, no, 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 is, like the detail on this cape is crazy.

Shout out to June Ambrose.

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 see what everybody got on.

It's just, yeah, I wanna see how good everybody looks.

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.

You coming to the party tonight?

What kind of question is that?

The only party I'm coming 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, please. Don't come. Don't come.

You heard it here first. Don't come.

I love y'all. 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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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.

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 a Friday, do family trips.

Having a social life. A 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 in 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.

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.

We had great conversation. 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 and it was so incredible

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, you know,

like I believe in collaborate.

Do you want me to hold this? 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.

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 loosh 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. 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. You know.

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[Man] Standby, home base. Three seconds.

Is it?

Earlier, we asked what was your

all-time favorite Met Gala look

and you chose

♪ Bum-Bum-Da-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

in every different type of variation?

Yes.

It was an omelet. It was everything.

It was a vest 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 hashtag Met Gala.

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I am here joined by Baz Luhrmann, who I just love so much.

I don't fan 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.

I interviewed you at this same spot.

I remember that.

And like today, we're celebrating Karl, who is 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.

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, Tom Brown did Karl Lagerfeld.

Oh, I love that. I love that.

This is Tom Brown.

This is Karl Lagerfeld via Tom Brown

or Tom Brown via Karl Lagerfeld.

These are pearls by Paspaley and amazing.

And Bassalic jewelry, it's 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. Alton Mason.

Hi, baby. How you doing, baby?

How are you? I'm doing good.

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, you know, 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.

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 [indistinct] 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 amazing. You look incredible.

We gotta celebrate when you get inside.

Absolutely, we will celebrate.

Thanks for coming by. All right, babe.

All right, see you in a few.

Yep, all right.

[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?

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.

All right, Jennifer, tell us about the look.

You look incredible. Thank you.

'Cause you guys are doing so good.

It's always so good to see you shut down,

shut down, like every single time.

Tell us about the look. Thank you.

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,

'cause everybody uses it so much now,

it's just 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, you know, 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's a real honor to be here to celebrate him tonight.

And celebrate his legacy in fashion.

Yes, and you've been to a lot of Met Galas,

a lot of Met Balls.

So what do you look forward to?

Like what do you look forward to?

Seeing everybody, you know, it's like,

it's a nice congregation of like fashion and film and music

and 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. All right.

Always good to see you. The hat's perfect.

The look is perfect.

See you.

Keep the hat? Yes, keep the hat.

During dinner, take it off?

I don't know.

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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 podcasts.

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.

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.

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.

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 white of things

is what Karl means to us in fashion.

The daring, oh, I'm sorry, darling.

The daring or not too daring. It's one or the other.

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.

Puma, Puma, come through. Come in, babe.

I want everybody to see how gorgeous you look.

How are you? I'm doing great.

You look absolutely gorgeous.

Puma, tell us about your look.

Well, my look, you know, it just,

to me, it just gives excellence.

I don't know how to describe it.

Excellence, expensive. [Erykah laughing]

But I think, stop laughing.

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, ooh, sorry,

the amount of work it takes to put into a garment.

And you know, I think that that's kinda

how to pay tribute to him because he's so detail-oriented.

Absolutely, absolutely.

Now, your mom's been to a lot of Met Balls,

but this is your first one.

So how does it feel to be at your first Met Gala?

Well, it's a little nerve-wracking, I'm not gonna lie.

I know, right? Those steps. The carpet, everything.

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. Now you get to go in

and just have a good time.

Absolutely. I'm ready to eat.

That's the 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.

All right, thank you. Thank you, sis.

Of course. Thank you, Vogue.

Let's take another look

at the making of this year's exhibition.

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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 and humor into clothes

through almost surrealistic embroideries.

This particular one was inspired by a candlestick.

It was almost as if when he placed

the candlestick on the body,

it became a sort of substitute of the woman.

And 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.

Tell me about this amazing look by Tom Brown.

Yes, I'm in Tom Brown from head to toe.

Inspired by Karl Lagerfeld.

You know his classic look, the tie.

Absolutely, you did it.

The little ponytail in the back.

Get into that. Get in, you know.

The Chanel tweed. Get in.

Get in. The classic Karl shade.

Get in. [laughs] Get in. [laughs]

I'm just suited and booted, yeah.

Yo, the body is bodying and doing everything else.

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 gotta potty.

And it was just like I did so good

the whole 35 minutes I was waiting-

I was watching you.

As soon as I got my ass 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, always gotta potty when I'm nervous.

So you know, I was a little bit nervous.

And I wanna talk about your performance

in A Thousand and One, like-

Thank you. I watch it so many times.

I watch it on the plane. I watch it in the 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, you know?

Inez, yes, she has a lot of layers with her.

So we had to color coordinate it

and it was like a good shorthand for being on set.

'Cause you know how it go, we film outta order.

So one day, you know, she's getting that taxi.

The next day, she getting married, you know.

So I think color coordinating and layering Inez

was, you know, made the process really amazing

and it was really therapeutic.

Absolutely, I think there's some big awards in your future

for that for sure. Thank you.

Thank you so much for coming by.

We're gonna party tonight. We're gonna have fun.

And yes for your anchor voice.

You know, I do many things.

You know, I do many things.

Period, but I love the voice.

The voice is voicing, yes. Thank you, thank you.

I will see you inside. Love you, sis.

Love you. See you inside. All right, babe.

We've got more comments from our viewers

watching online at Osean underscore Nessie says,

The theme of this year's Met Gala is so good.

At Elham Mohamud 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 hashtag Met Gala.

The theme's amazing. Tweet about it.

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The what? Oh, now we vamp. Oh.

[Derek] I think we're vamping right now.

[Chloe] Okay.

Wow, what a night. I have two words. [purrs]

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!

[Derek] 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? Pat, Cat McGrath.

[Derek] Pat McCat, Pat McGrath Cat.

[Derek] It's late, guys. And then Jared Leto

literally was the cat.

[Derek] He was a huge pussy.

He was dressed in a full body costume.

[Chloe] Yes, he was. Yes, yes.

Pussy cat , he was.

[Derek] I gotta say, beyond the cat and the cat puns,

[Chloe] which we are- Which we could do

[Derek] for hours. Absolutely killing.

More cat puns than a kunnel, kennel?

[Chloe] Kennel. Kennel. A kennel?

[Chloe] Yeah. Never too late

for a kennel joke.

Another big theme tonight,

I have really liked is all the black and white,

[Chloe] the monochrome- Yes.

That was obviously the way Karl dressed.

Reminds me a bit of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball,

everything was sort of black and white.

Yes, yes. We go back in time.

Yes. And the pearls,

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, yes, meow. Yeah, too.

Meow. Meow cute of you.

Yes. Oh, here we go.

Nicole Catman, just kidding.

Penelo-meow 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.

[Together] Which opens to the public

The purblic? The purblic.

Purr-blic on May 5th.

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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 damaged tulle in the front.

[Man] 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?

[Man] Look, you're right here.

Hi, guys. Look, 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 completely.

Thank you.

Completely killed the red carpet.

Thank you. 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 Chen Peng.

This is my second look of the night

and it's giving a little bit of everything.

Like if you see, like the texture of this skirt,

it's giving like a Chanel boy bag.

And then it got the flowers, the camellia flower.

They're 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.

I like how you broke that down

and I like how you did that.

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,

it's like a designer that like, we're so 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 designs

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?

[La La] The carpet. The carpet, right?

So now you could breathe. You made it all the way up.

This was the last stop. 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. You passed the test.

Go have a good time as always.

Thank you. You look beautiful.

Oh yeah, we gotta talk. Thank you. Yes, we do.

Thank you, baby. Okay.

Ooh, 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

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 10 jobs at once.

But the puns, this guy was a pun wizard.

I'm a pun fan. He used to call-

A pizard. He called me Beau Derek.

Ooh! But like, not Bo Derek

with the braids and the swimsuit.

Beau Derek, the French word for Beau. Beau Derek.

Beau. Which means, and I pronounce that Beau?

[Derek laughing]

Beau Derek. If nothing else,

we've learned tonight that Chloe Fineman's French

is perfect. Chloe.

Chloe. Chloe.

But speaking of you impersonating people that you're not,

did you find any new impersonations this evening?

Anyone that you'd like to do?

You know, I do.

When I was talking to Anne Hathaway, I was like,

That's gonna [mumbles]

Do you wanna tease a little Annie or no?

Well, I mean, 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, you know, 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.

There's so much drama over the hat and the hair.

I mean, little, little secret we're gonna share.

We had Cardi B in here, but she was worried

that if she did the video first,

it would rob her or it would cannibalize-

Right. Her red carpet debut.

The reveal. And she didn't wanna,

she didn't wanna ruin her reveal.

Right, she needed the drama.

Okurr. Okurr.

I'm not allowed to do that, guys.

Not the impression we're gonna learn tonight.

No, no, no.

But the drama, the looks- The drama.

The trains, there's always like eight people.

I want, 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. 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?

She's Megan- A fashion fluffer.

Yeah, she's Megan Thee Stallion and I'm

Oh right. Yeah.

Oh! Oh! Oh!

I know. A missed opportunity.

Hindsight is 20/20. Gosh, is it ever.

One thing I loved about tonight

was reliving all these incredible Karl memories.

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.

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Paper was Karl's favorite material.

This white garment was from Miss Chanel's

Ode 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 pailletes

and seed beads that took 700 hours to embroider by Lasage

And the garment itself is a dress and bolero,

and it took about 340 hours.

So in total it was over 1,000 hours to complete it.

Real tour de force of the Ode Couture

and shows the incredible skilled craftsmanship

of the [indistinct] workshops.

[Derek] What do we say? I don't know.

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Karl began at Fendi in 1965.

And this particular coat from Fendi

is inspired by Sonia Delaunay's simultaneous paintings,

which was all about color and geometric shapes

and rhythmic patterns and its 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.

Can we pan down and show?

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.

Hey, I think, La La, can you hear us? Are you there?

She can't hear us. No, well,

we're 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]

She, they, he. She, she, they.

Oh, shh. Shh, he.

He or she. She.

Or they. They.

Have made us wait before. Yes.

That's the only clue you have.

So far, but. 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.

Who is the best dressed for you this evening?

You know, I saw her from a distance and I really,

I just wanna see Penelope Cruz up close.

I thought that was like, Ooh.

I thought Nicole Kidman looked good.

Nicole. Margot Robbie.

Yeah, of course. She looked fab.

Yeah. She always looks fab.

Always. Michaela Coel's dress looked beautiful.

Yes. Ooh!

I like bedazzling. Can you tell?

Oh wait, I think,

I'm 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 you hanging? La La, what's going on

where you are?

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 100.

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.

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Every year, Raul Avila 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 call, 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.

This is you guys' first time.

Tell me the experience. How you feeling?

I know your feet hurt.

My feet hurt, but you survive.

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.

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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.

A very special reason. But 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.

And 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?

I liked Lizzo's outfit.

I like that Serena announced.

I know.

Her second baby on the way. I was like,

The secret is out. I love that. I love that.

[Derek] How nice to be the baby, you know,

you're gonna tell all your friends one day.

[La La] Yeah, that was me right there. Right.

[Derek] I made my debut at the Met Gala.

[La La] Wow. Not bad.

[La La] That is not bad. Not bad,

[Chloe] but high bar. Getting to talk

to the designers was so fascinating

and the theme is unbelievable.

[La La] Yeah, for sure.

[Derek] There was this, you know, we have Anne Hathaway

and Emily Blunt here tonight.

So I had a certain Devil Wears Prada nostalgic moment.

[Chloe] Chloe made a good joke. Yes.

La La, what was your favorite moment?

[La La] So, so many moments.

Just seeing, you know, friends and seeing everyone,

their interpretations of, you know, the theme

and just all the amazing things

people had to say about Karl

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, Dang, everybody looking real good tonight.

[Chloe] Yes, yes.

[La La] And the cats.

The cats, the cats, the cats.

Doja Cat was incredible with her prosthetic that she did.

[Chloe] What was that like talking to her?

[La La] Oh, it was awesome. But she, it looked incredible.

But she was like, she was like, she talked clear.

She could make it through.

And she was, this is her first Met as well

and she was having such an incredible night.

And there was another cat jumping around down there.

[Chloe] Jared Leto.

[Derek] Jared Leto was the cat.

Lil Nas X was a cat.

[La La] Was a cat, yeah.

So cats. Look, you're right on theme.

[Chloe] You're right on theme. Raining cats, yeah.

[Derek] I actually didn't think cats

could become a bigger deal.

Like they already have their place in the meme-osphere.

[Chloe] Choupette. 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 Rita Zago says,

My first time watching the Met, I can't,

live and everyone is so on theme. I love it.

I can't wait to see more of the fits. Wow.

At Monet Alex says, The girls are doing really well

with the theme this year.

This has to be some sort of record.

Wow. At Cupidilly says,

This year's Met Gala is honestly my favorite theme.

And I love it so much. I love it so much.

It's so nice when they're nice on the internet.

I know. Exactly.

I was like, every time I read Twitter, it's like.

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 hear anything?

What do we think's 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.

Any favorite Karl quotes?

Ooh. That's a good question.

I have some good Karl one-liners.

I mean, I loved that guy.

If you're cheap, nothing helps.

Ooh, okay. That's a bar.

That's a bar for sure.

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

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.

He was relentlessly forward-looking.

He was obsessed with technology.

I remember when the iPads and the iPods

and the I everything 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,

[Chloe] in retrospective. Yeah.

[Derek] I definitely think if he 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.

A new cast of characters to start working on.

[La La] So good. Can't wait to see. So great.

Well, I heard something, I heard some clapping

or some, some yelling or something going on.

[Chloe] Wow, I love this Kendall look

that we're looking at right now.

[La La] 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, I think.

Karl Lagerfeld, of course, was most famous

for a powdered white ponytail.

I think Cardi B had a little tribute-

Yes, she did, yes. In her gray do.

And Cara. And Cara.

[All] Definitely. J.Lo.

Oh, how was J.Lo?

Yes.

La La, you interviewed J.Lo. 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 Monae as well,

who you guys saw her, I didn't get to see her, but.

[Derek] We saw her come in

and she had a pretty elaborate monochromatic,

I mean, a couture tent. Could we call it that?

What are some of the verbiage?

[Chloe] Couture tent.

Oh, what was that word today at the costume exhibit?

[Derek] Shaminda, shimian? That's the one.

[Chloe] Yeah. That's the one.

[La La] Mary J Blige.

[Derek] Who's this in the purple lace, La La?

[La La] Mary J Blige.

[Derek] Oh, the wow, the queen.

[La La] Shutting it down, like always.

[Chloe] I love how florals make their way

into so many of the looks tonight.

[Derek] La La, did I see you talking to Diddy today?

[La La] Yes, and it was good. It was a good moment.

We had some fun. [Derek and La La laughing]

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 I could really use some champagne.

Yes, you read my mind. Champagne? I think you mean

Cham-pleasure, Chloe.

[La La and Chloe laughing]

That type of night. It's that type of night.

Good night, everybody. Thank you.

Goodnight, everybody. Goodnight. Goodbye.

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