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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 an honor of Karl,
so I wanted to make sure my look was on point.
Derek, I know you will tell me the real deal.
Did I hit the mark or what?
La La, you knocked it out of the park.
Karl liked monochromatic, he 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 got-
Oh. Where's your purse?
Purr-fect. 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.
Here he is. You mean them.
Them, they are in purse form.
I am in Wiederhoeft tonight,
my dear friend, Jackson Wiederhoeft.
The look is inspired
by Karl Lagerfeld couture for Chanel in 2004.
And what about your jewelry?
Oh, a little Bulgari.
A little Bulgari, never killed nobody.
[Chloe laughs softly]
And you look very, very dashing, I must say.
[La La] Well, I just can't-
I just wanted to point out I have a camellia pin.
You're gonna see a lot of camellias tonight.
Coco Chanel love this flower.
And this version was designed by Karl Lagerfeld
and given to me.
It's kind of a disco, metallic, techno, mesh version
of a camellia.
Woo.
Very, very dashing, I must say.
And I'm excited for more camellias.
Hey, La La, who do you have there?
I am joined now by Vogue's Global Editor Director,
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 have 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.
Oh, you look amazing.
And I feel so good.
And thank you so much.
And I hope you have an incredible evening.
And have fun yourself.
Thank you. I will.
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.
[crowd cheering loudly]
[Person] I'll take the glasses off.
[Chloe] [gasps] Wow, Emma Chamberlain has arrived.
[Derek] Emma Chamberlain?
Yes. Oh, she's like
the Internet's little sister.
Yes. I love you, Emma.
We love you, Emma.
She will also be interviewing guests
on a carpet this evening.
Nice, nice. You can watch
those interviews on Vogue's YouTube channel.
And hopefully, we will be able-
Start, just start. To check in with her
later this evening.
[La La] We finally get to-
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 #MetGala.
Share your questions and comments on social media.
And we will feature our favorites right here on the show.
We'll also be conducting viewer polls
throughout the evening, so make sure you check those out.
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 No. 5 commercial
that Baz Luhrmann and I did with Karl
who concocted this out of his head.
It looks gorgeous. I have the sketches
when he was drawing it.
Wow.
And then we fitted it.
I remember fitting it repeatedly.
And I think my deep, deep sort of love of Karl
came through this time together,
because I knew him very, very well.
And so to be able to honor him
and wear this dress now for Chanel,
and show, I suppose the way these couture gowns last.
Yes. And the exquisiteness.
[La La] Isn't that incredible?
[Nicole] And if you take care of them
Wow. And love them,
they are timeless.
Absolutely, and I-
To be able to wear the same thing 20 years later
and it still holds.
That is amazing. Because it's so whimsy.
There's whimsy to it.
Right.
And it's so light as a feather.
Wow. And it's unbelievably
comfortable, but it's all handmade.
It's couture and that's what it should be.
You look 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 is in-
Mm-hmm, because it's an art form.
For an incredible evening which is honoring-
Yeah and now we go have fun.
Karl and being, now you get to have fun.
[laughing] Yeah. And you look
absolutely stunning. And my-
Thank you so much.
And my husband is here. Yes, hi.
How are you, Keith?
It's nice to see you.
You too. Yeah.
You're just staring like a proud, proud husband.
I love that.
You guys have an incredible evening.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
All right, see you, thank you.
Thank you, Vogue. Bye, all right.
Bye-bye. Bye.
Thank you, see you.
Thank 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 Hollien
and his wife. Good to see you, Derek.
How are 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.
[all chuckle softly]
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 booed off the stage-
What? Because it was so radical.
Wow. And also that
kind of gave me an impression
of that when you do something radical,
actually, appreciation only happens then afterwards.
So it was-
Why was it booed off the stage?
Yeah. Because, I mean,
Karl's designs- Ahead of the time.
His fashion design was ahead of the time.
My father's architecture for that piece.
It was at the Vienna Burgtheater,
the main theater place in Vienna.
So it's been a special thing. Right.
That's incredible. Wow.
That's a good story.
Naomi, you must have known Karl too.
I met Karl Lagerfeld when I was 16 years old
and he put me in every chameleon that he could have
in the span in the studio.
And I used to go out after Ines de la Fressange
who was the-
Yes. Chanel girl at the time.
And 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.
Thank you. Thank you.
We will see you inside. Thank you.
Thank you so much. We'll see you in there.
Excited to be here. Good to meet you.
Good to meet you, Naomi. Thank you
for opening up for us. Yes, thank you.
Thank you. Good to see you.
Yeah, thank you.
Thank you guys. Good to see you.
Thank you.
We're good. 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
approaching the carpet. Right.
And once I heard everybody screaming,
I was like, I felt better.
You was like,
oh, I'm okay. Yeah.
Tell us, tell us. I was like, they here.
Tell us about your look, 'cause you look so good.
Thank you, this is Balmain.
Super last minute, but we did it, we here.
Can y'all see?
You did it, you did it, you did it.
Okay, okay, everybody see that.
You look stunning.
So what are you expecting from your first Met Gala?
Like what are you looking forward to?
What are you excited about?
Some fire pictures, hopefully.
And the fact that you got the camera
right there ready to go.
I'm obsess with her. Yes.
We gon' go in there, we're gon' have fun, we gon' party.
We'll have a good time. Yes, thank you.
You look like amazing. All right.
You too, baby.
I can't wait to see you inside.
Okay, thank you.
All right, Ice Spice, everybody.
Okay, I'll see you inside, okay.
Okay. All right, baby, okay.
[mellow orchestra music]
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 his stamp
on some of Europe's most celebrated fashion houses.
Balmain, 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 Coco Chanel herself
and has left an indelible mark on the history of fashion.
Chloe and I checked it out this morning.
Yes. And I gotta say
that exhibit is fascinating.
It is more than fascinating.
It's stunning.
It will make you cry and take your breath away.
In fact, let's take a look inside right now.
Karl would often say he was four people.
That he was one person at Chanel, one person at Fendi,
one person at his own label, and one person at Chloe.
And to an extent that's true.
I think that Fendi, it was more of his modernist tendencies.
Chloe, he's more romantic.
At Karl Lagerfeld he's more minimalist.
And I suppose 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 Schlimmerian 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.
[crowd cheering loudly]
[Person] I had a good time.
[Person] Do you use [indistinct]?
[people speaking away from mic]
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.
[Michaela] 26,000 mixed stones.
Oh my goodness. And over 3,800 hours
of work to make this dress.
Wow. Yeah.
That has to be an honor to wear something.
This is a work of art. Big honor, yeah.
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- Right.
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.
Wow. And so she felt
like he would like that about me.
And suddenly I just felt very much at ease about being here.
Absolutely.
I'm just out here being myself.
And I appreciate Anna for appreciating that
and giving me such lovely opportunity, it is really.
Yes, amazing.
And you and I haven't met before
and I was so excited to meet you tonight.
Likewise. So thank you for coming over
and chatting and I hope you have an incredible evening.
My pleasure.
I like you, you got great energy.
Thank you, thank you. Yeah, man.
Thank you, thank you. Take care.
[person speaks away from mic]
See you inside.
[Person] Tell her, tell her in her ear.
Careful. That's so good.
[gentle orchestra music]
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.
Thank you. So you've worked with Karl,
numerous times over Chanel campaigns over the years.
So do you have a favorite?
Is it so hard to choose?
You know, it's hard to choose.
I just like love the memories with him
and just the times together.
And he was a gentleman and a wonderful man,
always so kind.
And yeah, I mean, maybe one time
we were shooting in the streets of Paris-
Okay. At night.
Uh-huh.
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? They were like,
where are your shoes? It's so dirty.
I'm like, you know, I'm just doing Chanel,
walking around bare feet.
But it was fun.
He was a lovely man.
Absolutely. 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 if it was Chanel No. 5.
There was a Chanel No. 5 party in New York.
And I think that was, no, no, no, it was in Cuba.
Okay.
We were in Cuba together.
Beautiful place.
Beautiful.
And he was doing a show.
And I was doing Chanel No. 5 at a time.
And he invited me to go.
And yeah, I think that was the last time I saw him in Cuba.
Absolutely.
Now tell us about your look.
Stunning, stunning, stunning.
So this dress, I'll show you.
It's so gorgeous.
Is vintage Chanel.
I wore this dress, I think 2016, no, 2006 or 2007.
Wow.
In an editorial with him,
I wore the same dress. Wow.
So when I was picking a dress, I was like,
which dress that is going to be the dress.
And I thought.
This, this is the one.
This is the one, so.
Well, you made a great choice.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Thank you so much-
Thank you. For stopping by.
And I hope you have an incredible evening.
And you look fabulous.
Thank you so much.
Take care. Thank you, thank you.
[lips smack softly] Thank you.
See you. Bye, guys.
Take care.
[Person] Thank you so much.
Like, I feel like this would-
Like right now?
We are joined here
by one of my favorite people in the world,
Keke Palmer. Aww.
And the brilliant Sergio Hudson.
Yes.
Hello [laughing].
I assume that Sergio Hudson designed this incredible-
Yes. Of course, he did.
Ensemble we have tonight.
Oh my god. Tell me a little bit
about it. 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. Wow.
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.
Yes.
It is be breathtaking, I have to say.
It's like a whole fashion history lesson.
I know! You got got '50s,
We got the train. You've got '90s.
We got '90s. You got Josephine Baker.
A little something for everybody.
Now you hosted last year.
Yes.
Do you have any tips for us?
Yeah. Goofs.
Literally just be goofy 'cause that's me.
I 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.
[Chloe] Okay.
You make it easy for me.
And you made it- I can do that.
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.
[crowd cheering loudly]
[Chloe exclaims loudly]
Oh, oh, we're Vogue.
Hey, Chloe!
Oh, want even more Met Gala coverage.
Head over to Vogue.com where you can watch
exclusive behind the scenes videos
and vote on your favorite looks throughout the night.
Please, just do that, everybody.
[lighthearted orchestra music]
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.
But- It's gonna such
an exciting night. But it's 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-
Oh.
This is cray.
Like, can we zoom in on that somehow?
This is crazy.
And what waist?
And what waist? what waist.
And what waist?
Tell me about the look.
Oh, so this dress is a very special dress.
It's a 1992 fall bride dress, Chanel by Karl.
[La La] Wow.
[Dua Lipa] Of course, and it's been
on my mood boards forever and-
[La La] It's gorgeous.
When the opportunity came,
I was just like, is there any way I can find this dress?
And the patrimoine at Chanel was very kind
and allowed me to borrow it for tonight.
That is amazing.
It's a big dream come true for me.
So I'm very happy. And can we talk
about the necklace?
And the necklace, this little thing.
Oh my goodness.
This is a very special Tiffany necklace.
It hasn't been seen before, so I feel-
It's unbelievable. Excited to get
to showcase it here today.
And yeah, they pulled it out the vault for me.
It's so gorgeous.
So-
I'm not usually speechless,
It's shiny, shiny. But I'm sitting here like.
[Dua Lipa laughs softly] Wow.
Well, I hope you have an incredible evening
and just enjoy all the moments.
You look incredible.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much, Dua Lipa.
[Dua Lipa and La La] Thank you.
Have a great evening.
Thank you, and you. All right, of course.
[lighthearted orchestra music]
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 up the stairs. I mean, look at-
I'm here. No, no, no.
First, first, first, first, first.
You guys have to see this.
Like this, 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 gah.
I mean, that's like- And we shot-
The biggest thing
in the world. Girl.
May issue.
Major. May issue.
Major, major, major.
I'm on the cover of Vogue.
We shot it in Paris on the Grand Palais, the-
[La La] Wow.
Inside the Grand Palais.
We took it over for a little bit,
but it was an amazing experience.
And I'm just blessed to be here, girl.
Oh, you look gorgeous.
Tonight is gonna be fun.
What are you looking forward to the most this evening?
I'm looking forward to seeing everybody's outfit,
to be honest. I know, I told you,
from up here I can see everything.
I'm like watching everybody
come on down. I'm like, I could see
everything from up here.
I can see it all.
It's gonna be an incredible evening.
It's gonna be amazing.
We're gonna have fun.
We're gonna dance, we're gonna do all of that.
So I will see you inside.
But thank you for stopping by. I'll see you inside.
I love you so much. Love you, sis.
[lips smack loudly]
All right.
Thank you.
See you inside, okay.
All right.
Oh, we're up, we're up.
Oh.
And Chloe, we got the Coach crew.
Wow.
Designer, Stuart Vevers.
Hi.
Dylan, I'm sorry, Maya Penn.
Yes.
And this is Gabriella.
How are you guys?
Great. Amazing.
Yeah. We're stoked!
Yes!
We had such a party on the way here.
Now- We were blasting Britney-
Yeah. Karaoke.
Get this mic away from me.
Well, I have to ask about these little purses.
I'm blown away.
[Maya] Yes, they are so gorgeous.
What, do you wanna-
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-
What? Yeah, mm-hmm.
Tickets, maps, everything you can imagine.
Aluminum foil.
Transformed it into something incredible.
Both on the gowns and the bags.
The trash of The Met,
like the actual garbage? Yes, yes.
Dumpster diving. Inside The Met, outside.
Wow. Near the food carts.
You know, some people say
one man's trash is another man's treasure.
Yeah. Yes.
Or ham. One man's trash
is another woman's Met Gala look.
You actually- This is a first.
These are like ticket stubs and the maps from The Met.
So this year we wanted to do something completely different
and it was about creating something beautiful,
creating gowns from waste.
Yes. Incredible.
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, yeah.
Drinks. You already know.
Drinks, a little Britney singing.
Gabriella, everybody.
[Gabriella laughs softly]
Have a great night guys.
Thank you guys. Thank you, thank you.
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[gentle orchestra music]
This year's exhibition honors the life and legacy
of visionary designer Karl Lagerfeld.
Let's take a look.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
I am thrilled to introduce everyone
to the one and only Michael Kors.
Hello, everyone.
And his date for the evening, Emily Blunt.
How are you guys?
We're good.
Yes. We're great.
We're great.
Now how are you feeling?
Are you one stomach flu away from your goal weight?
To be honest, I wish I was.
Because I was telling Michael last night I ate a pizza,
almost forgetting, 'cause I thought,
well, I'm like covered up, so I'll be all right.
And then I tried to put my skinny pants on
and it was.
[all laughing softly]
And I wish I was.
I mean- Tell us about this look.
Yeah. I assume Michael is-
It's like a 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. Yeah.
I mean, absolutely and white shirts.
I know.
And white shirts.
And the play on the white shirt but his-
And the play. Signature white shirt,
but like a romantic version of it.
[Chloe] Right.
Nasty and romantic.
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.
Yeah.
You know, curiosity is the coolest thing in the world.
Definitely, 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 o each other.
Look at us next to each other.
I know. 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.
Oh.
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. A lot of black and white.
A lot of black and white.
A lot of good one liners. Boots, boots.
Good quips. Yeah.
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-
Can't wait. For popping in.
Thank you. We can't wait.
Thank you. We can't wait.
Thank you, guys.
Great to see you guys.
Great to see you.
Now I want a pizza.
I know, we'll go
[Michael] We all want a pizza.
[Derek speaks away from mic]
Okay.
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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
Wow. 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. Drawing it, mm-hmm.
And that was like a, 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.
Right. 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 patrimoine,
like whichever one you choose.
And that was not easy to choose.
No, of course not. 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 dress. Well, you made
a perfect choice and you look gorgeous.
Thank you, you too. Thank you so much
for talking. Thank you so much.
And I hope you have an incredible evening.
Thank you, thank you.
All right, thank you, Penelope, all right.
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I am here with a 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-
Absolutely. Intellectual
and emotional acumen.
And I just think he was an astounding designer.
And that's why he has endured for so long.
Yes. And I feel very,
very lucky to be here tonight
celebrating him. Absolutely.
And that's why we're all honoring him tonight
at such an iconic place.
What a great moment.
So tell us about your look.
You look gorgeous.
Thank you so much.
I'm lucky enough to be wearing Fendi couture.
Wow.
Designed by the incredible Kim Jones.
And Kim- I love Kim Jones.
I love Kim Jones.
And Kim and I have been friends since I was 19 years old.
Wow.
So it is an enduring friendship.
But again, what I love about Kim,
is that he's so dedicated to his craft.
He definitely is.
He's always spontaneous
and shows such innovation in what he does,
but he's also working endlessly
on developing an exquisite technique and discipline
Absolutely. Alongside
the flamboyant nature of his imagination.
And he's great!
Absolutely.
And a lol.
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.
Bye. All right, thank you.
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We have the honor and pleasure
of being joined now by Tommy and Dee Hilfiger.
You guys look incredible.
Thank you.
Tommy, I love this look.
Can I be so bold as to observe
that this is inspired by Karl Lagerfeld?
Inspired by Karl.
This is vintage Chanel fabric. Tell us about it.
[Chloe] Wow.
But the shirt was given to me by Karl as a gift.
[Derek] Karl himself?
The man. Yes.
The legend. A gift.
And I'm not sure how he was able to get dressed
in an outfit like this every day,
but he certainly, had a valet,
because it's a a shirt that just buttons in the back-
Really? With a separate collar.
Was this the first time Dee helped
zip you up tonight? I did not.
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-
Did the gloves did the- And her look.
I love the pearls.
This was added. Beautiful.
You know, you have to do something
a little different for the Met Gala.
Yes, yes.
Tommy, I'm sure you crossed paths with Karl
a couple times.
Do you have any favorite Lagerfeld memories?
I do.
I asked Karl once how he became so successful with Chanel.
And he said it was very easy.
He went back to her archive and took everything
that was from her favorite collections
and made them relevant for today.
And that was very inspirational.
But we became partners with him
when we bought the Karl Lagerfeld brand in 2004.
So we became very close.
Chloe and I went and had a look at the exhibition today
and it's pretty incredible.
We haven't seen it yet.
Oh. I think it'll be great.
Well, we're gonna let- You guys are going
to love it. You guys get to it.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Thank you. Nice to see you.
We'll see you guys.
Bye. Lovely.
[Derek] I'll see you at the bar.
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All right, so I'm here with Sydney Sweeney.
Hi.
You look absolutely stunning.
And amazing. Thank you so much.
Thank you. And we were just talking
about how just crazy this carpet is
and all the fabulous that comes along with this.
Tell us about your look tonight.
I'm wearing Miu Miu and-
Fits like a glove.
Thank you, it feels like a glove.
You feel good though?
I do.
And you look so, so good.
Thank you. 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.
Yeah. So we're all
looking forward to that.
Thank you. 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. Stunning, stunning.
And it's just an honor and a privilege to be here.
Absolutely.
And is there anyone you're looking forward
to seeing tonight?
We were just talking about everybody we're seeing.
Honestly, I'm just excited to just meet new people-
Absolutely. And have
a really good night.
Absolutely.
Well, I hope you have an incredible night.
Thank you, you too. See you inside.
And have so much fun.
Thank you.
All right, of course.
Bye. Thank you.
Thank you, guys. Thank you.
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Get ready, fashion fans.
We have two of the most fashionable people here tonight.
Glenn Close and the designer, Erdem,
who's responsible for this incredible creation.
Hi, guys.
You really have to see
this train. Hi.
It's unbelievable.
Yes.
Now- So elegant.
So elegant.
Now Glenn- Yes.
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?
[Derek laughs softly]
No.
[all laugh loudly]
Isn't that terrible?
[Chloe] No.
I- 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.
Danger Liaisons was such an incredible film
because of all the costumes.
[Glenn and Chloe] Yes.
How is that as an actress to use style as a character?
Ooh.
It's everything, it's everything.
I have kept all my costumes.
I have a costume collection-
Oh. Of over 800 pieces
that is in the Indiana University
because I could not say goodbye to them.
No. They are such a part
of my career.
And it helps you build a character.
And to see Erdem and be with Erdem
and building this and seeing what he was creating-
Yeah.
Yes, they said, What character are you doing?
And I'm thinking maybe a kinder Madame de Merteuil.
A nicer one.
And you're my young lover.
Erdem. Oh, exactly, exactly.
Young lover, tell us about
Glenn's look tonight. Yes, young lover,
young lover. Oh my gosh.
Do tell.
Well, it's an homage to Karl.
Yes.
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. Wow.
And then, of course, the collar and the cuffs
are an homage to Karl themselves, 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-
Oh. 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, really?
Shucks.
Hi.
Hey, how are you? Look at you.
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I'm here with Margot Robbie.
And when I say the world is so thirsty
for your new Barbie movie,
no, no, no, it's like, it's a sensation.
It's going crazy.
Everyone wants to put their picture
with the Barbie logo in the background.
Were you surprised at all
by the intensity and excitement around this?
Yeah, I have to say I was,
I knew it was gonna be exciting for everyone.
I didn't really realize the kind of energy
it would have behind it.
And we're still, you know, we come out July 21st, so it's-
Exactly.
It's still a little while away.
I'm amazed everyone's this excited already.
Everyone is so excited.
We still have so much more to show you.
Can't wait, can't wait. Yeah.
Now, Margot, tell us about your look tonight.
I'm wearing Chanel.
This is actually- Gorgeous.
Yeah, this dress was worn by Cindy Crawford in 1993.
Oh wow.
They remade it for me.
And it's obviously a Karl design
and I feel really great in it actually.
And you look absolutely stunning.
Thank you.
So Margot, what does a night like tonight mean to you
honoring such an icon in 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, you know-
What an honor.
Yeah, it is an honor.
And I'm thrilled that they're honoring him tonight
because he was exceptional.
Absolutely.
Well, I'm so glad you came to say hi.
Thank you. I hope you have
the most fabulous evening.
You look incredible and-
Can I just say, you look incredible.
Thank you so much.
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.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
I'll see you inside
and have a great evening. Okay.
Thank you.
Barbie movie coming soon, everybody.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
Karl Lagerfeld.
Karl Lagerfeld put on some pretty memorable fashion shows
during his decades at Chanel.
Which of his Chanel runway designs is your favorite?
2014's supermarket, 2008's carousel,
2012's underwater world or 2019's pool party?
Head to @VogueMagazine on Twitter now
to cast your vote.
Cast away.
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Are you feeling nervous, overwhelmed, excited?
Where is your head at?
I was really excited until I got off my car
like two minutes ago.
Me, that's what happens to me.
Oh yeah, but I'm like-
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. [laughs softly]
I love this because this is so,
like, this is so effortless.
It works. And gorgeous and simple.
I can sit down.
Who is this?
This is, I'm wearing Chanel from the '90s runway.
Amazing.
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. Thank you.
This is amazing. Thank you.
I mean, I'll tell you this,
everyone's ambushing us.
Like, where are you guys coming from?
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
other than the- 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.
No, [laughing].
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.
Yeah. You're gonna have
so much fun and I'll see you in there.
I'm so happy to meet you finally.
So happy to meet you. Yeah.
I know it's such a [speaks away from mic].
I can't even express how amazing you look-
Thank you. And how amazing
you just are. Thank you.
We'll hang out in there.
Yeah, we'll see.
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Hi, Elle Fanning.
Hello.
My goodness you look like a dream and a vision.
Thank you. Tell us about this look.
Thank you, well, technically,
I am at the Cartier table tonight.
Ooh.
Yes, this, I'm wearing a 1955 Grain de Cafe
coffee bean necklace, which is special.
It's this one that Grace Kelly wore in the royal portrait.
I don't think the exact, but it's from that time.
Let's say it's the exact.
You and Grace Kelly is everything.
And then Vivienne Westwood designed my outfit, Andreas.
And it's based on, I met Karl when I was 13
and Karl's, my first fashion show ever
was 2011 fall Chanel haute couture.
And after the show, he selected me to be someone
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.
And here it is.
Fresh is a daisy.
It's also bridal, like Chanel bride.
Yes, yes. Come on.
Nothing better, right? Yes, yes.
Wow.
We've talked about so much royalty, Grace Kelly,
the Queen- Karl.
Karl. Vivienne Westwood.
The Kaiser 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 weeks,
a week and a half or so.
Less. Yeah, less.
11 days.
That's great, that's right.
Yeah, May 1st.
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 want it to come out so I can just talk about what happens.
But I love this show so much
and it's so much fun to do.
And I can't wait for everyone to see it.
Yay. Yes.
Well, you look beautiful tonight.
Thank you. Well, you are a vision-
Thank you. And I can't wait
to find you for a little drink.
Yeah, that's right.
What are you gonna do with these flowers like later?
Could you leave those?
I'm gonna throw make you catch 'em.
Oh! [Chloe gasps softly]
Oh. Oh.
Well, let's-
Let's do it.
Yeah. And you'll propose, right?
Okay.
There you go.
[gentle orchestra music]
[Keke laughs softly]
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,
Absolutely. The family had to link up.
Now what I did say was,
if my body could look like this-
Oh, girl, stop. After having a baby,
then somebody out there might have a chance.
Somebody might have a chance.
You look gorgeous.
Sergio, I'm so grateful for you designing
these amazing dresses for-
Yes. Absolutely.
The both of us.
Keke, let me ask you,
what are you looking forward to the most here tonight?
Well, it was you because I had to make sure
that Sergio didn't like make you up stage me.
But we both look fabulous.
But we both do.
I'm just here to see everybody.
I mean, this is gonna be a fun night.
I didn't go to the last one,
so this is my second time
and so it's good to be back
and just see what it's given, honey.
How's it baby?
Baby is good. He at home, missing mama.
I know, I know.
It gets hard when you gotta leave.
He was with us all day.
Yup, with us all day.
Sergio, say, he was with us all day, he all right.
We gonna do some parties afterwards,
we're gonna be good.
Exactly, that's what he say.
He said we gotta link up with you after
to figure out where we going.
All right, so we gonna do something.
Well, I will see you guys later.
Yeah. And thanks for stopping by.
All right, boo,
you look beautiful. Love you and thank you
so much for everything. Good seeing you, babe.
Yes. Good seeing you always.
Love ya. Love you.
Okay.
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[gentle orchestra music]
[gentle orchestra music continues]
All right, so here with one of my faves for sure.
Usher is officially in the building.
Yeah. 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.
Yeah. 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.
Thank you. Yeah.
What an incredible suit you put together
for Usher tonight.
You look great.
Yeah, thank you very much.
All right.
The idea was to honor,
but also to still have
a little individuality in it, you know.
And you brought your swag to it, for sure.
Better notice, baby.
You better know what we do. 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.
Absolutely. I'll see you guys
inside, okay. I'll see you then.
All right, have a great evening.
Thank you. See you later, all right.
For sure.
[gentle orchestra music]
We are joined now by Vera Wang and Lilly Collins
with these incredible trains.
You can scroll down.
We had to do some clever positioning.
Yes, you have to- Can you see
what's happening down here? See the, Karl.
There's some Karl action. Can we get it in the camera?
Not quite.
Here we have Karl. Not quite.
There we are. There we go.
Vera, you famously knew Karl,
Yes, I did. 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 Lilly 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, Balmain.
[Lilly] Oh my God.
[Chloe] Guillaume [laughing].
Do you any advice for the-
[Lilly] 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 you're sell, I mean, you're totally selling it.
Okay, all right. Yeah.
I'm gonna tell that to myself
tonight before bed. As long as you
can say Choupette.
Choupette, yes, Choupette is all-
Then we're good.
[all laughing softly]
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, I know.
[Vera] To see it.
Yes.
Well, get in there guys.
Get in there.
Thanks for saying hi. Can't wait to you guys.
We'll see you inside.
Merci.
Merci.
Merci, oh look, you're already, oh.
You're killing it. You got it.
We're doing it. You got it.
All right, Ms. Wang.
Thanks, guys.
I am here with someone
who needs no introduction whatsoever.
Doja Cat has officially stepped into
the Met Ball. [Doja Cat meows loudly]
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.
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 that. This is my first Met.
So how does it feel, like, are you nervous?
Is it crazy?
Because the first one is is hectic.
It's really not bad.
Okay, you're all right.
Normally, it's kind of bad.
I feel nice.
I feel relaxed here.
I like the, I don't know, maybe it's the beige.
I feel very calm.
You're in a good place.
Yeah, it's like very nice and organized.
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.
You know, yeah.
[La La] Have some fun.
Yeah.
Well, I'm so glad you came over to say hi.
Thank you.
I just wanna say, you look absolutely stunning.
Thank you so much. And I love
how you are always you, no matter what.
Thank you. 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. Okay.
[lips smack softly] [Doja Cat meows softly]
[La La laughs softly]
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I'm here with this stunning Rachel Brosnahan
and I'm so happy we're both wearing
Sergio Hudson today. I know.
And we were just saying how-
Me too. 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.
[La La] 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.
Right.
Having the opportunity to attend.
And it's the only event that I've ever been to
that is quite literally about wearable art.
It's about- Absolutely.
Honoring the art of design.
And then we get to walk through the exhibit.
I mean, it's- Which is so-
It's so special.
Yeah. And get to look around at-
See everyone. 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.
Thank you, Rachel. Thank you for saying hi.
Of course.
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It is a great honor of mine
to be joined with Anne Hathaway.
I'm at a loss of words and I'm 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 what Donatella tells me to do,
very gratefully, very gratefully.
She sent me a sketch for this
and I just went, well, all right.
[Chloe] Wow.
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.
Yes. There's the tweed.
Yes.
I see a camellia like on
my lapel. Yes.
But also a little nod de Versace in the safety pins.
And I, yeah, 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.
[Derek] Can we get that?
So.
This is the first time we've seen
a vintage piece, hair piece.
Vintage hair piece.
We've seen some
vintage Chanel pieces. 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.
Yeah, yes.
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, they're just a couple of them.
Little things.
They're my wonderful, wonderful friends
and family at Bulgari.
Very great.
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. Yes.
I did, you're gonna make me say it right now.
Aren't you? Yes, I wanna know.
All right. I wanna know how does
this dress make you feel? I gotta be honest.
I gotta be honest.
It's very hard not to laugh next to Chloe.
Well, I'm gonna.
Well, I'm gonna- It's easier not to laugh
next to Derek. Copy you.
But-
Here we go.
But there's just something about this dress
that makes you kinda wanna hit it.
You just kinda wanna hit it.
Get a little Rosalia going on in your head
and just live in the fantasy.
[crowd cheering loudly]
How about, did I do it right?
Yeah, yeah. [Anne laughs loudly]
Let me see.
Heck yeah.
Okay. Should we do it?
Come on.
All right, here we go.
Oh, I'll just leave, guys.
Great, great. No, come back.
Thanks, Anne Hathaway.
Well, thank you so much. Thank you.
And we look forward to seeing you in there.
Have so much fun. [lips smack loudly]
Derek, I love you. We'll see you inside.
[lips smack loudly]
I love you too. See you inside.
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[Person] Edward.
Here with someone I love very much.
Yara Shahidi is here with me.
Hi. You look gorgeous.
I was like- Thank you.
Wow, okay, first, let's talk about this.
Look 'cause this, this, this, 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-
Yes.
In the new Peter Pan & 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-
Oh wow. 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-
Thank 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.
Thank you. You look gorgeous.
All right, for sure. Thank you, thank you.
Thank you. See you inside.
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Joining us now is the beautiful Devon Aoki
and Jeremy Scott.
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
is 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, Devon Aoki?
I have an a size six, so it's pretty tiny.
And you know, the sample size is always
for models much bigger, you know, size nine, size 10.
Anyway, after the show, Virginia 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 nine, 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.
[Chloe] Wow.
In the couture.
And it just shows he was so sweet and-
[Derek] He was always made it work, that Lagerfeld.
You know, he really did.
And he was so good to me.
So that was a fun story that I always think about.
Chloe and I checked out the exhibit this morning,
and I can't wait for you guys to see it.
I'm sure you, you're in some of the pictures.
Yes, you are.
I know, I know.
I'm so excited.
Can't wait for you guys to see it
and have the most magical night.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thanks for stopping by, guys.
Paris, New York. Thank you.
We're in Paris, New York right now.
[Jeremy laughs loudly]
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.
Wow.
At his last show, we became friends.
I became a songwriter and he came to all my concerts.
Wow.
Without even telling me, just buying tickets and coming.
And then when I married my husband,
he was president of France.
So then he keep, you know,
my husband gave him an honorific decoration.
Wow.
And so we had plenty of dinners
and a good time together as he would send me clothes,
you know, to wear on official occasion.
Right, right.
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.
Wow.
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. Thank you.
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.
Major.
Kim, actually, you sent me a video of you and Choupette
having a little bit of a cat fight.
Ooh.
Did you guys kiss and make up?
We did. Okay.
That's the pictures that I showed of us in the bedroom.
Yes. Laying on the bed.
I think she was intimidated by all the people, so.
Yes.
Yeah, we had a love fest.
And most importantly,
tell us about what you're wearing tonight.
Yes. Who designed this?
This is Daniel for Schiaparelli.
And you know, I wanted pearls.
I thought, what is more Karl?
You know, the iconic Chanel pearls
is what I always thought of.
So we wanted to just be dripping in pearls.
All the way down, if you can see this.
Mother, mother of pearl, she's mothering.
She is. We're trying to be Gen Z.
[Derek] We're trying to-
We're trying and failing. To connect with the kids.
Some popped on the way
and I told my daughter to grab them all.
They're real pearls.
And she was putting 'em all in her purse.
[Derek] Are they real pearls?
They are. All right.
Well, then I think I'm gonna follow you around
all night too.
Yeah, if you need me to pick up a pearl,
I'm your girl. When's mother day?
Chloe and I are gonna make some pearl necklaces
for our mother out of the remnants of your Met look.
Well, thank you so much.
And we can't wait to see you inside.
Stunning.
You have a long walk up that carpet,
and I'm thinking you're taking small steps.
[Derek laughs softly]
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I'm 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. [Billie exclaims softly]
Thanks, baby. For sure.
I'm wearing Simone Rocha.
Wow.
Who is just one of my favorites in the world.
And she does not like custom make anything.
And I was just like.
Please.
Please. You batted your eyes
like that? Yes, she killed it.
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.
Yes.
And I have a good time.
I go in there and I have a good-
You have fun.
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?
Because people ask that all the time.
I feel like they're not too bad.
They're not that bad.
I feel, like, I'm not gonna die.
Okay, so you made it through.
I made it.
Now it's time to have fun.
It's time. See you inside.
I love you, take care.
I love you too, Billie, all right.
See you inside.
[Billie speaks away from mic]
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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. Yes.
Everyone's turned out so well, it's awesome.
Jared Leto came as a furry.
That's great. [all laugh softly]
[Derek] 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- Thank you.
By this necklace you're wearing.
It's stunning.
I know.
It's a beautiful bespoke Bulgari piece.
[Chloe] Wow.
[Priyanka] And that's 11.6 carats or something.
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
I know. A lot of carats.
A lot of carats.
I like a lot of carrots in my vegetables.
[Derek] Poor Nick.
Now how did Karl inspire your guys' looks tonight?
I think the black and white as a classic Karl look.
You know, we're trying to play
with a few of the jewels as well.
Obviously, you saw this.
[Chloe] Yes.
I've got a few of my own that are-
Oh, oh show the jewels. Less exciting.
Oh yay. We love a Jewel.
Nick, do you remember, we had dinner with Karl Lagerfeld?
I remember, in Paris. Do you remember?
That was the first time we met.
Like seven, eight years ago.
Yeah, big night, big night for me.
Big night. Karl Lagerfeld
and Nick Jonas.
I mean-
What are your memories of Karl?
Lovely.
I mean, it was a beautiful night
and wonderful celebration of him at that time,
and nice to be able to do that tonight as well.
[Chloe] I'll say.
Chloe and I went to see the exhibit tonight and there is-
Yeah. I'm so excited.
We can't wait. More seven decades
of Karl's fabulous fashion extravaganza.
And an opening dress with a snake like your tie.
So you're very- Oh, you were on-
On theme. You are on theme,
Nick Jonas.
Always on theme, Nick Jonas.
I try, I try. [all laughing softly]
It's incredible.
Yeah, it's so exciting.
Like Viola Davis looking amazing as ever.
Oh my God.
We can see.
Yeah, we're wearing Valentino today.
Oh, wow.
We were with the Valentinos.
Yes. What an honor.
Well, thank you guys so much.
And we can't wait to see
you guys inside. Thank you.
Thank you for having us. See you inside.
See you guys inside. Can't wait to see
the exhibit. 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.
Yeah.
So what do you do in that type of atmosphere?
What do you do?
How do you put it together?
You know, I think you start with history.
Tonight, I'm wearing Bode tonight.
They was able to gimme some pants that,
I know Karl was big into interior designing and-
Right.
They got some pants from a 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.
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 for me
to be a part of something like this.
It means such, was such an inspiration 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. Appreciate it.
Welcome, I appreciate it. All right.
Have a good evening. All right, La La.
Thank you. All right.
Thank you. Thanks, Russell.
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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. Mm-hmm.
You play Jordan's mother-
Yup. 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 to study the subject,
Deloris Jordan, incredible woman, you know.
And pray.
[all laughing loudly]
Pray that it works.
You-
Priyanka was just here and she said,
you're both wearing Valentino tonight.
Yes. Both wearing Valentino.
That's right. 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. Oh my goodness.
And I love the feathers.
I know, I'm trying to do my microphone.
and like not touch the feathers.
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.
There you go.
And the earrings are stunning.
The earrings are Boucheron and all the jewelry is.
[Chloe] It's beautiful.
And yeah, I feel a little bit like a princess.
That's what here for. Or a queen, or an empress,
whatever you wanna choose.
Did you ever meet Karl yourself?
I've never met Karl.
It's like two different worlds sort of.
I know some people really are meshed into the fashion world,
even though they're actors, not us so much.
Yeah.
But, obviously, we know of Karl,
we know of his legendary work and-
Yes.
You know, and his philanthropy.
And I mean, he was just a great guy.
Yeah. Yeah.
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.
Yes. And it's pretty incredible.
Seventy years. I hear it's amazing.
It's- Wow.
Chills and tears.
Oh wow, that's great.
Looking forward to seeing it. Well, you're done with us
and now you can go check out
the show. Yeah.
Absolutely. Thank you so much.
Thank you guys so much.
Thank you.
We're huge fans of you guys.
Unbelieve, even from the back, hoo.
[Derek] Thank you so much.
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So I'm here with what I like to call the dream team.
We have Kaitlyn, Vanessa, and Lea hanging out all together.
Each one of you ladies look absolutely stunning.
It's such, my co-host from last year.
Yes, we-
I miss you this year, I miss you.
I know, I miss you.
You look so stunning.
Thank you and so do you three.
Thank you. Amazing.
Lea, you said you had a story.
I'm putting you on this spot.
This is what 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 LA house?
No, here in New York.
Oh my goodness gracious.
I get tons of packages for you all the time.
I promise I don't open anything.
Okay.
In case you're missing anything-
Okay. I might have it.
But I trust them with you.
But it's great, yes, I love it.
Isn't that-
She's trustworthy. Well, that place
has great energy, so. Oh, good, good, good.
It's good, it's good. It really is great so.
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. Yeah.
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, I do.
Absolutely, absolutely.
Now, Vanessa, you're back.
Yes. Not as a co-host
but as a guest this year. I know, yes.
So you put all the work on me.
That's okay, it's all right, 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.
[La La] He's the best.
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
for my friends Anna and Karl.
[La La] Oh, there you go.
And so I love being here.
Like Vanessa said, it's such a great group of girls
that Michael put together.
I've been a fan of Michael for so many years,
and it's an honor to be here at the Met
wearing these exquisite dresses.
And it's a fun night.
And you all, like I said, just look stunning.
Please have the best
time tonight. Thank you.
Oh, we will. And thanks for coming by
to say hi. Thank you so much.
Thank you. All right.
All right for sure.
Thank you. Bye.
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So I'm here with Brittney Grinner and Cherelle Griner.
We are here at the Met.
I was so happy when I saw you both coming up the steps.
I was like, yes, this is incredible.
What is this moment like for you?
It means everything just to be here with my wife
and just able to be here.
It means so much.
Get to see this event a lot
and 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, we are, it is dripping off of us right now.
Absolutely, yeah, that's it, that's it.
It's dripping off of y'all.
I like that.
It's dripping off of you guys.
And on a night like tonight,
honoring Karl Lagerfeld, a line of beauty.
It's so many different interpretations
of Karl and everything.
What are you guys most looking forward to tonight?
I mean, just honoring him.
He 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. Yes it is.
Life is great right now. Yes it is.
And I definitely just wanna say,
oh, I wanted to make sure,
ooh, ooh, I don't wanna forget about this.
Can you tell us about the Bring Them Home campaign?
Yes, you know, I was able to come home
and, 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-
Right. You know, I have with media.
So, you know, every day just being there,
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, yes, yes. I'm just happy
to have you 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 sss-
Slutbone.
Slutbone. Wow.
Slutbone to you.
Oh. Wow.
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, this is?
[Stella] I love it.
This is Stella McCartney.
Oh, wow.
It's amazing, isn't it?
Hmm. That's right.
Sustainable Stella.
McCartney.
Great, great.
Now Stella, you took over [laughing] from Karl Lagerfeld.
Are you're not taking this seriously?
I am.
I think it's very serious.
No, I'll be more serious.
Okay, go. We can jump in.
From fashion. Oh my God, do that, do that.
No, no, okay.
This is, okay. That was good
'cause I did.
Well, no, 'cause my name is Chloe
and you took over from Karl Lagerfeld at Chloe in 1997.
How did you work with his legacy at the house?
You know, my favorite moment about that,
and it's when I felt that I truly arrived,
is when Karl found out that I had taken over
as successor to the brand.
His quote was, I knew they would take a big name
when I left the brand.
But I thought it would be a big name in fashion,
not in music.
[Chloe gasps loudly]
So good though.
A king of the one-liners so good.
Burn, burn, burn, burn.
But very good.
I loved it.
I was like, Oh, Karl Lagerfeld knows who I am.
Yeah, there you go.
Now Audrey- Hello.
Is this an alter ego of yours?
Explain to me Audrey Slut.
Oh, 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 [speaks away from mic].
Great, well, I guess we'll see you three inside.
Yup, we stick together.
Stick together as we do.
The good news is that you have
the best Met Gala tour guide.
Stella McCartney is always the ringleader
of the good times- Slutbones.
Here at this event.
Actually- All right.
I hope I see you again.
All right. I hope I see you again.
Get outta there, you guys!.
Get outta there.
Get outta there! Ciao, ciao.
It was lovely to meet you. Here's your mic.
Thanks, we'll take the mic. And we'll never see you.
Christina Ricci is here.
Hi. We're having
a great conversation.
You look stunning. Thank you.
Christina, tell me,
how do you prepare for a night like tonight?
Well, I went and got some insane facial
with like microcurrents and stuff to reattach my face
to my skull.
[La La] I might need to try that.
Which worked.
This looks so good. It seems to have worked.
Looks so good.
Stuck on now, my face.
Absolutely.
Tell us about your look.
I'm wearing Fendi by Kim Jones.
Oh, Kim Jones.
Yeah, I know, I love Kim.
He's one of my closest friends.
And it's inspired by Karl's time at Fendi
and how he experimented with fabrics
and the reworking of fabrics.
Right. And so yeah.
I think we're all in for an incredible evening.
Yeah. I'm hearing the exhibition
is unbelievable. I'm so excited to see it.
So go and enjoy yourself.
Thank you. And thank you so much
for stopping by.
So nice to see you. All right.
Always, Christina. Yeah.
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!
Are you thinking that's the actual Liz Lemon
or is that like a fan account?
We'll come back to it. I think it really is.
But she says, Chloe Fineman?
One of the hosts of the Met Gala?
Slay, mama.
Slay, mama.
Are we allowed to say slay mama?
I think so. Okay, all right.
@Lia_Ferreira says,
Manifesting a lot of vintage and archive Chanel
for today's Met Gala.
That's, please keep your questions and comments coming
and we'll check in again later in the evening.
Shout-out to the watch party happening right now
in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.
Oh. Yeah.
I got some hometown heroes.
You're from Slou.
They threw their own Met Gala after party.
Maybe this will
become a thing. Oh that's amazing.
Yes, we want that- When we get fired-
To be a thing. We will come to them.
Yes, please invite us- We'll see you next year.
To St. Louis.
[Derek laughs softly]
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Yeah. No, you-
It's couples night tonight,
We have Nicola, Brooklyn, Rena, Alexis.
We are all here.
This is couples night tonight,
and we have a special guest here with us right now.
Do we wanna talk about our special guest, Rena?
I don't know.
You tell me.
Okay, I think we should.
I think we should.
I think we should.
Okay and our new edition.
There's three of us here.
Yes. There are three.
There's three of us here. We got a stowaway.
Three, three. Yeah.
Congratulations, Rena!
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?
Yeah, I feel pretty good. You can breathe?
Yeah, I can breathe.
I can stop.
Well, you look gorgeous. Not hiding, but yeah.
You look unbelievable.
Seriously, I- Look, we're both just like,
Rena, I'm so happy.
We're like, we're locals.
We're semi neighbors.
Oh. Yes.
That's why I say it's couples night.
Just hanging out.
Tell me about your look.
You look absolutely.
You never disappoint.
No, you're so sweet. Absolutely incredible.
You don't either.
Thank you. Valentino.
Wow. Yeah, thank you.
Brooklyn.
Yes.
You know, you a fashion killer.
You shut it down.
Tell me about your look.
Valentino.
Absolutely. Just keeping it.
Rena. We're holding it down
for Gucci. That's right.
Okay, all right. Both of us are, yeah.
Proudly representing.
Proudly, yeah. 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 of you guys.
We're so excited to be here. Yeah.
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.
Thank you. 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.
[all laugh loudly]
Look.
I'll be partaking for both of us.
I'll help you out, I'll help you out.
Yeah. I'll help you out.
Well, thank you all for stopping by.
Thank you very much.
Couples night.
Love you all very, very much.
I'll see you inside. Thank you very much.
All right, bye, everybody. Okay, bye.
All right, boys.
You have to-
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So a little while ago we asked you
for your favorite Chanel runway design
and you chose [mimics drum roll]
Supermarket circa 2014.
Supermarket circa 2014 was pretty iconic and legendary.
So I see why you chose that.
And now the Met Gala has seen
countless memorable looks over the years,
but which is your all-time favorite.
Sarah Jessica Parker in Alexander McQueen in 2006,
Rihanna in Guo Pei in 2015,
Chadwick Boseman in Versace in 2018,
or Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell in 2019?
Head to at Vogue Magazine on Twitter to cast your vote.
Excited to see who you vote for.
[Person] Rena, Rena!
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Cara Delevingne is here.
I'm so excited to see you.
And you, and 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. Yeah.
It is a big night, yeah.
A lot of emotions.
Honestly, I cried on the way here a little bit.
I don't know, it's kind of like,
it's a wonderful thing to be able to do this
and honor such an incredible person,
not only in fashion, but a person as a friend.
I owe him so much and it's an amazing way to remember him.
Yeah.
I imagine your look tonight is inspired by Karl himself.
Can you walk me through it?
Yeah, so this is like his iconic white shirts
and a lot of Chrome Hearts jewelry.
This is by Karl Lagerfeld.
It just felt right.
But yeah, the gloves, everything.
All the pieces that kind of make me, yeah.
And just some kind of silvery blue hair.
And you came in in sunglasses, I think you-
I did, yeah. I know.
You checked every box. I'm gonna wear those in the-
On the carpet. Yeah, a little bit.
Whip 'em off. Yeah.
Was it ever- Yeah.
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 call me Carla by the end.
Carla. You know, yeah.
That's what I would do too.
Carla.
One of my favorite Cara Delevingne moments
in the world of Chanel was the Supermarket show.
Yeah, my favorite.
Do you remember?
That was so much fun. Rihanna was pushing you
around in a shopping cart?
I was pushing her around.
Oh, excuse me. Don't worry about it.
Thank you for fact checking me.
We like to keep it-
Oh no, she was push-
I think she was pushing.
The internet will-
No, we were both in it.
Joan was pushing us around.
Joan Smalls was
pushing you around. There you go.
Yeah. And I'm sure
the internet will correct all of us.
I stole some, nevermind.
Can I say that?
I stole so much from that supermarket.
They had like a Chanel chainsaw.
Anyway, I don't steal things.
You have to love it.
Well that's my favorite supermarket experience.
Thanks, Karl.
Do you have a favorite Chanel memory?
There was so many.
I think doing a show in Edinburgh,
we went to Japan, we went all around the world.
But honestly, his looking into the future,
he really 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. Ooh.
Ooh. I hope so.
Little bit in you as well.
Deep thoughts with Cara Delevingne.
Yeah.
But 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.
Yes. It's all Karl all the time.
And I'm happy to see you.
Lovely to be with you, Carla.
Thanks, guys, nice to see you.
I'm gonna start calling you that.
Carla, Carla.
Carla [laughing].
Thank you guys.
I will get back to what I do best.
I dunno [speaks away from mic].
And I'll have these mics.
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Let's take a look inside this year's exhibition,
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,
which opens to the public on May 5th.
What always struck me the most about Karl
was that he always wanted to be relevant
and he never wanted to look back.
I think he did look back.
I think he was actually deeply nostalgic.
He would never admit it.
And he always wanted to look forwards.
And he absolutely always had the finger on the pulse
and always was looking at the zeitgeist.
I think that what kept him so relevant
was his curiosity, his intelligence,
but also open-mindedness.
He would take inspiration from anywhere,
from the green sweater in the street.
or you know, from art, or from film, or from literature.
He wasn't a snob, but he was a snob.
He was a democratic snob.
And I think that's what kept him abreast of things,
'cause he was so passionate and so interested.
He always 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- Yeah.
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. Of course.
Seeing all the fashion.
I'm just here
for a good time. Have a drink
with my best friend.
There you go. Maybe a little Tequila 818.
Ah, I like how you, 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. We are.
Now everybody could breathe
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
And go have a good time.
All right. The stress is gone.
Exactly, we'll see you inside.
This is the last stop.
That is the most stressful part of the night.
Yes. And now we can go
have some fun inside. Everything is done.
Go have a good time. Yes.
All right, thanks, guys.
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We are here with two people
who just officially shut down the carpet.
Yeah, it's hot out there.
Caresha Yung Miami is here.
Puff aka Love aka Diddy.
Yes, yes, yes. We are in the building.
Yeah. 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. As you can see.
Wow.
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.
Mm-hmm.
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. Stunning.
Amazing. Incredible.
All right, so I have-
You look beautiful.
I have the million dollar question right now.
You ready for it? Let's go.
The million dollar question is,
so do y'all officially go together real bad?
I'm asking, I wanna know.
She gon' answer that.
She gon', you not answering that?
Nah, nah, I'm answering,
of course, real bad. Oh, oh, oh.
We here, we here. All right, real bad?
Real bad? We here.
It's official? You know what I'm saying?
It's- Real bad?
I don't know what you asking exactly.
We definitely go together real bad for, to be here.
Oh, well, then that's what it is.
Yeah. Then that's what it is.
You know. She's my date for the night.
She's just incredible.
Yeah, it's just a good date night.
Yeah. 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.
Absolutely. And I'm blessed
that she's my date tonight.
Absolutely. Can I get like
a little napkin for my forehead?
Damn, I'm sweating.
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.
Let me get some of that.
Yeah, you get some of that.
You want some, baby girl?
I'm good.
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 cray,
like the detail on this cape is crazy.
The back of the cape.
Shout-out to June Ambrose.
Wow.
You know the first
Sean John collection. This is crazy.
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.
All right, Caresha-
Somebody help move 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 see how-
Hang out and have fun.
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?
Yeah, 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 to my party. Don't come, 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-
Nice to see you. 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.
Right. Not being on the road
and packing, unpack.
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-
Right, right. Other people on a Friday,
do family trips. Having a social life.
Social life, having family trips on a weekend.
Having some really nice vacations as well.
And life's still fun.
It's still very busy.
I'm surprised actually how much is going on.
Yes and we were talking
about how many Met Galas you've been to.
So what's the count?
How many Met Galas has it been?
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.
Okay. It's been so,
it's a while back, yeah. It's been a while.
Yeah, it's been a while and it's been a lot of fun.
I didn't know what to expect.
So this time I feel like I kind of know how it's gonna run.
And being the co-
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 so much. Thank you
for keeping me company. Absolutely.
We had great conversation.
Have a nice evening. Thank you, Roger.
I'll see you soon. All right, see you.
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I am here with Marc Jacobs himself and Paris Hilton
are officially in the building.
Thanks so much for stopping by to chat for a little while.
So Paris, I'm gonna start with you.
This is your first Met Ball.
How does it feel to be at your first Met Ball?
I just feel so excited to be here
with the legend Marc Jacobs.
I just did his campaign
and it was so incredible. Wow.
And I'm just loving the dress that he made for me tonight.
The dress is absolutely stunning.
Marc, tell us about this dress.
Well, this dress, I'd say, you know,
like I believe in collaborate.
Do you want me to hold this or?
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, okay.
So you know, collaboration of the sort.
So it was like a thing,
first of all, to dress Paris Hilton is like,
how the fuck do you, oh sorry.
How do you do that, right?
So I thought like, well, maybe it would be interesting
and exciting to see her in a black gown.
You know, 'cause it's not typical for Paris.
So we approached her with the idea.
And then we added the idea of leather.
And she was all game and everything.
And then she had some comments,
like, I need a little sparkle
and could you make this fabric here?
Right.
And we worked together and made it happen.
And she looks fantastic.
Absolutely, nailed it.
Nailed it. Nailed it.
Absolutely fantastic. Yeah.
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 the most lush 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.
Thank you. All right,
thank you so much.
See if we can get in that exhibition now.
Yeah.
[Marc] [laughing] You know.
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[Person] Zebra.
[Person] Standby, home base.
Three seconds.
Is it?
Earlier we asked what was your all-time
favorite Met Gala look and you chose-
Bum-ba-da-bum!
Rihanna, Guo Pei.
Ooh.
Look at this.
This was also I think the dawn of the Met Gala meme moment.
Yes. Do you remember?
This dress was everywhere
and every different type of variation.
Yes.
It was an omelet.
It was a this. It was everything.
It was a, 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 #MetGala.
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I am here joined by Baz Luhrmann who I just love so much.
I don't- Thank you.
I don't fan of over a lot of people.
But you are definitely one.
Thank you so much for coming to talk to us.
Tell us about tonight.
How are you feeling tonight?
It's really, you know what, a year ago today,
myself and actually, Alton Mason, who's up next,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We were here
celebrating Elvis and-
I interviewed you at this same spot.
I remember that. Yes.
And like today we're celebrating Karl, who was a,
I worked with him 20 years ago.
We were great friends.
And when you see the exhibition inside,
you will understand the true genius of the man.
I mean, it's hard to believe a single person
made that much beauty.
So that's what, tonight is a great show.
There's gonna be a really surprising thing happening inside.
I might know a little bit about it.
Oh, it sounds like you know something.
Just a little bit.
But I will tell you it's all about that exhibition.
I encourage young people to get out and see that exhibition.
Absolutely.
Now Baz, before you go, tell us about your look.
Actually, Thom Browne did Karl-
Oh, I love that.
I love that. So this is Thom Browne.
This is Karl Lagerfeld by Thom Browne
or Thom Browne by Karl Lagerfeld.
These are pearls by Paspaley, an amazing,
and basilic jewelry, it's a London designer.
Well, one thing about you,
you always know how to put it together and shut it down.
Beautiful. Thanks for coming to say hi.
I wanna say one thing.
I'm really honor to be here, but bring you on Alton Mason.
Yes, thank you.
The Alton Mason. Alton Mason.
I love you. Hi, baby.
How you doing, babe?
[lips smack loudly] How are you?
I'm doing good. Alton, here,
take the microphone. Oh, you got that?
Okay. I'm gonna go in.
Thank you, thank you.
Good to see you, Baz! Thank you.
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.
That is such an honor and something
to be so proud of. Such an honor.
So this is a very full circle moment for me.
My team asked me, What do you want to do?
And when I think of the grandiose 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. Let's do it.
All right. All right, see you in a few.
Yup, all right.
We we got- Thank you.
[J-Lo] Hi, sweetie, thank you.
Hi, baby. Hi, sweetie.
Thank you so much. You good?
Hi, baby, how are you?
I'm good, how are you? You good, you good?
Yes, I haven't seen myself on TV.
Well, you look so good.
Hi.
You liking it, you liking it?
I kinda do.
You look incredible.
Thank you, baby. All right, Jennifer,
tell us about the look 'cause this-
You look incredible.
Thank you, 'cause you- How you doing, sweetie?
I'm doing so good. [lips smack loudly]
It's always so good to see you.
Shut down, shut down, like every single time.
Tell us about the look.
Thank you, 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.
[La La laughs softly]
So, yeah, having fun tonight.
And Jennifer, tell me about a night, like tonight.
Yeah. We're honoring Karl.
I know. It's a line of beauty.
What does that mean to you when you hear that,
when you feel that, what does that mean to you?
You know, I hate throwing around the word iconic.
I've said this a very,
because everybody uses it so much now,
this is like the word to use.
Right.
But he actually was such an iconic figure in fashion.
And when you think of like the last 50 years, you think,
like if you think of five people in fashion,
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 I always say,
from the Bronx- Right.
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.
Absolutely. And celebrate his legacy
in fashion. Yes.
And you've been to a lot of Met Galas,
a lot of Met Balls. Yeah.
So what do you look forward to?
Like what's to look forward to?
I look forward to seeing everybody.
You know, it's a nice congregation-
Right. Of like fashion,
and film, and music and-
Absolutely. You know, that's my world.
Those are my worlds. Yeah.
And so it's always a lot of fun.
Well, I'm so glad you stopped over to say that.
Thank you, thank you.
Have the best time.
Thank you so much. See you inside.
Good to see you, yeah. All right.
Always good to see you. I'll see you inside.
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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[Person] Three.
[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.
Wow.
And we went together last year as well.
And we're together this year
because we've been hanging out quite a bit,
'cause we just dropped our clothing line,
you know, our capsule line. I did see that.
Yes, I did see that.
And it looks incredible.
Yes. 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.
[La La] It's okay.
The daring or not too daring.
It's one or the other.
Absolutely. And that's what Karl
represents to us.
So happy you're here.
I just love you so much.
And your daughter's here.
She is. Your daughter's here
for her first Met. Yeah.
Puma. Puma.
Puma come through. Come through.
Come in, babe.
You look- Hello.
I want everybody to see how gorgeous you look.
Thank you. How are you?
I'm doing great.
You look absolutely gorgeous.
Puma, tell us about your look.
Well, my look, you know,
it just, to me it just gives excellence.
I don't know how to describe it.
Excellence, expensive.
[Erykah laughs softly] But I think a way,
stop laughing at me.
I think a way that it also pays tribute to Karl
is by the detail and the amount of work it takes
to put into a garment, oh sorry.
The amount of work it takes to put into a garment.
And you know, I think that
that's kind of how we pay tribute to him
because he's so detail-oriented.
Absolutely, absolutely. Yeah.
Now your mom's been to a lot of Met Balls.
Oh yeah. But this is your first one.
Yes. So how does it feel
to be at your first Met Gala?
Well, it's a little nerve-wracking.
I know, right, those steps. I'm not gonna lie.
The carpet, everything. The steps.
Girl, I had a little workout 'cause this thing is
heavy. Heavy, heavy, heavy.
Yeah, but you know, I just feel a lot of love here.
Of course.
Really good energy. Yes.
I feel great about tonight.
And you made it to the top.
I made it, girl.
Now you get to go in and just have a good time.
Absolutely, I'm ready to eat.
That's the same, same, same.
I'm ready to eat. Erykah, you know
how much I love you.
Love you, love you, love you. Yeah.
Puma, have the best time tonight.
Great meeting you as well.
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.
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.
Thank you. Tell me about
this amazing look by Thom Browne.
Yes, I'm in Thom Browne from head to toe.
Inspired by Karl Lagerfeld.
You know his classic look, the tie.
Absolutely, 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.
[La La and Teyana] Get in.
[both laugh softly]
I'm just suited and booted, yeah.
Every, yo, the body is bodying and doing everything else.
Thank you. So Teyana, you have been
to tons of rough 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.
Mm.
And it was just like I did so good the whole 35 minutes.
I was watching you.
I was waiting. I was watching you.
As soon as I got my on that carpet, my bladder said,
hey, girl, I said-
Not now. Why, not now.
Not now.
So, yeah, but that means it's good though.
I always gotta potty when I'm nervous.
So knew 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 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.
I heard when you talked about.
Inez, yes, she has a lot of layers with her.
So we had the color coordinate it.
And it was like a good shorthand for being on set.
'Cause you know how it go, we film outta order, so.
Of course. One day, you know,
she's getting in that taxi. You're happy.
Right, right. The next day-
Yeah. 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. Thank you.
For sure. Thank you.
Thank you so much for coming by.
No problem. We're gonna party tonight.
We're gonna have fun. And yes
for your anchor voice.
They made you an anchor [exclaims].
You know, I do many things. My girl made it to Vogue.
You know I do many things.
Period, but I love the voice.
[both laughing softly]
The voice is voicing. Thank you.
Yes.
I will see you inside.
Love you, sis. Love you.
[lips smack softly] See you inside.
All right, babe.
We've got more comments from our viewers watching online.
@Osean_Nesie says, The theme of this year's Met Gala
is so good.
@ElhamMohamud says, Nicole Kidman wearing
the original dress from her Chanel campaign,
like, you wish you could be her.
Full body chills.
Make sure you keep the conversation
on social media going with #MetGala.
The theme's amazing, tweet about it.
[Derek laughs softly]
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[Derek] The vamp.
[Chloe] 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.
Opurrr, lot of cats.
[Derek] Oh 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.
Oh! Oh!
Get it?
Great, yeah. 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 Mc, Pat McGrath.
Pat McCat. Pat McGrath cat.
[Derek] It's like guys, we-
[Chloe] And then Jared Leto literally was the cat.
[Derek] He was a huge pussy.
He was dressed in a full body-
Yes he was. Costume.
[Chloe] Yes, yes, pussy cat, he was.
[Derek] I gotta say beyond the cat and the cat puns,
which we are- Which we could do
for hours. Absolutely killing
more cat puns than cunnel.
Kennel? We, Mc-
Ken. Yeah, Kennel.
Kennel, a kennel.
Yeah. Never too late
for a kennel joke.
The other big theme tonight I have really liked
is all the black and white, the monochrome.
Yes, yes. That was obviously
the way Karl dressed.
Reminds me a bit of Truman Capote's black and white ball.
Everything looks good in black and white.
Oh, yes, yes.
We go back in time.
Yes.
And the pearls.
So all the pearls were beautiful.
The mother of pearls.
Is everyone still watching?
Is everyone gorging on all the black and white looks?
All the kitty cats. Gorging on
the gorgina looks.
Even I have my little cat here.
Yes. Yeah, too.
Meow.
Meow. Meow cute of you.
Yes, oh, here we go.
Oh God.
Nicole Catman, just kidding.
Oh. 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.
No. Chloe,
what are we about to see?
We are about to see.
More from inside the making of this year's exhibition.
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
[Both] Which opens to the public
The purr-blic. The purr-blic.
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 re-stitched,
but we still want the other piece
to cover the damaged tulle in the front.
[Person in Black] 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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[Person] This way.
You look beautiful.
Your face is like glowing your face.
Thank you, baby.
Where's the camera?
Where I gotta look at?
[Person] Look, you're right here.
Hi guys. Look, look,
you can see everything, good.
Okay.
This one?
Look straight through this one?
Oh, this one.
Oh, right here.
All right.
That's okay.
You look so good.
You look beautiful, you look sexy.
All right, so I'm here with none other than Cardi B
who just killed the red carpet.
Thank you.
Completely, completely killed the red carpet.
Thank you. Cardi, tell me
about your look tonight.
'Cause this is intricate. Oh, I burped.
This is so beautiful.
Tell me about your look.
Thank you, was from a designer called Chang Pang.
This is my second look of the night
and it's given a little bit of everything.
Like if you see like the texture of this skirt,
it's given like a Chanel boy bag.
Absolutely.
And then it got the flowers, the camellia flower
that like, you know, when you get a Chanel purse,
it always got the white flower,
but you know, this one is black.
You're right.
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. Yes.
And I like how you
did that. Yes.
Now you've been to a couple Met Galas at this point.
Yeah. What makes tonight
so special?
What makes tonight so special?
You know what it is too?
That it's like a designer that like,
we're so, like we know so much we know so well.
And then it's just like,
I was curious to see how people are gonna rock his designs-
Right, right.
Because everybody got like-
Their own interpretation.
Their own interpretation
of how things supposed to look tonight.
So yeah.
I really like the looks for tonight.
People killed it.
So Cardi at the Met Gala,
what is something that you look forward to the most?
The carpet.
The carpet, right. Yeah.
So now you could breathe.
Yeah. You made it all the way up.
This was the last stop.
Oh my God, I hope I passed the test, honey.
You did. 'Cause once you get
on Instagram, that's when you know you passed the test.
That's when you know, that's what you know.
You passed the test.
Go have a good time.
It's always- Thank you.
You look beautiful. Thank you, baby.
Oh yeah, we gotta talk. Thank you, yes we do.
Thank you, baby.
Okay, oh, I almost lost my [speaks away from mic].
You good?
Thank you.
All right.
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Yeah. So the carpet
is winding down.
It is, it is.
This was kind of our first date, Chloe, how-
It really was.
How did it go?
It was our prom.
It was our prom.
It was a magical night for both of us.
Yes, yes.
Yes.
Now as somebody who's constantly on her phone,
I noticed that you posted about the times
that you knew Karl and-
Oh yes.
And he had a little nickname for Mr. Derek.
What was it?
I mean, I loved Karl Lagerfeld
for all the reasons we heard tonight.
He could do 10 jobs at once.
But the puns, this guy was a pun wizard.
I'm a pun fan.
He used to call- A pizard.
I had to. 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. Oh.
Which means, and I pronounce that buh.
Right [laughing].
Buh, buh, Beau Derek.
If nothing else, we've learned tonight
that Chloe Feynman's French is-
Is terrible.
Chlo-eh.
Perfect, Chlo-eh.
Chlo-eh.
But speaking of-
Yeah. You impersonating people
that you're not,
did you find any new impersonations this evening?
Anyone that you'd like to do?
Oh, you know, I do.
When I was talking to Anne Hathaway,
I was like, that's gonna go to my [indistinct]
Do you wanna tease a little Annie or no?
Well, I mean, I just, in the way she just, the posing.
Right.
You know, fashion's kind of cool
'cause you get to see a new side
of how to do an impression,
which is like how they are on the carpet.
That was sort of my in on Nicole Kidman,
was the way, 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.
Uh-huh.
There's so much drama over the hat and the hair.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
I mean, little secret we're gonna share.
We had Cardi B in here, but she was worried-
Yes.
That if she did the video first,
it would rob her or would cannibalize-
Right. Her red carpet debut.
The reveal.
And she didn't wanna ruin her reveal.
Right, she needed the drama.
Opurrr.
Okurrr. Okurrr.
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'd like to be a fluffer?
She's Megan The- The 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.
Yes.
I've worked in fashion long enough
to really respect his craft.
He's a legend.
Yes.
And I'm very excited about the exhibit.
Yes, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
is open to the public May 5th to July 16th.
Let's take yet another peak inside the exhibition.
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Paper was Karl's favorite material.
This white garment
was from Chanel's haute couture 2009 collection,
which was an ode to paper.
And you see the papery quality
in the sort of crispness of the shoulders.
The crispness of the a-line skirt,
and the inverted V, and the pleat.
And it's entirely embroidered
with tiny paillettes and seed beads
that took 700 hours to embroider by Lesage.
And the garment itself is a dressed and a bolero,
it took about 340 hours.
So in total it was over 1000 hours to complete it.
Real tour de force of the haute couture.
And shows the incredible skilled craftsmanship
of the Pettyman workshops.
[Derek] What do we say?
[Chloe] I don't know.
[Derek] Yup, it's-
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Karl began at Fendi in 1965.
And this particular coach from Fendi
is inspired by Sonya Delaunay, 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.
Well, I'm in my Ritz Carlton slippers.
Can we show where Chloe is this evening?
This is her vibe.
She's officially transitioned to slippers.
You know, it's still chic.
I'm in my corset.
The heels, I was losing circulation.
But, you know.
There's just so much glamour.
Chloe had to take a little break.
Hey, I think La La, can you hear us?
Are you there?
She can't hear us. No.
Well, we are waiting for our biggest star of the night.
Yes, we are.
Who do you think it is?
I think I know who it is.
I think you know who it is.
Okay, it rhymes with just kidding.
[both laugh loudly]
Shhh, she, they, he. She, they.
Oh, shh.
He.
He, or she- She.
Or they. They.
Have made us wait before.
Yes.
So. That's the only clue
you have. So far.
Yes.
But.
But you know, we can hang.
We'll just see how it goes.
Yeah. Maybe we'll have
other clues as the night goes on.
I'll say.
Chloe, quick question. Yes.
Who is the best dressed for you this evening?
You know, I saw her from a distance and I really,
I just wanna see Penelope Cruz up close.
Yes. I thought that
was like, ooh.
I thought Nicole Kidman- Margot Robbie.
Looks good. Oh.
Margot Robbie, yeah, of course.
Yes. She looked fab.
Yeah. She always looks fab.
Always.
Michaela Coel's dress looked beautiful.
Yes. Oof.
I like bedazzling.
Can you tell?
Oh wait, I think,
I am getting a feeling that maybe La La can hear us.
La La, are you there?
I hear you, I hear you.
Hi, guys.
Hi, how ya hanging? La La, what's going on
where you are? How's it going down there?
It's hanging. You're good, you're good.
We'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.
[La La exclaims softly]
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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.
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So I said the word dream team a couple times tonight,
but this right here is the real dream team.
We're back together.
This is the real dream team.
Now I've done this before.
Yes. This is you guys'
first time.
Tell me the experience.
How you feeling?
I know your feet hurt.
My feet hurt, but you survive.
Yes. We'll do anything
for fashion. You push through.
You push through, you have to.
And what are we doing right now, La La?
We are pushing through for fashion.
[all laughing loudly]
We are waiting for a big surprise.
What's great about the Met Ball is that there's always
an incredible surprise.
You never know what's gonna happen.
So clearly, we're here for a reason, a special reason, but-
A very special reason. You gotta stay tuned
to find out it. It does feel like
the Super Bowl of fashion.
It is the Super Bowl. The east coast Oscars.
The most important night in style.
And my life.
[Derek laughs softly]
So tell me, being that this is the first time
you guys have done this,
what was your favorite part of the night?
Hmm. Ooh.
I like Lizzo's outfit.
I loved Lizzo's outfit.
I like that Serena announced-
I know. Her second baby
on the way tonight. 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.
I know. I made my debut
at the Met Gala. At the Met Gala.
I know. Wow.
Not bad, not bad. It's not bad.
I will say- It's a high bar.
[Chloe] 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.
[Chloe] Yes.
[Derek] So I had a certain Devil Wears Prada
nostalgic moment. Yes.
[Derek] Chloe made a good joke.
[Chloe] 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.
Yeah. 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, mm-hmm.
[La La] And the cats.
[Chloe] And the, oh!
[La La] The cats.
The little cats. Speaking of cats.
[La La] The cats.
Doja Cat was incredible with
Doja Cat cat- Her prosthetic that she did.
I know. That I thought-
[Chloe] What was that like talking to her up close?
[La La] Oh, it was awesome.
But she, it looked incredible.
But she was like- Oh wow.
[La La] She was like, she talked clear
and she could make it through.
And this is her first met as well.
Really? And she was having such
an incredible night.
And there was another cat jumping around down.
[Chloe] Jared Leto.
Jared Leto was a cat. Yeah, Jared Leto, yup.
Lil Nas X. Nas X, yes.
Was a cat. Was a cat, yeah.
So cats, look, you're right on theme.
You're right on theme. Raining cats, yeah.
Exactly. I actually didn't think
cats could become a bigger deal.
[Chloe] I didn't either.
[Derek] Like they already have their place
in the memesphere- I know, I know.
On the internet- Choupette.
On Instagram. Choupette was honored
just as much as Karl in a way.
Absolutely.
We have- Choupette.
We have some comments on Twitter.
Let's see what's going on.
So Rita Zagoo 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. @MonetAlex says,
The girls are doing really well with the theme this year.
This has to be some sort of record.
Wow. @CupidLilly 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- Honey.
Every time I read Twitter, it's like, ooh.
I know, ahh.
Exactly. This is a 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? Do we feel
something happening?
Do we hear anything? What's going on?
Do we feel something happening?
Do we hear anything happening?
Hmm, who could it be?
Who could it be?
Derek's like, I know who it is.
I know who it is. Any favorite Karl quotes?
I know who it is. Ooh.
That's a good question.
I have some good Karl one liners.
I mean, love that guy.
If you're cheap, nothing helps.
Ooh, okay.
That's a bar.
Yeah, yeah.
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.
Yeah, you took mine.
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.
Right.
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.
Wow. A dozen iPod touches.
And so it's sort of surreal tonight
to spend so much time thinking about him nostalgically,
in retrospective.
[Chloe] Yeah.
[Derek] I definitely think if it was here tonight,
knowing he was being honored at the Met Gala
with an exhibition at the Costume Institute,
he'd have a couple of one-liners to deliver himself.
Absolutely.
So let me ask you a question.
Did you get any material tonight?
[Chloe] I did, I did.
[La La] I know you got some tricks up your sleeve
after this one. I did.
A new cast of characters start working on.
[La La] So good.
Can't wait to see, so great.
Well, I heard something.
I heard some clapping, or some yelling,
or something going on.
[Chloe] Wow, I love this Kendall look
that 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] A lot of Orlando Pita
gave Anne Hathaway a beehive bump it.
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 of her-
Yes, she did, yes.
Gray do.
And Cara.
And Cara.
Definitely.
[All] J-Lo.
Very much co. Oh how is 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.
Wow. She looked incredible.
Absolutely incredible.
Wow, not to comment on a woman's body, but oh my God.
[La La] Absolutely incredible.
Wow.
Unbelievable. The hat was cool.
So many amazing looks tonight.
Let's take a look at Janelle Monae as well,
who you guys saw.
I didn't get to see her.
We didn't see her either. We saw her come in
and she had a pretty elaborate monochromatic,
I mean, a couture tent.
Yes. Can we call it that?
Oh wow. I would say.
[Derek] What are some of the verbiage?
[Chloe] Couture tent.
Oh, what was that word today at the costume exhibit?
[Chloe speaks foreign language]
[Derek] That's the one.
Yeah. That's the one.
[Chloe laughs softly]
[La La] Mary J. Blige.
[Derek] Who's this in the purple lace, La La?
[La La] Mary J. Blige.
Oh, the- Oh, wow.
The wave. Shutting it down,
like always.
[Chloe] I love how florals make their way
into so many of the looks tonight.
Absolutely. 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.
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'mma say it again,
visit Vogue.com to watch the show again.
Now, I don't know about you two,
but, woo, I could really-
Woo. Use some champagne.
Yes. Champagne.
You read my mind. I think you mean
cham-pleasure, Chloe.
Oh.
Oh.
Ta-da-da.
I like that. That type of night.
It's that type of night.
Good night, everybody.
Good night, everybody. Thank you.
Goodnight, goodbye.
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