It's the first Monday of May, which means the Met Gala is back, with A-Listers descending upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for fashion's most extravagant night.
While last year's theme leaned into the lavishness of the Gilded Era, this year is focusing on a different legacy of luxury: "In honor of Karl" is a tribute to the life and career of Karl Lagerfeld, the powerhouse — and often controversial — designer who transformed some of fashion's most famous houses. Lagerfeld became synonymous with Chanel in the decades he served as creative director, and when he died in 2019, at age 85, he was still helming Chanel and Fendi, where he led design for more than half a century, as well as his own eponymous label.
The Met Gala theme is based on the Costume Institute's spring show "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," which is a posthumous retrospective of the German fashion designer's work.