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

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Good evening and welcome to the 2023 Met Gala.

I am La La Anthony, here on the steps

of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, right in New York City.

Tonight we honor the life and legacy

of one of the most influential and prolific designers

in the history of fashion, Karl Lagerfeld,

and celebrate the costume institute's newest exhibition,

Karl Lagerfeld, A Line of Beauty,

which opens to the public on Friday, May 5th.

I am joined now by my co-host for the evening,

Saturday Night Live's Chloe Fineman,

and writer and fashion's best friend, Derek Blasberg.

I must say, you two look absolutely terrific tonight.

Well, thank you La La,

and it's an honor to be at the Met, as always,

[Chloe laughs]

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.

[Derek laughs]

You should definitely impersonate

as many people to their faces as possible tonight.

Okay, we shall see.

La La, any advice for us first-time hosts?

You know, I'll tell you that it just goes by

so much faster than you think.

So let's make sure we soak it all in and just have fun.

You are looking gorgeous, by the way.

Thank you. Thank you.

This is Sergio Hudson, definitely put it together.

He did an incredible, incredible job.

So shout-out to Sergio.

And tonight's dress code is in honor of Karl,

so I wanted to make sure my look was on point.

Derek, I know you will tell me the real deal.

[Derek and Chloe laugh]

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, well, of course Chloe, you look perfect.

And I don't know if you got, where's your purse?

Oh, perfect. Oh here, look y'all.

Yes. We have our little Choupette.

People are wondering if Choupette would be here tonight.

And you know what? Here he is.

Here he is. They, 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]

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

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

You're gonna see a lot of camellias tonight.

Coco Chanel loved this flower

and this version was designed by Karl Lagerfeld

and given to me.

It's kind of a disco, metallic, techno mesh version

of a camellia.

Whoo. 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 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 chief curator

at the Costume Institute told me

he looked at 10,000 objects. Wow.

To whittle it down to just 200.

What?

So, I mean,

each object as Andrew describes them,

is more beautiful than the next.

And you really see for 65 years

how Karl just was so creative, so visionary,

invented so many things, and at the same time,

I think was intrinsically the chicest designer

that you can ever imagine.

Absolutely.

So with everything going on and so many beautiful moments,

what are you looking forward to the most tonight?

Or how do you even pick one thing?

Well, I always love to see

what everybody is wearing on the carpet,

and I had been lucky enough to have a sneak preview

of what some of our guests are wearing.

And I'm just so grateful

that they've made such an incredible effort.

And I know how thrilled Karl would've been.

Absolutely.

And I just wanna thank you

for helping me with my dress tonight,

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.

I will. Thank you.

Thank you. See you later.

Okay. Thank you Anna who was here. Beautiful, amazing.

And the evening is gonna continue. It's gonna be epic.

[Chloe] Wow. Emma Chamberlain has arrived.

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.

You can watch those interviews on Vogue's YouTube channel

and hopefully we will be able to check in with her

later this evening.

This year's Met Gala is co-chaired by Michaela Coel,

Penelope Cruz, Roger Federer, and Dua Lipa.

And they'll be walking the carpet

alongside more of the most notable figures

from the worlds of film, music,

sports, politics, and of course, fashion.

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

Join the conversation by using the hashtag Met Gala.

Share your questions and comments on social media,

and we will feature our favorites right here on the show.

We'll also be conducting viewer polls

throughout the evening, so make sure you check those out.

I am here with Nicole Kidman,

who also just shut down the Met Gala carpet.

As you were coming up, I was just like,

you look amazing and this dress looks familiar.

Can you tell us about the dress?

So this dress was worn in the Chanel No. 5 commercial

that Baz Luhrmann and I did with Karl

who concocted this out of his head.

I have the sketches when he was drawing it.

Wow. And then we fitted it.

I remember fitting it repeatedly.

And I think my deep, deep sort of love of Karl

came through this time together

because I knew him very, very well.

And so to be able to honor him

and wear this dress now for Chanel and show,

I suppose the way these couture gowns last.

And the exquisiteness, and if you take care of them

and love them, they are timeless.

Absolutely. And I-

To be able to wear the same thing 20 years later

and it still holds- That is amazing-

Because it's a whimsy.

There's whimsy to it. Right.

And it's so light as a feather,

and it's unbelievably comfortable, but it's all handmade.

It's couture. And that's what it should be.

Absolutely gorgeous, Nicole. Absolutely gorgeous.

And I hear so many people tell stories

about working with Karl and how amazing it was

and how kind and how patient.

What was your experience like working with Karl?

He'd make me laugh. He was funny.

He was so funny. Yeah.

And I also just, I think right now

to celebrate the history of fashion

and the way in which we need the beautiful, beautiful work

that goes into these clothes. Absolutely.

To be honored and remembered. That's what I love.

Absolutely. I think everyone-

Because it's an art form.

Is in for an incredible evening.

Yeah. Just-

And now we go and have fun.

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

Thank you so much.

Yeah. And my husband's here.

Hi. How are you Keith?

It's nice to see you. You're just staring like a

proud, proud husband. I love that.

You guys have an incredible evening.

Thank you so much.

All right, see you. Thank you.

Bye. All right, bye-bye.

And we have a great group down here.

None other than the supermodel, Naomi Campbell.

Hello.

And the director of the Met,

the guy in charge tonight, Max Hollein,

and his wife.

How are you?

Very good, thank you.

Naomi, I don't wanna put you on the spot,

but how many met galas have you been to?

This is my 16th Met Gala.

Sweet 16.

Wow, a sophomore in high school.

[everyone laughs]

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

because it was so radical.

And also that kind of gave me an impression of that when you

do something radical,

actually appreciation only happens then afterwards.

So it was-

Why was it pulled off the stage?

Yeah?

Ahead of their time? I mean, Karl's designs

his fashion design was ahead of the time.

My father's architecture for that piece.

It was at the Vienna Book theater,

the main theater place in Vienna. So it's been interesting.

That's incredible. Wow.

Such a good story.

Naomi, you must have known Karl too.

I met Karl Lagerfeld when I was 16 years old,

and he put me in every chameleon that he could have

in the span in the studio.

And I used to go out after Ines do La Fressange

who was the Chanel girl at the time.

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

what would you, how would you wear it?

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

He was, 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.

[All] Thank you.

We will see you inside.

Thank you so much.

Excited to be here. Good to meet you.

Good to meet you Naomi.

Thank you for opening up to us.

Yes, thank you.

Good to see you. Yeah.

[everyone chuckles]

Thank you guys. Good to see you. Thank you.

So this is a moment.

Ice Spice is here at the Met Gala. This is your first one,

you hit the carpet, you shut it down.

Let's talk about how it feels to be at your first Met Gala.

I'm just so grateful. I'm so happy to be here.

You know, I was like really nervous like

approaching the carpet.

Right.

And once I heard everybody screaming, I was like,

I felt better.

You was like, I'm okay. Yeah.

Tell us about your look. 'Cuz you look so good.

Thank you. This is Beaumont.

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

You did it. You did it. You did it. Okay. Okay.

Everybody see that?

You look stunning.

So what are you expecting from your first Met Gala?

Like what are you looking forward to?

What are you excited about?

Some fire pictures, hopefully.

And the fact that you got the,

the camera right there ready to go.

I'm obsessed with her.

Yes. We gonna go in there.

We're gonna have fun. We gonna party.

We got a good time.

Yes! Thank you. You look amazing.

You too, baby.

I can't wait to see you inside.

Okay.

All right. Ice Spice everybody.

Okay, I'll see you inside, okay.

Okay? Okay.

Alright baby. Okay.

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As everyone knows, [Chloe laughs]

this year's Met Gala celebrates the opening

of the Costume Institute's newest exhibition,

Karl Lagerfeld, A Line of Beauty.

It looks back at the designer's career and process.

Across seven decades, Karl put a stamp

on some of Europe's most celebrated fashion houses,

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

Chanel.

Chanel, channel.

[both laugh]

He also launched his own label in 1984,

and was the first designer to work with H&M,

which ushered in an entire new age of the designer,

designer collaboration. And that was in 2004.

Yes. And I had a coveted H&M item.

You heard it here.

Karl is probably the most famous designer

since Coco Chanel herself

and has left an indelible mark on the history of fashion.

Chloe and I checked it out this morning.

Yes. And I gotta say

that exhibit is fascinating.

It is more than fascinating. It's stunning.

It will make you cry and take your breath away. In fact,

let's take a look inside right now.

Karl would often say he was four people.

That he was one person at Chanel, one person at Fendi,

one person at his own label, and one person at Chloe.

And to an extent that's true. I think that Fendi,

it was more of his modernist tendencies.

Chloe, he's more romantic,

that Karl Lagerfeld is more minimalist.

And I suppose that Chanel, more of his historicist

and post-modernist sensibilities.

But I think that what the show,

I hope shows is that themes transcended all of those houses,

and he would revisit themes again and again.

And there's one particular silhouette that he would return

to again and again and again,

which we call the schlimerian 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.

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All right. I am joined now

by one of this evening's co-chair.

The utterly fabulous, gorgeous, I mean, you shut it down.

Michaela Coel is here with me now.

I'm gonna go out there and say,

this is one of my favorite looks of the night. For sure.

Thank you. I'm gonna say you look absolutely stunning.

I love you. You look stunning.

Tell us about this look, like, you guys have to see this.

Tell us about this.

I am wearing Schiaparelli,

and we can see the homages to Karl here.

Wow. In the chain

and the lips and the clustering of the pearls.

Wow.

It's a collaboration between my stylists,

Georgia and Daniel.

I'm just like a total tourist in this industry.

I'm here to serve and I'm here

to honor their creative vision.

I wanted to have a lot of gold,

and he created this like second skin.

I just love this.

There's 130,000 crystals.

130,000 crystals, guys. 26,000 mixed stones,

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

Wow. Yeah.

That has to be an honor to wear.

So, this is a work of art. This is an absolute work of art.

Now Michaela, you were on the cover of Vogue last November.

So, now you're here at the Met Gala.

So, what was it like preparing for tonight?

Oh, you know what,

I felt a strange sense of peace

because yesterday I was at the pre-dinner,

and Anna said something I'd been wondering,

you know, like why was I asked to co-chair?

You know, I couldn't help but have the question

in the back of my mind to be honest.

And she said, what I like about you

is that you are unafraid to be yourself.

And Karl, her dear friend, fashion icon,

she felt his journey was to try

and learn to be unafraid of being himself.

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 opportunities. Really.

Yes. Amazing.

And you and I haven't met before and I was so excited

to meet you tonight.

So thank you for coming over and chatting

and I hope you have an incredible evening.

My pleasure. I like you.

You got great energy.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Yeah, man. Take care.

[Male Voice] Tell her, tell her in her ear.

Careful.

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All right. So I am here

with someone who needs no introduction.

The beautiful Gisele. How are you?

I'm good. How are you?.

You look absolutely amazing. 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, I, 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 the,

in the streets of Paris at night, like at midnight.

And I had no shoes, bare feet.

The whole campaign of Chanel with bare feet around town.

That was pretty funny. I mean, people were like,

what are you doing bare feet around Paris? It's so dirty.

I'm like, you know,

I'm just doing Chanel walking around bare feet.

But he was fun. He's just a, he was a lovely man.

So I'm happy to be here to honor him.

Absolutely.

And when was the last time you worked with Karl?

The last time? It was, I'm trying to think of her.

Chanel number five.

There was a Chanel number five party in New York.

And I think that was-

No, no, no, it was in Cuba. Okay.

We were in Cuba together. Beautiful place.

Beautiful. And he was doing a show,

and I was doing Chanel number five at the time.

And he invited me to go, and yeah.

I think that was the last time I saw him, in Cuba.

Absolutely. Now tell us about your look.

Stunning, stunning, stunning.

So this dress I'll show you.

It's so gorgeous.

Is vintage Chanel. I wore this, this dress,

I think 2016, no, 2006 or 2007.

Wow.

In an editorial with him, I wore the same dress.

Wow.

So when I was picking a dress, I was like, which dress

that is going to be the dress? And I thought-

This is the one.

This is the one. So.

Well, you made a great choice.

Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

And I hope you have an incredible evening,

and you look fabulous.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

See you. Bye guys. Take care.

Like right now? [Chloe laughs]

We are joined here by one of my favorite

people in the world,

Keke Palmer and the brilliant Sergio Hudson.

Yes. Hello.

I assume that Sergio Hudson designed

this incredible ensemble we have tonight.

Of course he did.

Yes? 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, 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 fifties,

early sixties when Karl was at Patou.

So I wanted to give like a nod to that era

with the silhouette.

And then of course my favorite era of Chanel with Karl

is the early nineties.

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

and with the styling and, 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 fashioned history lesson.

I know!

You got got fifties, you've got nineties-

And we got nineties. There we go.

You got Josephine Baker.

A little something for everybody.

[Derek laughs]

Now you hosted last year.

Yes.

Do you have any tips for us goofs?

Yeah.

Literally just be goofy 'cuz 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.

[Chloe] Just have fun. Okay.

You make it easy for me.

And you made it easy for me.

I can have fun with Chloe.

Yes.

Well, you guys have fun tonight, too.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you for coming. Thank you, thank you.

Enjoy.

Oh, oh, we're, go!

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Head over to vogue.com where you can watch exclusive

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throughout the night.

Please just do that, everybody.

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All right. So I am joined now

by the one and the only Dua Lipa is here with me.

Now, this is your second Met Gala, correct?

This is my second Met Gala, yes.

All right. So talk to me about,

what is the difference between just attending

and co-chairing this year?

'Cuz that is a huge responsibility.

It's a big responsibility and a big honor.

And I feel very lucky that Anna asked me

to do this to honor Karl tonight,

and his legacy. And I mean,

we've got some work to do inside.

Right.

It's gonna be such an exciting night.

But it's gonna be such an exciting, amazing experience,

and I'm really, really looking forward to it.

I would love for you to tell me about your look

and this necklace. Like, this is cra-

Like, can we zoom in on that?

This is crazy.

And what waste.

[La La laughs]

And what waste. And what waste.

Tell me about the look.

So, this dress is a very special dress.

It's a 1992 full bride dress, Chanel by Karl.

Wow.

Of course. And it's been on my mood boards forever. And-

It's gorgeous.

When the opportunity came,

I was just like, is there any way I can find this dress?

And the patrimony at Chanel was very kind

and allowed me to borrow it for tonight.

That is amazing.

It's a big dream come true for me. So I'm very happy.

And can we talk about the necklace?

And the necklace, this little thing.

Oh my goodness.

This is a very special Tiffany necklace.

It hasn't been seen before,

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

It's unbelievable.

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

It's so gorgeous. So I'm not usually speechless,

but I'm sitting here like, wow.

It's shiny, shiny.

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.

Thank you. Thank you.

Have a great evening. thank you, and you.

All right. Of course.

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All right, so I am here with supermodel extraordinaire

and I like to call her the Met Gala show stopper.

Shut the carpet down 'cuz you know how we do,

Anok's 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.

And look, no, no, first, first, first, first, first.

You guys have to see this like this.

This, this is different. This is that next level right here.

It's tight girl. I'm sewn in.

So tell me, tell me who you're wearing.

I'm wearing Prabal Gurung girl.

And we were inspired by the 1993 Chanel couture show,

the look that Cindy was wearing.

Wow, just amazing.

And you are currently on the cover of Vogue right now.

Let's talk about that.

I'm on the cover of Vogue and we shot-

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

May issue.

Major, major, major, major. May issue.

I'm on the cover of Vogue.

We shot it in Paris

on the Grand Palais. Wow.

Inside the Grand Palais.

We like took it over for a little bit,

but it was an amazing experience,

and I'm just blessed to be here, girl.

Well, you look gorgeous tonight. It's gonna be fun.

What are you looking forward to the most this evening?

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

to be honest.

I know, I told you from you up here I can see everything.

I'm like watching everybody come over.

I'm like, I can see everything from up here.

I can see it all.

It's gonna be an incredible evening.

It's gonna be insane.

We're gonna have fun.

We're gonna dance. We're gonna do all of that.

So I will see you inside. But thank you for stopping by.

I 'll see you inside. I love you sis.

Love you sis. All right.

See you inside, okay?

Oh, we're up.

Oh! We're up.

And, Chloe, we got the coach crew.

Wow.

A designer. Stewart Vevers.

Hi.

I'm sorry. Maya Pen.

Yes.

And this is Gabriela. How are you guys?

Great. Amazing.

We're stoked. We had such a party on the way here.

We were playing some Britney, karaoke.

Get this mic away from me.

[everyone laughs]

Well, I have to ask about these little purses.

I'm blown away.

Yes. They are so gorgeous. What do you wanna add?

These are super, super special.

These are a part of Coachtopia,

which is a circular design concept

that Stewart has come up with.

And they have elements of recycled pieces of material

from the Met Gala, from the Met.

Yes. Literally the coach team went through the trash

of the Met museum, took plastic water bottles, tickets,

maps, everything you can imagine.

Aluminum foil.

Transformed into something incredible

Both on the gowns and the bags.

I, the trash of the Met? Like the actual garbage?

Yes. Yes.

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.

One man's trash is another woman's Met Gala look.

You actually, these are like ticket stubs

and the maps from the Met.

So this year we wanted to do something completely different,

and it was about creating something beautiful,

creating gowns from waste.

And I see a lot of monochromatic.

I assume that's a nod to Mr. Lagerfeld.

Indeed. Yes. Yes. Yeah.

That's, 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?

[everyone laughing]

Drinks? A little Britney singing?

Have a great night guys.

Thank you guys. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

[bright music]

This year's exhibition honors the life and legacy

of visionary designer Karl Lagerfeld. Let's take a look.

[bright music]

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.

We're great! Yes.

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

[Michael laughing]

because I was telling Michael last night I ate a pizza,

almost forget 'cuz I thought, well,

I'm like covered up, so I'll be all right.

And then I tried to put my skinny pants on and it was-

[everyone laughs]

and I wished I was.

Well, tell us about this look.

Yeah. It's looking pretty skinny pant to me.

I assume Michael is the man responsible for this.

Of course.

Well, I think it was all about dichotomy tonight.

I think Karl loved romantic,

but he also loved something a little edgy and nasty.

[everyone laughs]

And that's me. Right?

And isn't that Emily Blunt? That says it all right.

She's romantic and nasty.

No, and I just love the idea of throwing it off

with the overskirt

with the really narrow skinny cigarette trousers.

And then of course it's the night for flowers.

Yes. Yes.

I mean, absolutely. And white shirts.

I know.

And white shirts

A play on the white shirt but his signature white shirt,

and the play.

but like a romantic version of it.

Right.

Nasty and romantic.

Nasty and romantic.

Michael, I'm sure you knew Karl Lagerfeld.

I did. Indeed.

Your paths must have crossed.

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. Do you have a favorite memory of Karl?

Oh my God, yes.

Once he actually said to me, he said, you're always so tan.

Why are you always so tan? [everyone laughs]

And I said-

Look at us next to each other.

Look at us next to each other.

Oh my God.

I look like a ghost. No!

Well, he'd said, why are you always so tan?

I said, well, the minute I have a day off,

I run to the sun.

Do you?

I always do. And he looked at me and he said,

obviously I don't.

So I was like, okay, I got that.

But I mean, he had, 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- A lot of black and white.

Shades, a lot of black and white. Boots. Boots.

And a lot of good one liners.

Zingy, quips.

Yes. Derek, you're getting it.

Chloe and I saw the exhibit this morning,

and you guys are gonna love it.

We can't wait.

So thank you so much for popping in and saying hi.

Thank you. We can't wait.

We can't wait.

Great to see you guys.

Great to see you.

Now I want a pizza.

I know.

We all want a pizza.

[everyone laughing]

[bright music]

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

the gorgeous, Penelope Cruises is here with me.

One of the co-chairs of tonight's event.

Now Penelope, I know that you knew Karl personally,

and he dressed you often over the years,

and you attended so many of his shows.

What does it mean to you to be here tonight

and be a co-chair of the evening?

A huge honor. I met Karl in 1999.

I am probably one of the biggest fans of Chanel and Karl

in this world.

I know a lot about every single collection he ever did.

So when he offered me to become an ambassador for the house

and start doing campaigns for him,

that sometimes he was photographing.

Like we started to spend more time together

and became good friends.

And I loved him so much. He was really special.

So special.

Now, what is your favorite look

that Karl ever created for you?

Wow.

There was, 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, I think one of those times I watched him drawing,

me with the dress. 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 was such a genius.

The amount of hard work that-

I respect him for that,

you know, obviously he was like a genius mind,

but also very, very generous and very hard, 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.

Is all about him.

Everyone is so honored to be here.

So before I let you go, tell me about your look tonight,

'cuz you just shut down the whole carpet.

I saw you from up here. I was like

wow, wow, wow.

Thank you. So this is Chanel Couture, 1988.

Wow.

Spring, summer.

And when they told me we're gonna redo one from the

patrimony, like whichever one you look,

whichever one you choose. And that was not easy to choose.

I was like one month going back and forth

studying every single collection

that he ever did for Chanel.

But I really fell in love with this dress.

Well, you made a perfect choice and you look gorgeous.

Thank you, you too. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for talking,

and I hope you have an incredible evening.

Thank you. All right,

thank you Penelope.

All right.

[bright music]

I am here with the talented, fabulous, gorgeous

Gwendoline Christie.

We've been having our own little party over here.

We've been having so much fun.

I've been enjoying it.

You gave me some advice I wish I'd had

at the bottom of the stairs.

I'm gonna be desperately trying to employ it

through the rest of the evening.

That's our secret.

We don't tell everybody that.

Yeah, no one.

Now Gwendolyn, you are such a student and fan of fashion.

So what do you think of when you think of Karl?

Karl Lagerfeld was and is rightfully an icon.

He was a renaissance man.

He had such an interest not only in the craft of design,

which was his career, but indeed

of all elements of artistry, literature, art, history.

He was such an intellectual.

He was interested in literature.

He was interested in philosophy.

And he took the rigor of discipline that he applied to his

craft into all areas Absolutely.

of 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.

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 lot.

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.

All right, I will see you inside.

Enjoy the night.

All right. Bye Gwendoline.

Bye darling, bye.

All right, thank you.

[bright music]

We have the honor and pleasure

of being joined now by Tommy and Dee Hilfiger.

You guys look incredible.

Thank you.

Tommy, I love this look.

Can I be so bold as to observe that this is

inspired by Karl Lagerfeld?

Inspired by Karl. This is vintage.

Tell us about it.

Chanel fabric.

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

Karl himself.

Yes.

The man, the legend.

A gift.

And I'm not sure how he was able to get dressed

in an outfit like this every day,

but certainly had a valet because it's a shirt 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've no idea what to do,

but we had a whole team that

helped us get put together tonight.

It took a small village.

We had my Tommy Hilfiger team take inspiration

from Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld

and develop Dee's gown and her look.

Did the gloves-

I love the pearls.

This was added. You know,

you have to do something a little different

for the Met ball.

Yes, yes.

Tommy, I'm sure you crossed paths with Karl

a couple times.

Do you have any favorite Lagerfeld memories?

I do. I asked Karl once

how he became so successful with Chanel,

and he said it was very easy.

[Derek laughs]

He went back to her archive and took everything that was

from her favorite collections

and made them relevant for today.

And that, that was very inspirational.

But we became partners with him when we bought

the Karl Lagerfeld brand in 2004.

So we became very close.

Chloe and I went and had a look at the exhibition today,

and it's pretty incredible.

We haven't seen it yet.

Oh.

But I think it'll be great.

You guys are going guys love it.

Well, we're going to let you guys get to it.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Thank you.

Nice to see you.

We'll see you guys.

Lovely.

We'll see you at the bar.

[bright music]

All right, so I'm here with Sydney Sweeney.

Hi.

You look absolutely stunning.

Thank you so much.

And amazing. 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.

[Sydney laughs]

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. 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,

it's just an honor and a privilege to be here.

Absolutely.

And is there anyone you're looking forward

to seeing tonight?

We were just talking about everybody we're seeing.

Honestly, I'm just excited to just meet new people

and have a really good night.

Absolutely. Well, I hope you have an incredible night.

Thank you, you too.

See you inside and have so much fun.

Thank you. All right. Of course.

Bye!

[Female Voice] Thank you guys.

[bright music]

Get Ready Fashion fans.

We have two of the most fashionable people here tonight.

Glenn Close and the designer Erdem,

who's responsible for this incredible creation.

Hi guys.

You really have to see this train. It's unbelievable.

Yes, so elegant.

So elegant. Now Glen, I'm a huge fan.

Two of your most famous films,

Dangerous Liaison and Fatal Attraction

have recently been adapted to television shows.

Have you watched either of them?

[Erdem laughs]

No.

[Everyone laughs]

Isn't that terrible?

[Chloe] No.

[Derek] You're a busy woman.

I mean people wonder and I just, I mean, frankly,

I haven't had time.

I've been here doing a lot of things while, you know,

Fatal Attraction has started.

I also have a very personal relationship to that material,

so I'm a little bit nervous to watch it.

But, you know,

I think I will because I wanna know what they did

and how they told the story.

Danger Liaisons was such an incredible film

because of all the costumes.

Yes.

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

Ooh.

It's everything. It's everything.

I have kept all my costumes.

I have a costume collection of over 800 pieces

that is in the Indiana University

because I could not say goodbye to them.

They are such a part of my career.

And you, it helps you build a character and

to see Erdem and be with Erdem

and building this and seeing what he was creating.

Yes. They said, what character are you doing?

And I'm thinking maybe a kinder Madame de Mertille.

[everyone laughs]

A nicer one.

And you're my young lover.

Oh. Exactly. Exactly.

Young lover, tell us about Glenn's look tonight.

Yes, young lover, young lover.

[everyone laughs]

Do tell.

Well, it's an homage to Karl where it's,

the amazing body of work that it,

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.

[everyone laughs]

Thank you.

We can't wait to see you guys inside,

and it was lovely seeing you at the exhibits.

Thanks so much. Thank you.

We're gonna clear a path.

He is a very happily married man.

We have to clear a path.

Oh, really? Shucks!

[Female Voice] Hi!

Hey!

[Female Voice] Look at you!

[bright music]

I'm here with Margo Robbie.

And when I say the world is so thirsty for your new Barbie-

No, no, no. It's like, it's a sensation.

It's going crazy.

Everyone wants to put their picture with a Barbie logo

in the background.

Were you surprised at all by the intensity

and excitement around this?

I, yeah, I have to say I was,

I knew it was gonna be exciting for everyone.

I didn't really realize the,

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 Margo,

what does a night like tonight mean to you,

honoring such an icon and a legend like Karl Lagerfeld?

It's incredible.

Obviously the Met's always an exciting night,

but I had the great privilege of getting to know Karl

to an extent.

I was the last Chanel ambassador that he picked actually.

Wow. Yeah.

So like, you know-

What an honor.

Yeah. It is an honor.

And I just,

I'm thrilled that they're honoring him tonight

because he is, he was exceptional.

Absolutely. Well, I'm so glad you came to say hi.

Thank you.

I hope you have the most fabulous evening.

You look incredible.

Can I just say, you look incredible.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Like I said, I was already looking at pictures of you

when I was in the car, like, she looks amazing.

Thank you so much.

I'll see you inside and have a great evening.

Thank you.

Barbie movie. Coming soon, everybody.

[bright music]

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!

[bright music]

Are you feeling nervous, overwhelmed, excited?

Where is your head at?

I was really excited until I got off my car

like two minutes ago.

That's what happens to me. It's like, I think I'm fine.

I think I'm cool. And then I get out and I'm like,

whoa, this is a lot.

So you're about to walk on the carpet.

What do you think happens after that?

What do you think happens when you get inside?

That's a really good question

because I see people wearing these crazy dresses.

I'm so curious to see how they sit down.

[girls laugh]

Right? Right?

I love this because this is so, like,

this is so effortless.

It works.

Gorgeous and simple.

I can sit down.

Who is this?

I'm wearing Chanel from the nineties runway.

Amazing!

I'm so lucky to have, the Chanel team recreated

this look from the nineties, the one that Karl did.

So I'm just, like, so happy.

I mean, congratulations.

Thank you.

You look beautiful.

This is amazing.

Thank you.

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

[girls laugh]

You are gonna have the best time in there.

Thank you.

Do you have like one thing that's like a mystery?

Like what's like the biggest mystery to you?

Oh, about the Met Gala?

Of all the Met Gala.

Like what's the one thing that you're like,

I just can't wait to figure out?

I don't know. That was a bad question.

[girls laugh]

I would say literally everything because

it's my first.

You just don't know. It's your first one.

I don't know what to expect.

Totally.

But Rosie, she was here last year and she told me,

just have fun. So that's the plan for today.

I'm gonna go have fun.

You're gonna have so much fun. And I'll see you in there.

I'm so happy to meet you. Finally.

So happy to meet you. It's such a pleasure.

I can't even express how amazing you look

and how amazing you just are.

Thank you. Thank you.

We'll hang out in there.

Yeah, we'll see you. I'll see you.

[bright music]

Hi, Elle Fanning.

Hello!

My goodness. You look like a dream and a vision.

Tell us about this look.

Thank you. Well, I'm technically,

I am at the Cartier table tonight.

Ooh.

Yes. This, I'm wearing a 1955 Grand Duke Cafe

Coffee Bee 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. Yes.

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, I,

he selected me to be someone to be

in the little black jacket book.

And from that, you know, that book,

he kind of styled everyone in, you know,

the way that he kind of saw them and wanted to see them.

And I was 13 and young and I had a little white dress on,

and he kept my dress on,

and all he put on me was a daisy crown.

And so I'm like, this is how Karl wants me to look.

And here it is.

Fresh is a daisy.

It's also bridal, like Chanel Bride.

Yes. Come on. Yes.

Nothing better, right?

Yes. Yes. Wow.

[Elle laughs]

We've talked about so much loyalty, Grace Kelly,

the Queen, Vivienne Westwood-

But 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 a couple, like couple weeks,

a week and a half or so.

Less. 11 days.

Yeah, less. That's, that's right.

Yeah. May 1st.

Doing math on the carpet.

[Derek laughs]

I'm so excited. It's season three and I'm,

it's my favorite season yet.

It's like, there's a lot of spoilers. There's huge twists.

I like,

I want it to come out so I can just talk about what happens.

But I love this show so much and it's so much fun to do,

and I can't wait for everyone to see it.

_ Yay. Yes.

Well, you look beautiful tonight.

Thank you.

Well, you are a vision,

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

Yeah, that's right.

What are you gonna do with these flowers? Like later?

Could you leave those?

I'm gonna throw. Maybe you can catch 'em.

Oh, oh! Oh!

[Elle laughs]

And you'll propose. Right?

Okay. There you go.

[bright music]

[Keke laughing]

So the family has joined me up here.

Now I know you guys were at the bottom of the carpet,

but it was important for you to stop here. Keke and Sergio,

who designed both of our dresses tonight.

Exactly.

So it was important that we linked up,

the family had to link up. Now what I did say was,

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

that somebody out there might have a chance.

Somebody might have a chance. You look gorgeous.

Sergio, I'm so grateful for you

designing these amazing dresses for the both of us.

Yes. Absolutely.

Keke, let me ask you,

what are you looking forward to the most here tonight?

Well, it was you because I had to make sure

that Sergio didn't, like, make you upstage me.

[La La Laughing]

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.

It's been, this is, I didn't go to the last one,

so this is my second time,

and so it's good to be back

and just see what it given, honey.

How's it baby?

Baby is good. He at home missin' Mama.

I know, I know.

It gets hard when you gotta leave 'em.

He was with us us all day.

Yep. He was with us all day.

Sergio sayin' he was with us all day, he all right.

We gonna do some parties afterwards,

We're gonna be good.

Exactly. That's what he say.

He said we gotta link up with you after

to figure out where we going.

All right. So we gonna do something.

Well, I will see you guys later and thanks for stopping by.

All right, boo. We love you.

Love you and thank you so much for everything.

Good seeing you, babe.

Good seeing you always. Love ya.

Love you.

[bright music]

All right. So here with one of my faves for sure.

Usher is officially in the building,

fresh off the stage in Vegas,

your amazing residency that everyone is talking about.

Talk to me about that Usher.

How are you able to just outdo yourself

time and time and time again?

Well, I mean,

the fans deciding to come see me in Vegas is part of it.

The other half is, you know, an amazing catalog of songs.

And then the other side is just really enjoying myself

in Vegas and doing things that I've always wanted to do.

Absolutely. Now tonight we are honoring Karl Lagerfeld.

It's A Line of Beauty. Talk to me about your look tonight.

Well, first and foremost, designer Bianca Saunders.

Yes.

Put this amazing ensemble together for myself and her.

I love that. And you look stunning and gorgeous.

Thank you.

What an incredible suit you put together

for Usher tonight. You look great.

Yeah, thank you very much.

The idea was to honor,

but also to still have a little individuality in it,

you know?

And you brought, you brought your swag to it for sure.

Better notice, baby.

Exactly. You brought your swag to it for sure.

Tonight's gonna be incredible.

We're gonna have a lot of fun.

I'm glad you came over to say hi.

Absolutely.

I'll see you guys inside, okay?

I'll see you then.

All right. Have a great evening.

See you later.

All right. For sure.

[bright music]

We are joined now by Vera Wang

and Lily Collins with these incredible trains.

You can scroll down.

You gotta do some clever positioning.

Yes, but you have to see the Karl.

Can you see what's happening down here?

Some Karl action.

Can we get it in the camera?

Not quite.

Here we have Karl.

There we are. There we go.

Vera, you famously knew Karl.

Can you tell us a little bit about what these outfits

that you designed resemble?

I think they're absolutely both, obviously,

homages to him and his enormous talent.

And I think while we very much wanna respect all the work he

did everywhere at Chanel, at Chloe, at Fendi,

it was really a moment for us,

for Lily and I to translate our own version of how perhaps

we could wear Karl with respect and joy, and privilege

to be here for him tonight.

That's amazing.

Now it is very French tonight,

and I have felt like you on the carpet trying to pronounce

patois, vamas.

[everyone laughing]

Guillion.

Do you any advice for the-

I think you're killing it.

I think, you know what I think it is?

It's about the commitment.

Right. Yes.

It's the commitment to whatever you think it is.

And then you just sell it.

You just sell it.

That's what I think you have to do. And, you're sell-

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

Okay, okay. I'm gonna tell that to myself

[Lily laughs]

tonight before bed.

As long as you can say Choupette.

Choupette, yes.

Choupette is all that matters. We're good.

[everyone laughs]

Well- What are you guys

excited to see tonight in the exhibit?

We've already seen it.

We'd like to see the exhibit.

I know, that's what, I'm dying to see it. I know.

Dying to see it. Yes.

Well get in there guys.

Get in there.

Thanks for saying hi.

We can't wait to you guys.

We'll see you inside.

Merci.

Merci!

[Chloe laughs]

Merci, oh look, you're already, oh!

You're killing it.

Ah! We're doing it!

Alright, miss Wang.

Thanks guys.

I am here with someone who needs

no introduction whatsoever.

Doja Cat has officially stepped into the Met Ball.

[Doja meows] You are here. All right.

Tell us about head to toe. I wanna know everything.

This is Oscar de la Renta,

and then my friend Molina did my prosthetics.

Unbelievable.

[indistinct] I got Sasha Livingston on the nails and yeah,

I'm very, very excited, and I love it.

So you told me this is your first Met Ball.

We talked about this. This is my first Met.

So how does it feel, like, are you nervous?

Is it crazy? 'Cause the first one is really hectic.

It's really not bad. Okay.

You're all right.

Normally it's kind of bad. I'm, I feel nice.

I feel relaxed here. I like the, I don't know,

maybe it's the beige. I feel very calm.

You're in a good place.

Yeah. It's like very nice.

All right. So Doja, tell me on a night like tonight,

what is something that you're really,

really looking forward to?

I don't know.

Because they don't tell you what's gonna happen.

[La La laughs]

You don't have any information.

So I have no idea.

Right, right.

But I do hope to, you know, have some good conversation.

Absolutely. See some cool people.

Yeah. Have some fun.

Yeah.

Well, I'm so glad you came over to say hi.

Thank you. I just wanna say,

you look absolutely stunning, and I love how you are always

you no matter what. And you know,

Thank you. 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.

[girls faux kiss]

[Doja meows] All right.

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[bright music]

I'm here with this stunning Rachel Brosnahan

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

I know, me too.

And we were just saying how incredible He is.

And the looks are so different.

Yeah. And so fabulous.

Tell me about your look.

Sergio Hudson, through some inspiration images

from a Chloe show in the nineties.

Okay.

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

and so here we are.

[girls laugh]

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.

Absolutely.

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.

And get to look around at,

And see everyone.

all these incredible looks.

Faces.

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.

[bright music]

It is a great honor of mine to be joined by-

with Anne Hathaway.

I'm at a loss of words, and I'm drunk in your presence.

[Chloe laughs]

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 it tells me to do.

Very gratefully. Very gratefully.

She sent me a sketch for this and I just went,

well, all right.

[Anne laughs]

And, 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 the 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 to Versace in the safety pins.

And I, yeah, absolutely.

And I have to give a shout out to my hairstylist,

Orlando Peta.

He brought a camellia from a Versace show in the nineties.

[Chloe gasps]

Can we get that?

So-

This is the first time we've seen a vintage piece,

hairpiece

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

We've seen some vintage Chanel pieces,

but not a lot of vintage hairpieces.

Yeah.

Leave it to Anne Hathaway.

[Anne laughs]

Well, Orlando Peter, definitely.

The two of you together.

That casual icon.

Yeah.

But, 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.

[Derek laughs]

Little things.

They're my wonderful, wonderful

friends and family at Bulgari. Very great.

They're beautiful.

Anne when you came into the shot here,

you said that there's a certain way that you can pose

in this dress. [Anne laughs]

[Chloe] Yes. I did.

And you're gonna make me say it right now, aren't you.

Yes. I wanna know.

I wanna know how does the stress make you feel?

I gotta be honest.

It's very hard not to laugh next to Chloe.

[Chloe laughs]

Well, I'm gonna copy you.

It's easier, not to laugh next to Derek.

[everyone laughs]

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 your fantasy.

How about, did I do it right?

[everyone laughs]

Yeah.

Let me see.

[Derek laughs]

Yeah. There you go. Okay.

Like, come on.

All right, here we go.

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

Great, great. No, come back, come back.

Thanks Anne Hathaway.

Well, thank you so much,

and we look forward to seeing you in there.

Thank you.

We'll see you.

Have the best time.

Have so much fun.

[girls faux kiss]

Derek, I love you.

We'll see you inside.

I love you too.

[bright music]

Here with someone I love very much.

Yara Shahidi is here with me.

Hi. You look gorgeous.

I was like, wow. Thank you.

Okay, first, let's talk about this look.

'Cause this, this is it.

Thank you so much.

You look gorgeous.

It's Gautier. Half of it is archive from 2008.

Wow. And the rest is custom.

But it was an ode to my favorite haute couture, Chanel 93.

Wow. And you pulled this off fabulously.

Thank you. You look so incredible.

Now, people are so excited. You're playing Tinkerbell

in the new Peter Pan and Wendy movie.

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

and then make it your own?

[Yara laughs]

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 Josephine Baker.

And funny enough, in this movie,

I watched a lot of her performances, too.

Oh wow.

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.

Thank you.

So what are you looking forward to here tonight honoring

such an 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.

See you inside.

[bright music]

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You guys look unreal.

[everyone laughs]

Thank you so much, Chloe. Thank you.

You have to tell us about these looks.

Well, you know, I wanted to honor Karl,

and I was doing black and white 'cuz

I was thinking about his color palettes 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,

Devan 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,

[Derek laughs]

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.

What size is your shoe size?

Have 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 ten.

Anyway, after the show, Virgina and Karl would say, okay,

take your shoes 'cuz 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, ten shoes.

And there were a lot of steps.

It was a runway with almost all steps.

And I just turned to Karl and I said, oh my God,

there's so many steps. And he said, oh my God,

get rid of those shoes. Being barefoot is chic.

I was a bride, barefoot. Wow.

In the couture. And it just shows he was so,

he was so sweet and-

He always made it work, that Lagerfeld.

You know, he really did.

And he was so good to me.

So that was a fun story that I always think about.

Chloe and I checked out the exhibit this morning,

and I can't wait for you guys to see it.

I'm sure you, you're in some of the pictures.

Yes, you are. I know, I know.

I'm so excited.

Can't wait for you guys to see it

and have the most magical night.

Thank you so much.

Thanks for stopping by, guys.

Paris, New York. Thank you.

Yeah.

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

[everyone laughs]

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 started, 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,

I love that.

to wear an official occasions. Right, right.

And so we remained friends for about 30 years.

And Karla, 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. He just go,

the person just goes in another room, and he could come,

person can come back any minute.

So that's how I feel tonight.

Absolutely. Well, thank you so much for stopping by.

Thank you very much. You look gorgeous.

Thank you. And thank you

for talking to us. Thank you so much.

All right, Karla, have a great time.

You too. All right, thank you.

Bye.

[bright music]

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?

[everyone laughs]

A little scary. You know,

it takes a little while to warm up to her.

She wrote me a sweet note and left it in my room.

We spent some time together before this.

Kim, actually, you sent me a video

of you and Choupette having a little bit of a cat fight.

Oh!

Did you guys kiss and make up?

We did. Okay.

That's the pictures that I showed of us

in the bedroom. Yes.

Playing on the bed.

I think she was intimidated by all the people, so-

Yes. Yeah. We had a love fest.

And and most importantly,

tell us about what you're wearing tonight.

Yes. Who designed this?

This is Daniel for Schiaparelli.

And you know, I wanted pearls.

I thought, what is more Karl?

You know, the iconic Chanel pearls

is what I always thought of.

So we wanted to just be dripping in pearls.

All the way down. If you can see this

Mother, mother of, she's mothering.

She's- We're trying to be Gen Z.

We're trying-

We're trying and failing at this.

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.

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.

Of course, of course.

Stunning.

You have a long walk up that carpet,

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

[bright music]

Here with the fabulous Billy Eilish,

just having our own little

private convo over here. Having a great time.

You look gorgeous, Billy. Tell me about your look.

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

is it. Like, it's it.

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?

[everyone laughs]

You batted your eyes.

Yeah, she good. I did.

I did. I did. But yeah.

And you look incredible. So, Billy, talk about tonight.

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

And so many people are just, you know,

bringing their interpretation of Karl and his designs.

What does a night like tonight mean for you?

I mean, it means a lot.

I'm just, every time I'm invited at all,

it's just an honor to me. And I have a good time.

I go in there and I-

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, Billy?

Because people ask that all the time.

I feel like they're not too bad.

They're not that bad.

I feel like I'm not gonna die.

Okay so you made it through.

I made it.

Now it's time to have fun.

It's time.

See you inside.

I love you, take care. I love you too, Billy.

All right.

See you inside.

[bright music]

Oh, Selma Hayek looks amazing.

Are you guys ready?

[everyone laughs]

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, that's great.

[everyone laughs]

You didn't see that coming, did you?

Selma Hayek looks fire. So did Kim. It's awesome.

This whole look is unbelievable.

I'm like blinded by this necklace you're wearing.

It's stunning.

I know.

It's a beautiful bespoke Bulgari piece.

Wow.

And that's 11.6 carats or something.

[Chloe whoops]

A lot of carats. I know.

A lot of carrots.

I like a lot of carrots in my vegetables.

[everyone laughs]

Now how did Karl inspire your guys' looks tonight?

I think the black and white is a classic Karl, look,

you know, we're trying to play

with a few of the jewels as well.

Obviously you saw this.

Yes.

Got a few of my own.

Oh, oh. They're less exciting.

We love a jewel.

Nick, do you remember we had dinner with Karl Lagerfeld?

I remember, in Paris.

That was the first time we met.

Like seven, eight years ago.

Yeah. Big night. Big night for me.

Yeah, 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 Derek chuckle]

Chloe and I went to see the exhibit tonight. And there is-

I'm so excited. We can't wait.

Seven decades of Karl, fabulous fashion extravaganza.

And an opening dress with a snake like your tie,

so you're very-

Oh, you are on- Ah, on theme.

You are on theme, Nick Jonas.

Always on theme, Nick Jonas.

I'm trying.

[everyone laughs]

It's incredible.

Yeah, it's so exciting.

Like Viola Davis looking amazing as ever.

Oh my God. As everyone can see.

Yeah. We're wearing Valentino today.

Oh, wow. We're 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.

Thanks Vogue.

Thanks Vogue.

All right. So I am with the fashion killer himself.

Russell Westbrook is here. Now Russ,

you've worn a lot of iconic outfits.

You've had a lot of iconic moments,

and then the Met Ball comes

and we're honoring Karl Lagerfeld tonight.

So what do you do in, in that type of atmosphere?

What do you do? How do you put it together?

You know, I think you, you start with history, you know.

Tonight, I'm wearing Bode tonight.

They was able to gimme some pants that I know Karl was big

into interior designing and-

Right.

They got some pants from hotel

that was a part of some lining.

There 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

be a part of something like this.

And he was such a was such an inspirational in fashion

for myself and so many people. So I'm happy to be here.

Absolutely. And you shut it down like you always did.

I appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you for coming to say hi.

Appreciate it. Thank you.

All right. Have a good evening.

All right. Take care.

All right.

[bright music]

We're back with Viola Davis and Julius.

Lovely to meet you guys. Thanks for coming tonight.

Oh, yes. Absolutely.

Your most recent film Air has been a huge hit.

Yes. You play Jordan's mother,

who un until now has been the unrecognized force

behind the biggest endorsement deal

in the history of sports and maybe even fashion.

How did you approach that role?

Oh, I approached the role,

like I approach every role where I just have this study,

this subject, Dolores Jordan, incredible woman, you know?

And, and pray.

[everyone laughs]

Pray that it works.

Priyanka was just here and she said,

you're both wearing Valentino tonight.

Yes. Both wearing Valentino

Tell us about this look.

They wanted to dress me for the Met Ball.

And I had a couple of different choices,

and I loved the color.

Valentino pink, right. And I love the feathers.

I know. I'm trying to do my microphone

and, like, not touch the feather.

I wanna put my eyes right above the feathers.

I know. I was asking about how you gonna eat tonight?

[Derek laughs]

I'll figure it out.

[everyone laughs]

There you go.

And the earrings are so-

The earrings are Boucheron

and all the jewelry is,

It's beautiful. And yeah,

I feel a little bit like a princess or a queen.

That's what we're here for.

Or an empress.

[Derek laughs]

whatever you wanna choose.

Did you ever meet Karl yourself?

I've never met Karl.

It's like two different worlds, sort of.

I know some people really are meshed into the fashion world,

even though they're actors. Not us so much.

[everyone laughs]

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.

[Chloe] Yeah. Yeah.

He really was a great guy. So.

Well, 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...chills and tears.

[everyone laughs]

Oh wow. That's great.

Well, you're done with us,

so now you can go check the show.

Absolutely.

Thank you guys so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Unbeliev- even from the back, whoo!

[Derek] Thank you so much.

[bright music]

So I'm here with what I like to call the dream team.

We have Caitlin, Vanessa, and Leah hanging out all together.

Each one of you ladies look absolutely stunning.

It's such, my co-host from last year.

Yes, I was.

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.

Leah, you said you had a story.

I'm putting you on this spot.

I just, 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.

In my LA house?

No, here in New York.

Oh my goodness gracious.

[girls laugh]

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

I promise I don't open anything.

[girls laugh]

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

Okay. But I trust, I trust them with you.

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

Isn't that, well, that place has great energy, so-

Oh, good, good, good.

It's good. It's good stuff.

So talk to me about tonight.

What does Karl Lagerfeld, a line of beauty,

mean to you guys tonight?

I mean, you can really feel his energy tonight

in everyone's gowns.

And this is my first time at the Met.

Oh, it's your first Met.

My very, very first met.

Okay.

So it's very exciting to be here.

Absolutely. It's so exciting. Not too overwhelmed?

Not at all. I'm here with my pals.

She's got girls around.

I do. Absolutely, absolutely.

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

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

That's okay. It's all right.

[girls laugh]

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.

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 Leah,

what does a night like tonight mean to you?

Well it's my night off from work.

There you go. [girls laugh]

I told my son that I was at a wedding tonight

for my friends Anna and Karl.

Oh, there you go.

And so I'm, 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.

Oh we will. And thanks for coming by

to say hi.

Thank you so much. Of course. Thank you.

All right. Thank you.

For sure.

[bright music]

As fun as it is, talking to these gorgeous guests.

Don't forget, we also wanna hear from you,

our viewers watching live around the world.

So make sure you're getting in on the conversation by using

the hashtag Met Gala on social media.

We'll be checking in throughout the night and featuring

our favorite comments and questions right here.

So I'm here with Brittney 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 and my beautiful wife.

And they have done an amazing job.

I mean, they, 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 were both,

were able to join us. Life is good right now.

Life is great right now.

Yes it is.

And I definitely just wanna say-

oh, I wanted to make sure, oh, oh,

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,

bring home our families.

They were big for us. They did everything.

Supporting my family, supporting my wife.

And it's a lot of hard work doing this.

And there's a lot of families that don't get the

availability that, you know, I have with media.

So, you know, every day just being there,

being a voice for those families so they're not feeling

left behind or forgotten at all.

Absolutely. Brittney Griner, Cherelle Griner.

I am so happy to see you. Let's do a group hug.

Yes. I'm just happy

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.

[bright music]

Wow. Look at these three lovely ladies.

We have Stella McCartney, Madeline Klein

and Audrey-

Slutburn.

Slutbone.

Slutbone to you.

Whoa. 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-

This is Stella McCartney.

Oh! Wow.

It's amazing, isn't it?

That's right. Sustainable Stella.

McCartney.

Great, great.

Now Stella, you took over from Karl Lagerfeld.

Are you're not taking this seriously?

I am!

I think he's very serious.

No, I, I'll be more serious,

We can jump into some fashion-

Oh my god, don't do that, don't do that.

No, no. This is, okay.

That was good.

Well, no 'cuz 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?

[heavy sigh]

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]

So good though.

A king of the one-liners.

So good.

Burn, burn, burn, burn.

I loved it. I was like, oh, Karl Lagerfeld knows who I am.

Yeah. There you go. Now Audrey,

is this an alter ego of yours? Who,

explain to me Audrey Slut-

She just likes to have a good time.

Does the right thing. Says the right thing at all times.

Well, cheerio, and Madeline, you look lovely.

Thank you.

And it's just Madeline, right?

Not Madeline-

It's just Madeline.

No last name. Great.

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

Yep. We stick together.

Stick together, yes we do.

The good news is that you have the best

Met gala tour guide. Stella McCartney's always

the ringleader of the good times here at this event.

All right.

I hope I see you again.`

[everyone laughs]

All right, get outta there, you guys.

Get outta there. Get outta there.

It was lovely to meet you.

Thanks!

Christina Ricci is here. We're having great conversation.

You look stunning. Christina, tell me,

how do you prepare for a night like tonight?

Well, I went and got some insane facial

with like microcurrents and stuff

to reattach my face to my skull.

I need to try that. Which worked.

This looks so good.

It seems to have worked.

Looks so good.

Stuck on now, my face. Absolutely.

[girls laugh]

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. So yeah.

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

Yeah.

I'm hearing the exhibition is unbelievable.

I'm so excited to see it.

So go and enjoy yourself.

Thank you.

And thank you so much for stopping by.

So nice to see you.

All right. Always Christina.

Always a pleasure with you.

You too. Have a great night.

For sure. Of course.

[bright music]

Guess what?

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

Chloe, take it away.

Oh boy. SilverFire says,

watching the Met Gala is one of my favorite traditions.

I absolutely love seeing all the beautiful outfits.

Whoa. Liz Lemon.

Liz Lemon!

Do you think that's the actual Liz Lemon

or is that like a fan account-

Well, we'll come back to,

but she says Chloe Fineman,

one of the hosts of the Met Gala, Slay mama.

Slay mama.

Are we allowed to say slay mama?

I think so. Okay. Alright.

@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.

They threw their own Met Gala after party.

Oh, that's amazing.

Maybe this will become a thing.

Yes. We want that to be a thing.

When we get fired we'll come to them.

We'll see you next year.

Yes, please invite us next to St. Louis.

[Derek laughs]

[bright music]

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, I think we should.

I think we should. I think we should.

Okay. And our new edition.

There's, there's three of us here.

There are three, three, three.

Yeah. Congratulations, Rena.

[group applauding and cheering]

The secrets out. The secrets 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 yes.

You look unbelievable.

Look, we're both just like, Rena!

So happy!

Like, we're locals.

We're we're semi neighbors.

Oh yeah. Yes.

So that's what I said. It's couples night.

Just hanging out.

[Rena laughing]

Tell me about your look. You look absolutely-

You never disappoint.

No, you're so sweet.

You look absolutely incredible.

You don't either.

Thank you. Valentino.

Wow. Yeah. Thank you.

Brooklyn. Yes.

You know you are a fashion killer.

You shut it down. Tell me about your look.

Valentino.

Absolutely. Just keeping it-

Rena?

We're holding it down for Gucci.

Okay. All right.

Both of us are, yeah. Proudly representing.

Absolutely. And everyone looks gorgeous tonight.

It's such an incredible night. It's Karl Lagerfeld,

A Line of Beauty. We're honoring such an icon.

What does that mean to each one of of you guys.

We're so excited to be here. He is such a legend.

Honestly, I'm so excited to see everyone

interpret his legacy that he left behind

and do it in their own way.

And I'm so excited to see the exhibition.

Absolutely. Rena, you are amazing

when it comes to fashion.

You never disappoint on a red carpet.

So what does a night like tonight mean for you

to honor such an icon like Karl?

Well, yeah, I mean, Karl never disappointed

with his design.

So we're both just so happy to be here and, you know,

to get inside and not drink.

[everyone laughs]

Look, I'll be partaking for both of us.

I'll help you out. I'll help you out.

I'll help you out.

Well, thank you all for stopping by couples night.

Thank you very much.

Love you all very, very much.

Thank you very much.

I'll see you inside.

Bye everybody. All right.

[bright music]

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 and Alexander McQueen in 2006,

Rihanna and Guo Pei in 2015,

Chadwick Bozeman and Versace in 2018.

Or Lady Gaga and Brandon Maxwell in 2019.

Head to @VogueMagazine on Twitter to cast your vote.

Excited to see who you vote for.

[bright music]

Cara Delevingne is here. I'm so excited to see you.

I met Cara as a wee teenager and I watched her grow

into being a ultimate Karl Lagerfeld muse.

It's a big night tonight.

It is a big night. Yeah.

A lot of emotions. Honestly,

I cried on the way here a little bit.

I don't know, it's kind of like,

it's a wonderful thing to be able to do this

and honor such an incredible person. Not only in fashion,

but personally as a friend. I owe him so much,

and it's an amazing 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 Heart's jewelry.

This is by Karl Lagerfeld.

It just felt right. But yeah, the gloves, everything.

All the pieces that kind of make me, yeah.

And just some kind of silvery blue hair.

And you came in in sunglasses. I think you-

I did. I know.

I'm gonna wear those on the-

On the carpet?

Yeah. A little bit. Wait, whip 'em off.

Was it ever, this is the dumbest question,

but I'm so sorry. I have to ask it.

Double down on it.

Cara, Karl, was that ever hard or confusing?

Cara Karl.

Cara Karl.

Cara Karl.

No, people just call me Karla by the end.

Karla.

You know?

That's what I would do too. Karla.

One of my favorite Kara Delevingne moments

in the world of Chanel was the supermarket show.

Yeah. My favorite.

Do you remember Rihanna was push 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.

[Chloe laughs]

Oh no, she was-

I think she was pushing-

The internet will let us-

We, no, we were both in it.

Joan was pushing us around.

Joan Smalls was pushing you around

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

I stole, so-

Can I say that? I stole so much from that Supermarket.

They had like a Chanel chainsaw.

Anyway, I don't steal things.

[everyone laughs]

You have to love it.

Well that's my favorite supermarket experience.

Do you have a favorite Chanel memory?

There was so many. I think doing a show in Edinburgh,

we went to Japan, we went all around the world.

But honestly, his like, looking into the future,

he really, like, did so many things.

We did this amazing women's march.

And I think also this one of, you know,

one of his last shows that we did.

And it was like at the Ski Chalet and like all the girls,

we were all crying and holding hands,

and it just felt like such a moment.

But he is one of those people that no matter where he is,

he's always there.

You may see him on the carpet tonight.

I hope so.

Little bit in you as well.

Deep thoughts from Cara Delevingne

Yeah.

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

Like he's influenced so much.

Not only in fashion, so.

Well you're gonna love the exhibit tonight.

Yes.

It's all Karl all the time. And, I'm happy to see you.

Lovely to be with you Karla.

Thanks guys, nice to see you.

Karla. Karla

I'm gonna start calling you that.

[everyone laughs]

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

I don't know what that is.

And I'll have these mics.

[bright music]

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.

'Cuz he was so passionate and so interested.

He had this magnanimous spirit.

So the dream team has officially arrived

and slayed this carpet like no other.

Kendall is here.

Kylie's here.

My best friend Kim is here shutting it down.

Tell me how you're feeling tonight.

I feel amazing. I'm so happy to be here for Karl.

And just for the theme and for the Met, I'm so happy.

I'm wearing Mark Jacobs.

I am wearing Haider J-P-G, Haider Ackerman.

Gorgeous. Gorgeous.

And I am wearing Schiaparelli.

So Kim, tell me, what is a night like tonight

honoring someone like Karl mean to you?

To me, it's, like, super emotional just because

I obviously love my sisters. I love my family.

And seeing Kendall really started her beginning

of her modeling career with Karl

and was the bride in so many of his shows.

And I would just sit and watch them.

And I mean, my first fashion shoot ever, Karl shot it.

So it's so special.

Okay. So Kendall, talk about that.

Just starting your career with Karl and then now being here,

honoring him tonight.

Yeah. I mean, it's amazing.

Like Kim said, I think it's a little emotional,

and I really, I owe a lot to him and what he did for me.

And it was such a pivotal point in my career for me.

I started working with him when I was really young

and really new and he really embraced me.

So I'm honored to be here.

I'm honored to celebrate him and it's awesome.

Absolutely. And Kylie, on a night like tonight,

what are you looking forward to the most?

I'm looking forward to making more memories

with my sisters. Seeing all the fashion.

[La La laughs]

I'm just here for a good time.

[Kim] With my best friend.

Maybe a little tequila, 8-1-8.

Ah. I like, I like eight, look, I like how you did that.

I like how you did that.

I'm blessed to be here. Blessed to be here.

Well, I hope you guys have an incredible night.

We're in for some fun drinking and dancing.

Now everybody can breathe and go have a good time.

Yeah, exactly. We'll see you inside.

This is the last stop.

That is the most stressful part of the night.

Everything is done.

Now we can go have some fun inside.

Go have a good time.

All right, thanks.

[bright music]

Wanna stay up to date on the latest fashion news?

Check out Vogue's weekly podcast. The run through.

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[bright music]

We are here with two people who just officially

shut down the carpet.

It's hot out there.

Karesha Yung Miami is here.

Puff aka Love aka Diddy. We are in the building.

All right, come on.

Let's talk about what it feels like to just walk up here,

and just shut the whole carpet down.

I mean, it feels great.

You know, we out here giving that black excellence.

This is Sean John's debut.

Wow. Wow.

As you can see, first time I designed in ten years,

and you know, we feeling good.

How you feeling Caresha?

I'm feeling great.

This is your first Met Gala.

What does that feel like?

It feels like a dream come true.

We were talking a lot and FaceTiming,

getting you ready for today.

So now that you've done it, you've made it up the stairs.

Can you, does it feel like, okay, I can finally breathe now?

I'm like, okay, you got through it.

It was, it was good. It was perfect. It was everything.

You, you were perfect.

She's gorgeous.

She's gorgeous.

Stunning. Amazing.

Incredible. You look beautiful.

All right, so I have the million dollar question

right now. You ready for it? The million dollar question is,

so, do y'all officially go together real bad?

[Diddly laughs]

I'm asking, I wanna know.

She going to answer that.

[everyone laughs]

You not answering that?

Nah, nah, I'm, of course, real bad. We here.

All right. Real bad. Real bad.

You know what I'm sayin'?

It's official. Real bad?

I don't know what you asking exactly.

[La La and Caresha laugh]

We definitely go together real bad for-

Oh well, then that's what it is then, that's what it is.

She's my date for the night.

She's incredible.

You know, it's just a good date night.

Oh, it's date night, date night.

We don't put titles on it.

Everybody wants us to put a title on.

We don't put titles on it.

This is like my best friend in the world.

One of the most beautiful people

God has blessed me to meet.

[Ya Ya] Absolutely.

And I'm blessed that she's my date tonight.

[Ya Ya] 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, no titles.

For sure, no titles might be it. That might be it.

You good?

Yeah. I'm good.

All right. So last question.

This cape is hot.

Last question 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 was he was so, 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?

Thank you, thank you. No, I'm good.

His attention to detail and his attention to beauty.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's just hot, baby. Look at this, y'all.

[Caresha laughs]

This is what I'm wearing. This Sean John Cape.

Nah, this cape is crazy.

Like the detail on this cape is crazy.

Shout out to June Ambrose.

Wow.

You know the first Sean John collection,

so it's a little hot.

So I'd rather you ask Caresha some questions

so I could go get my cape fixed,

and I could get all this sweat off of me,

cuz I'm hot.

I love you so much.

Alright Caresha-

Somebody help me with my cape!

before you guys go inside.

What are you looking forward to the most tonight?

Just fashion and see what everybody got on.

It's just see how good-

So 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?

You are-What kind of question is that?

The only party I'm coming to tonight.

Make sure everybody knows if they can't dance

or they don't want to dance.

Don't come. Don't come to my party.

Don't come. Don't come. You heard it here first.

I love y'all. Sean John is back, baby.

Let me figure out my cape.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That cape is fire, though.

Thank you, baby.

See we got the flowers.

[bright music]

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[bright music]

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.

Nice to see you.

We've been having our own little thing going over here.

It is so nice to see you. So tell me this,

what is your favorite thing about your life

since retiring from professional tennis?

It's good to be home.

It's nice to have more of a solid life.

Right?

Not being on the road and packing, unpacking.

But, I love that life too. So of course I miss parts of it.

But, just being home with the children,

having a schedule where I can meet friends on a Wednesday,

other people on Friday. Do family trips.

Having a social life.

Social life, having family trips on a weekend.

Having some really nice vacations as well.

And life's still fun. It's still very busy.

I'm surprised actually. How much is going on.

Yes. And we were talking about

how many Met Galas you've been to.

So what's the count? How many met galas?

This is only my second.

This is your second one.

So do you have a favorite memory of the Met Gala?

Yeah, I mean when I came here

I believe it was in 2017. It's a while back.

It's been a while.

Yeah, it's been a while and it's been a lot of fun.

I didn't know what to expect.

So this time I feel like I kind of know how it's gonna run.

And being 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 for keeping me company.

Thank you so much. Absolutely.

We had great conversation.

Have a nice evening.

Thank you Roger.

See you soon.

All right, see you.

[bright music]

I am here with Marc Jacobs himself

and Paris Hilton are officially in the building.

Thanks so much for stopping by to chat for a little while.

So Paris, I'm gonna start with you.

This is your first Met Ball.

How does it feel to be at your first Met Ball?

I just feel so excited to be here

with the legend, Marc Jacobs.

I just did his campaign and it was so incredible,

and I'm just loving the dress that he made for me tonight.

The dress is absolutely stunning.

Marc, tell us about this dress.

Well, this dress I'd say, you know, like,

I believe in collaborate-

Do you want me to hold this one?

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, 'cuz 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.

Abs-

Nailed it.

Nailed it.

Nailed it. Absolutely Fantastic.

Hot.

So Mark, 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 but always just in the sort of most lucian 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.

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 Mark.

Thank you Paris.

Thank you.

All right. Thank you so much.

See if we can get that exhibition in.

Yeah.

[bright music]

[Male Voice] Standby Home base. Three seconds.

Is it?

Earlier we asked what was your all time favorite

Met Gala look and you chose.

[imitating trumpet fanfare]

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

in every different type of variation.

Yes.

It was an omelet. It was-

It was a this. It was everything.

It was, and a train.

I feel like we have a lot of trains tonight.

Rihanna does not disappoint.

No, she never does.

And we love hearing what you guys think.

So keep the conversation going on social media

with #MetGala.

[bright music]

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

I don't fan of over a lot of people.

But you are definitely one.

Thank you so much for coming to talk to us.

Tell us about tonight. How are you feeling tonight?

It's really, you know what, a year ago today,

myself and actually Alton Mason, who's up next.

We were here celebrating Elvis and-

I interviewed you at this same spot.

I remember that. Yes.

And like today, we're celebrating Karl, who was a,

and we're with him 20 years ago. We were great friends.

And when you see the exhibition inside,

you will understand the true genius of the man.

I mean, it's hard to believe a single person

made that much beauty.

So that's what, tonight is a great show.

There's gonna be a really surprising thing happening inside.

I might know a little bit about it.

Oh, it sounds like you know something.

Just a little bit.

But I will tell you, it's all about that exhibition.

I encourage young people to get out and see that exhibition.

Absolutely. Now Baz, before you go,

tell us about your look.

Actually, Tom Brown did Karl Lagerfeld.

Oh, I love that. I love that.

This is Tom Brown. This is Karl Lagerfeld via Tom Brown

or Tom Brown by Karl Lagerfeld.

Oh, these are pearls by Paspaley, an amazing-

And Vasilic jewelry. It's a London designer.

Well, one thing about you,

you always know how to put it together and shut it down.

Thanks for coming to say hi.

I wanna say one thing.

I'm really honored to be here, but bring on Alton Mason!

Yes, thank you.

The Alton Mason. The Alton Mason.

Hi baby! How you doing, babe?

How are you?

I'm doing good.

Oh, you got that.

Okay, 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 grandois 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.

You gotta celebrate. When you're gonna celebrate?

Absolutely. We will celebrate.

Thanks for coming by. All right.

See you in a few. All right, babe.

Yep. All right. We got-

[JLo] Hi, sweetie, thank you.

[La La laughs]

Hi baby!

Thank you so much. You good?

Hi baby. How are you?

I'm good. How are you?

Yes. I haven't seen my son on TV.

Well, you look so good.

Hi!

You liking it? You liking it?

I kind of do.

You look incredible. Thank you.

All right, Jennifer, tell, tell us about the look.

You look incredible. Thank you.

Cause you- doing so good.

It's always so good to see you shut down. Shut down.

Like every single time. Tell us about the look.

Thank you. Thank you.

It's Ralph Lauren.

Wow, wow.

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]

So, yeah. Having fun tonight.

And Jennifer, tell me about a night, like tonight.

We're honoring Karl. Yeah, 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 we say, from the Bronx, who like kind of aspired

to the fashion world and to be an entertainer,

to meet people like that was always such a dream to me.

So it is a real honor to be here

to celebrate him tonight.

Absolutely. And celebrate his legacy

in fashion. Yes.

And you've been to a lot of Met Galas, lot of Met Balls.

So what do you look forward to?

Like what you lookin' forward to?

I look forward to seeing everybody, you know,

it's like, it's a nice congregation

of like fashion and film and music and-

Absolutely. You know, that's my world.

Those are my worlds. And so it's always a lot of fun.

Well, I'm so glad you stopped over to say that. Thank you.

Thank you. Have the best time.

Thank you so much.

See you inside.

Good to see you.

Always good to see you.

The hat's perfect. The look is perfect.

Thanks. Keep the hat?

Yes, keep the hat.

During dinner? Take it off?

I don't know.

[bright music]

[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.

[bright music]

One of my absolute faves has officially hit the carpet.

Erykah Badu is here, everyone. You just look over here.

You just look amazing.

[Erykah laughs]

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 'cuz we just dropped our clothing line,

you know.

I did see that. Yes, I did see that.

And it looks incredible. And this outfit is so incredible.

Thank you.

Erika, 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.

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.

[Erykah laughs]

And your daughter's here. She is.

Your daughter's here for her first Met.

Puma, Puma, come through.

Come in, babe.

You look-

I want everybody to see how gorgeous you look.

Thank you. How are you?

I'm doing great.

You look absolutely gorgeous.

Puma, tell us about your look.

Well, my look, you know, it just,

to me it just gives excellence.

I don't know how to describe it. Excellence.

Expensive. But I think a way- [Erykah laughs]

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, 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. Yeah.

Absolutely. Now your mom's been to a lot of Met balls,

but this is your first one.

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

Well, it's a little nerve-wracking.

I know, right?

Those steps. The carpet, everything.

The steps, girl.

I had a little workout cause this thing is heavy.

Heavy, heavy, heavy.

Yeah. But you know, I just feel a lot of love here.

Of course.

Really good energy.

I feel great about tonight.

And you made it to the top.

I made it, girl.

Now you get to go in and just have a good time.

Absolutely. I'm ready to eat.

That's the same, same, same.

I'm ready to eat. Erica.

You know how much I love you.

I love you. Same.

Love you, love you, love you.

Puma, have the best time tonight.

Great meeting you.

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 humor

into clothes through almost surrealistic embroideries.

This particular one was inspired by a candlestick.

It was almost as if when you placed the candlestick

on the body, it became a sort of substitute of the woman.

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.

[bright music]

All right, so I'm here with my sis.

My family has arrived. Teyna 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 Tom Brown.

Yes, I'm in Tom Brown from head to Toe

inspired by Karl Lagerfeld.

You know his classic look, the tie.

Absolutely. You did it.

The little ponytail in the back. Get into that.

Get in, you know, the Chanel tweed.

Get in.

Get in. The classic Karl shade.

Get in. Get in.

[everyone laughs]

I'm just suited and booted. Yeah.

Yo, the body is bodying and doing everything else.

So Teyana, you have been to tons of red carpets.

You've been to so many events.

What does a red carpet like the Met Gala mean to you?

Especially honoring Karl Lagerfeld?

Oh my God. I know it feels big when I got a potty.

And it was just like I did so good the whole 35 minutes

I was waitin'. I was watching you.

As soon as I got my ass on that carpet, my bladder said,

hey girl. I said-

Not now. Oh, not now.

So, yeah, but I mean, that means it's good though.

I always got a 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. Thank you.

I watched it so many times. Watch it on the plane.

I watch it in theater. I watch it over and over and over.

Tell me what you did to embody that character

the way you did. It was showstopping for sure.

Thank you so much, sis.

Honestly, it was a lot of layering

and a lot of color coordinating of the layering, you know.

I heard when you talked about that.

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

So we had to color coordinate it,

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

'Cause you know how I go.

We film outta order. Of course.

One day, you know, she's been in that taxi,

Right, right.

the next day, she getting married, you know.

So I think color coordinating and layering Inez was,

you know, made the process really amazing,

and it was really therapeutic.

Absolutely. I think there's some big awards

in your future for that.

Thank you.

For sure. 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.

You know, I do many things.

You know I do many things.

Period. But I love, I love the voice.

[La La laughing]

The voice. The voice is voicing.

Thank you. Thank you. Yes.

I will see you inside. Love you sis.

Love you. [girls faux kissing]

See you inside. All right, babe.

We've got more comments

from our viewers watching online @Ocean_Nessie says

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

@ElhamMohammud 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.

[bright music]

The what? Oh, now we vamp.

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

[Chloe] Okay.

Wow. What a night. I have two words.

[Chloe trills]

Lot of cats.

[Derek] Wow. Well, 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!

[Chloe] Oh! Get it?

Great. Yeah.

[Chloe] Now, let's break down the cat.

Doja cat was a cat.

[Derek] Lil Naz X sex was a cat

in I'm told full body makeup

by none other than Pat McGrath cat.

[Chloe] Really? Pat Mc-, Cat McGrath

[Derek] Pat McCat

[Chloe] Pat McGrath Cat.

[Derek] It's late guys, we-

[Chloe] And then Jared Leto literally was the cat.

[Derek] He was a huge pussy.

[Chloe laughs]

[Derek] He was dressed in a full body.

[Chloe] 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-

[Chloe] Which we could do for hours.

[Derek] Killing more cat puns than kennel. Kennel?

[Chloe] Kennel.

[Derek] Kennel, A kennel?

Yeah. Never too late for a kennel joke.

[Chloe laughs]

Another big theme tonight, I have really liked

is all the black and white, the monochrome.

[Chloe] Yes.

That was obviously the way Karl dressed.

Reminds me a bit of Truman Capote's black and white ball,

everything was colored black and white.

Oh, yes, yes.

We go back in time.

Yes.

And the pearls, all the pearls were beautiful.

The mother of pearls.

Is everyone still watching?

Is everyone gorging on all the black and white looks?

All the kitty cats.

Gorging on the gorgina looks.

Even I have my little cat here.

Yes. You had to.

Meow.

Meow. Meow cute of you.

Yes. Oh, here we go.

Nicole Catman. Just kidding.

Penele-meow Cruise.

Right. No.

No. [Chloe laughs]

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,

which opens to the public.

The purblic, purblic on May 5th.

[bright music]

Well this is the conservation lab

in the Costume Institute.

And we're responsible for the care and any repair

of the garments.

This hem has all been restitched,

but we still want the other piece to cover the damaged tulle

in the front.

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.

[bright music]

You look beautiful. Your face is, like, glowing.

Thank you, baby.

Where's the camera?

Where I gotta look at?

[Male Voice] Look, you're right here.

Hi guys.

Look, look. You can see everything good.

Okay.

This one?

Look straight to this one.

Oh, this one. Oh, right here.

Alright. You look so good.

You look beautiful. You look sexy.

Thank you.

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.

Cardi, tell me about your look tonight.

'Cause this is intricate.

This is so beautiful. Tell me about your look.

Thank you. Well, it's from a designer called Chen Peng.

This is my second look of the night,

and it's giving a little bit of everything.

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

it's given like a Chanel boy bag.

Absolutely.

And then it got the flowers, the camellia flowers

that like, you know, when you get a Chanel purse,

it always got the white flower, but you know,

this one is black.

And then up top here is giving Karl,

so I'm representing the house of Chanel and Karl

at the same time.

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.

What makes tonight so special?

What makes tonight so special? You know what it is too?

That it's like, it's like a designer that like,

we're so like, we know so much we know so well.

And then it's just like,

I was curious to see how people are gonna rock his designs

because everybody got like.

Their own interpretation.

Their own interpretation

of how things supposed to look tonight. So yeah.

I really like the looks for tonight. People killed it.

So Cardi at the Met Gala,

what is something that you look forward to the most?

The carpet.

The carpet. Right.

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

This was the last stop.

My God, I hope I passed the test, honey.

'Cause once you get on Instagram,

that's when you know you passed the test.

That's when you know, that's what you know.

You passed the test. Go Have a good time.

Thank you. You look beautiful. Oh yeah, we gotta talk.

Thank you. Yes we do.

Thank you baby.

Okay. Oh, I almost buzz my-

You good?

Thank you.

All right.

[bright music]

So the carpet is winding down.

It is, it is.

This was kind of our first date. Chloe. Huh?

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 pizzard. I had to.

He called Bo Derek.

Oh.

But like not Bo Derek with the braids and the swimsuit.

Bo Derek, the French word for Bo, beau Derek.

Bo. Which means, and I pronounce that buh?

[Derek laughs]

Right? Buh, beau Derek.

If nothing else,

we've learned tonight that Chloe Fineman's French-

It is terrible. Is perfect.

Chloe Chloe

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

did you find any new impersonations this evening?

Anyone that you'd like to do?

Oh, you know, I do.

When I was talking to Anne Hathaway, I was like, that's-

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 'cuz 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.

Oh, 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. Ah-ha?

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

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

We had Cardi B in here, but she was worried,

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, she didn't wanna ruin her reveal.

Right. She needed the drama.

Oh-kur? Oh-kur?

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 trains,

The drama.

There was 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 Kara,

but I didn't wanna be bad.

Right. Right.

You didn't wanna pick her train.

I was gonna try and pick her train and kind of-

You would like to be a fluffer?

She's Megan the Stallion and I'm-

Oh right.

Yeah. 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.

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 paper quality in the sort of

Christmas of the Shoulders.

The Christmas of the A- line skirt

and the inverted V in the pleat.

And it's entirely embroidered with tiny piettes

and seed beads that took 700 hours to embroider by Lesage.

And the garment itself is a dress and a bolero.

And it took about 340 hours.

So in total it was over a thousand hours to complete it.

Real tour de force of the haute couture,

and shows the incredible skilled craftsmanship

of the Pettiman workshops.

[Derek] What do we say?

[Chloe] I don't know.

[Derek] Yep, it's-

[bright music]

Karl began at Fendi in 1965.

And this particular coat from Fendi is inspired by

Sonia Delaunay's simultaneous paintings,

which was all about color and geometric shapes

and rhythmic patterns, and its a remarkable achievement.

Each square, each circle, each rectangle

has been pieced and laid into the garment,

and it's lined with silk

that mirrors the same pattern as a fur.

So it, it sort of has this ambiguity

between the inside and the outside.

[bright music]

So Chloe Fineman?

Yes Derek, Bo Derek, Blasberg

How are you hanging in there?

Well, I'll be honest.

I'm in my flip-flops.

Can we pan down and show-

I'm in my Ritz Carlton slippers.

Can we show where Chloe is this evening?

[Chloe laughs]

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.

Nope.

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.

[everyone laughs]

She, they. She, they, he.

Oh, sh-

He.

He or she or they. She, 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.

Just see how it goes.

Maybe we'll have other clues as the night goes on.

I'll say.

Chloe, quick question.

Yes.

Who is the best dressed for you this evening?

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

I just wanna see Penelope Cruise up close.

Yes.

I thought that was like, oh! Margo Robbie.

I thought Nicole Kidman looked good.

Margo Robbie, yeah, of course.

She looked fab.

Yeah.

She always looks fab.

Always. Mikayla Coel's dress looked beautiful.

Yes.

Ooh. 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' hangin'?

What's going down where you are?

How's it goin' down there?

It's hangin'. We're good.

You're good. You're good. You're good.

Hi. So the night has been amazing. Just an amazing night.

Everything. I thought it would be times a hundred.

This carpet, everyone who came and gave their interpretation

of Karl Lagerfeld, A Line of Beauty, is just so incredible.

I'm excited to see the exhibit inside.

I'm excited to see who we're waiting for.

We're here for a reason.

A reason that everyone wants to stay put and stay tuned

because there's a big surprise.

One thing about the Met Gala, there's always a surprise.

There's always a big surprise.

So definitely don't go anywhere. You don't wanna miss it.

It's an amazing night that's about to get even better.

That's all I can say. But yes,

tonight has been amazing and I'm honored.

I've been having such a great time and thank you to everyone

who's tuned in and watched us and saw all the incredible

looks and we talked to so many incredible people.

It's just been amazing all the way around. For sure.

So now it's just the waiting game.

We're just waiting to see what happens next.

I'm excited for you guys 'cuz I know what it is,

but you don't, so you gotta stay tuned for sure.

[bright music]

Every year, Rauel Avela and his team create

the most spectacular centerpiece

for the Metropolitan Museum's Grand Hall.

Cameras aren't technically allowed inside the event,

but we've got a special sneak peek at the making

of this year's installation. And it's just for you.

Check it out.

[bright music]

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.

[everyone laughs]

We are waiting for a big surprise.

What's great about the Met Ball is that there's always

an incredible surprise. You never know what's gonna happen.

So clearly we're here for a reason, a special reason,

A very special reason

But you gotta stay tuned to find out it.

It does feel like the Super Bowl of fashion.

It is the Super Bowl.

The east coast Oscars, the most important night in style.

And my life.

[Derek laughs]

So tell me, being that this is the first time

you guys have done this,

what was your favorite part of the night?

I liked Lizzo's outfit.

I loved Lizzo's outfit.

I like that Serena announced.

I know.

Her second baby on the way.

I was like the secret is out. I love that.

I love that.

[Derek] How nice to be the baby.

You know, you're gonna tell all your friends one day.

[La La] Yeah. That was me, right there.

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

[La La] At the Met Gala. Wow.

[Derek] Not bad. Not bad.

[Derek] 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.

Yes.

So I had a certain Devil Wears Prada, nostalgic moment.

Chloe made a good joke.

[Chloe] Yes.

La La, what was your favorite moment?

[La La] 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.

[Chloe] Yeah.

[La La] And who he was as a person and his legacy.

I was really touched by that.

Everyone had so many incredible stories

and things like that, but the fashion was on point tonight.

I was like, damn, everybody looking real good tonight.

[Chloe] Yes, yes.

[La La] And the cats.

[Chloe] And the, oh! The cats.

[Chloe] The little- The cats.

[La La] Doja Cat was incredible with her prosthetic

[Chloe] that she did. Doja Cat cat.

I know! What was that like talking to her?

[La La] Oh, it was awesome.

But she, it looked incredible.

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

She could make it through.

And she was, this is her first Met as well,

and she was having such an incredible night.

And there was another cat jumping around down, Jared Leto.

[Chloe] Jared Leto

[Derek] Jared Leto was a cat,

Lil Naz X.

[La La] Was a cat. Yeah.

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

You're right on theme.

[Chloe] Raining cats. Yeah, exactly.

[Derek] I actually didn't think could

become a bigger deal.

[Chloe] I didn't either.

[Derek] Like they already have their place

in the meme-osphere.

[Chloe] I know! I know, Choupette-

[Derek] The internet, on Instagram.

[Chloe] Choupette was honored just as much as Karl

in a way. Absolutely.

We have, we have some comments on Twitter.

Let's see what's going on. So Rita Zagoo says,

my first time watching the Met live.

And everyone is so on theme. I love it.

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

@MonetAlex says,

the girls are doing really well with the theme this year.

This has to be some sort of record.

Wow.

Cupid Lilly says

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

And I love it so much.

I love it so much.

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

I know. Exactly.

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

I know.

[everyone laughs]

A real love fest.

So thank you. Thank you for all the love and I mean,

we're almost there.

Do we feel some commotion?

Do we feel something happening?

Do we feel something happening? Do we hear anything?

What do we think's going on?

Do we feel something happening?

Do we hear anything happening?

Who could it be?

Who could it be?

Derek's like I know who.

I know it is. I know who it is.

Any favorite Karl quotes?

Ooh.

That's a good question.

I have some good Karl one liners.

I mean, I loved that guy.

If you're cheap, nothing helps.

Oh, okay! That's a bar.

Yeah.

That's a bar for sure.

My favorite, which I tell myself every day,

'cuz this is what I wear all the time.

Is it about sweatpants?

It is. Sweatpants are a sign of defeat.

You lost control of your life.

And so you bought some sweatpants.

[Derek laughs]

You took mine, you took mine.

[Chloe laughs]

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 them, a dozen iPod touches.

And so it's sort of surreal tonight to spend so much time

thinking about him nostalgically in retrospective.

Yeah.

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?

I did. I-

I know you got some tricks up your sleeve after this.

I did. A new cast of characters to start working on.

So good. Can't wait to see.

So great. Well, I heard something,

I heard some clapping or some,

some yelling or something going on.

Wow. I love this Kendall look

that we're looking at right now.

Yeah. Oh, it's so great.

And the hair was really on point. I have to say tonight.

A lot of Orlando Pita gave Anne Hathaway a beehive bumpit.

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 in her gray do.

She did, yes.

And Cara.

And Cara.

Definitely.

Jlo And JLo. Oh, how was JLo?

Yes. La La, you interviewed Jlo.

What was she like?

She's awesome. She was like,

at first I wasn't sure about the hat,

but then I looked at it and I loved it.

I'm like, the hat was absolutely perfect.

The hat was perfect. Here she goes, right here.

She looked incredible.

Absolutely incredible.

Not to comment on a woman's body, but oh my God.

[everyone laughs]

Absolutely incredible. Wow.

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.

[Derek] We saw her come in and she had a pretty elaborate

monochromatic, I mean a couture tent.

Could we call it that?

[Chloe] Yes. Oh wow.

[Chloe] I would say.

[Derek] What are some of the verbiage?

[Chloe] Couture tent.

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

[Chloe mumbles]

That's the one.

[everyone laughs]

Yes, that's the one.

Mary J. Blige.

Who's this in the purple lace?

Mary J. Blige.

Oh, the-wow.

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?

Yes. And it was good.

It was a good moment. We had some fun.

[Derek laughs]

But, all right, so

we are going to just take a chill pill real quick

and keep waiting. All right.

[bright music]

All right. So we tried and we tried.

Sometimes things don't work out the way we expected,

but you can catch everything on Vogue.com.

You don't wanna miss anything. I promise you.

There are some magical moments and you never know.

You never know what you're gonna see.

So make sure you tune in and the night isn't over.

But the show is.

I just wanna thank everyone so much for joining us

live on the carpet at the 2023 Met Gala.

If you missed anything, like I said, I said it once.

I'm gonna say it again.

Visit Vogue.com to watch the show again.

Now, I don't know about you two,

but I could really use some champagne.

[La La sighs]

Yes, you read my mind.

Champagne. I think you mean cham-pleasure, Chloe.

[everyone laughs]

That type of night.

It's that type of night. Good night everybody.

Thank you. Goodnight.

Goodnight everybody.

Goodbye.

[bright music]