The Met Gala, in case you didn’t you know, is held in New York on the first Monday of May every year to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The theme of last night’s event was ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’.
Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who chooses the theme, has come in for much criticism for her decision to honour Lagerfeld, the German fashion designer who died in 2019. Lagerfeld is today known as much for his controversial views as his achievements, which include transforming Chanel from a legacy brand into the most sought-after fashion house in the world.
Lagerfeld viewed sweatpants as a ‘sign of defeat’. He thought anorexia wasn’t as dangerous as junk food or television. He said he was ‘fed up’ of #MeToo. In a bizarre condemnation of his native Germany’s immigration policies, he stated that the country’s acceptance of refugees from Muslim majority countries was ‘an affront to Holocaust victims’.
The Met Gala is one of those nights when the super-famous don’t have to pretend to be humble and normal and instead embrace extravagance and opulence
Such controversial opinions would normally send celebrities running for the Hollywood hills.
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