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Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

  • Karl Lagerfeld was known for his love of throwing dinner parties. For the 2023 Met Gala the Vogue special events...
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    Karl Lagerfeld was known for his love of throwing dinner parties. For the 2023 Met Gala, the Vogue special events department and event planner Raul Àvila were inspired by most famous soirées: the wedding reception he hosted for Paloma Picasso.

  • The dinner was surrounded by a set that was meant to evoke Lagerfelds home library.
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    The dinner was surrounded by a set that was meant to evoke Lagerfeld’s home library. (The Chanel designer was a known bibliophile, and his apartments were always filled to the brim with a wide array of books: “I go to bookshops almost every day of the week,” he told Vogue in 1992.)

  • In Metropolitan Museum Great Hall a centerpiece made of thousands of recycled waterbottles greeted guests. The concept...
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    In Metropolitan Museum Great Hall, a centerpiece made of thousands of recycled water-bottles greeted guests. The concept came from the mind of Tadao Ando, the Japanese artist who also designed the Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty exhibit.