There’s always a lot of anticipation leading up to the Met Gala theme announcement and we finally know what to expect this year. The dress code is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty will honor the legendary German designer, while Penélope Cruz and Dua Lipa will be among the co-chairs.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s official press release, the Costume Institute’s next exhibition will spotlight the German-born designer’s unique working methodology and focus on his “stylistic vocabulary as expressed in aesthetic themes that appear time and again in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in 2019.”
Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who has led the event since 1995, will return as co-chair and she’ll be in pretty good company. The list of this year’s co-chairs will also include the Grammy-winning singer Dua Lipa, the tennis legend Roger Federer, the Oscar winner Penélope Cruz, and I May Destroy You breakout star Michaela Coel.
This year’s Met Gala will take place on May 1 and the headlining performer is yet to be announced. The invitation-only event is one of the most exclusive in the entire world with tickets costing $35,000, and all the proceeds go towards funding the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
