Fashion’s biggest night out is approaching and celebrities are bringing their A-game to one of fashion’s biggest events. This year the Met Gala will be a tribute to Karl Langerfield as he was a regular attendee at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute . The theme? ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’. Every year, the Met Gala is held on the first Monday of May and every year we get a different creative perspective on fashion designers.

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So in definition, What is the Met Gala? Since Anna Wintour started organizing and leading the Met Gala in 1995, it has grown into a cherished fashion event every year. It is typically held in conjunction with the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fashion exhibition as a fundraiser for the Met’s Costume Institute.Every year, the event raises eight figures. And the theme? Well this year's theme of ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’, in 2019, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's longtime creative director, died of pancreatic cancer. The event plans to honor him with this theme. Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute's Curator In Charge, said "Karl never tired of telling me that fashion did not belong in a museum. When we worked on the Chanel show together, he was incredibly generous in what he lent, but he was completely disinterested in the exhibition itself.”

This year's exhibition, entitled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”, the late master's unrivaled work at Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his eponymous label are celebrated in 150 glorious pieces in "A Line of Beauty."

However, even the most dedicated supporters of the event might be surprised by the full story. What would become the foundation of the Met's Costume Institute holdings was created by stage designer Aline Bernstein and theater producer Irene Lewisohn nearly a century ago: a collection of costumes that could serve as a source of inspiration for theater designers.

The Costume Institute Benefit, a midnight dinner that quickly became the year's most anticipated event, was spearheaded by legendary fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert in 1948. Lambert was responsible for establishing New York Fashion Week. It was only after the mid 1970s, when previous Vogue manager in boss Diana Vreeland joined the Ensemble Establishment as a specialist, that the occasion started to take the shape we know toda

Anna Wintour, chief editor of Vogue, took over the Met Gala in 1995, when it finally moved to its current location: the first Monday in May. Its guest list changed to reflect the fashion, entertainment, and political stars who broke new ground.

The Gala keeps each design devotee on their feet, standing by to see which big name will offer the strong expression and which one of them will accomplish the most rich appearance. The event's themes each represent a fashion era, both bringing back old trends and establishing new ones. Many costume designers in the industry have the opportunity to showcase their skills and talents at the Met Gala, a major event. Fashion design and costume design are frequently combined. Despite the fact that they require the same set of skills and education, their fields of work are vastly different.

Frequently named the 'Oscars of style', the occasion attracts the greatest Top notch names, who will dress as per a set subject, normally in custom tailored manifestations from the world's most significant design originators.

The exhibition's theme for this year is "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty", will not be a typical retrospective but will instead pay unique tribute to his life's work.

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But who is Karl Lagerfeld? After running Chanel since 1983, Karl Lagerfeld was one of the most successful designers in the fashion industry. He planned Chanel's prepared to-wear and couture lines, his own mark, and teamed up with Silvia Fendi to make Fendi's prepared to-wear assortments. The aesthetic of Lagerfeld was infused with cultural and historical references, despite the fact that he was renowned for his Renaissance-like intelligence.

After winning the coats category in a 1955 design competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat, Lagerfeld was hired as Pierre Balmain's assistant. After working for Balmain for three years, he moved to Jean Patou in 1958, where he helped design ten haute couture collections. In 1964, Lagerfeld began working as a freelancer for the French fashion house Chloé after a brief period working for Tiziano, a Rome-based couture house. At first, Lagerfeld only designed a few pieces for each season; eventually, he designed the entire collection. He started working with Curiel on a brief design project in 1965, and then he started working with Fendi.

Karl Lagerfeld was the designer's first line, and he told Vogue, "I've not been dreaming all my life to have my name over a shop." Now that it is the right time, we will put it there; and why not use the name I created? In 2005, Lagerfeld sold the label to the Tommy Hilfiger group. He continued to be its chief creative officer and actively participated in the design process.

The German-born designer changed fashion's direction in addition to revolutionizing some of the industry's most recognizable brands. He was brilliant and endlessly quotable. His vision expanded design's compass to traverse everything from superstar to artistic work and he infused an industry once broadly stuffy and white-gloved with trying, youth and disrespectfulness.

Over the years, Lagerfeld maintained a formidable workload driven by a dizzying forward momentum. He was the only designer to show two haute couture collections in Paris each season, and he designed more than a dozen collections annually for three visually distinct houses: Chanel, Fendi, and his namesake label. He frequently photographed and filmed editorials for leading magazine sign process and advertising campaigns for the houses under his direction.

The irreverent way in which he manipulated the Chanel collection was the genius of Lagerfeld. He made faction things of the house's bouclé tweeds, pearls, plated buttons, two-conditioned footwear and interlocking C's for another age. He made the jackets smaller, the skirts shorter, and the accessories more blingy. He did this by contributing to the creation of a luxury empire worth many billions of pounds and providing a model for designers like Tom Ford, Nicolas Ghesquière, and Marc Jacobs, who have since revitalized dying fashion houses. H&M launched its first-ever designer partnership with Lagerfeld in 2004. The novel idea helped blur the distinction between high and low fashion. Following Comme des Garçons, Lanvin, and Maison Margiela's subsequent collections, its success made designer collaborations an annual part of its fashion calendar.

Anna Wintour said that Lagerfeld's popularity was unavoidable.There’s just so much more media focused on fashion,” she told The New Yorker in 2007. “And because Karl is such a fascinating and unusual character and such an establishment figure at the same time - and of course so extraordinarily talented - it’s just been on a parallel course”.

In the 20th and 21st centuries, Karl Lagerfeld was one of the most prolific and well-liked designers. He passed away in Paris. He was 85. His signature ponytail and dark glasses made him an instantly recognisable figure around the world. After being noticeably absent from the Chanel haute couture shows in Paris last month, news of Lagerfeld's death comes. The French fashion house issued a statement stating that Lagerfeld "was feeling tired," despite rumors that he was in poor health. At the time, Viard gave the final bow in place of Lagerfeld.

Karl Lagerfeld was an example to follow. With wit and glee, he defined what it means to be a designer in the 21st century. It hurts even more to lose him because he was always in love with his work and the world, and his death ends the era of craftspeople who could do everything. Karl was the embodiment of style: agitated, forward-looking, and oblivious to the shifting culture around them. He was the first to realize that ready-to-wear was more than just a cheap version of couture; it was the vibrant heart of the new, successful woman's lifestyle. He also ventured out on his own as perhaps the world's most dazzling freelancer, designing multiple labels with electric energy, at a time when his peers were seeking shelter in fashion houses. I once made a joke about Karl being a one-man brand, just like the Chanel suit he gave a second life to. And Anna Wintour now is dedicating her event for her dear friend who unfortunately died the morning of February 19th, 2019.