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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Morwenna Ferrier

‘The Hitchcock of fashion’: Met Gala to pay tribute to Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld with his trademark quiff and ponytail in 2002.
Karl Lagerfeld with his trademark quiff and ponytail in 2002. Photograph: Ralf Orlowski/AP

Fun, Fendi but hopefully no fur, the 65-year career of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld will be the subject of a blockbuster exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York next spring, as well as the celebratory benefit – or Met Gala – in May.

Speaking at a press conference in Paris, Anna Wintour, the editor of US Vogue and the exhibition’s honorary co-chair, said the idea came shortly after Lagerfeld died in 2019.

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