At the 2023 Met Gala, Dua Lipa was a Chanel girl for the night. She walked the carpet in the iconic wedding dress worn by supermodel Claudia Schiffer during the Chanel Fall/Winter 1992 show. As co-host for the night, Lipa’s dedication to the theme didn’t stop there. The singer’s afterparty look was serving all the classic ’90s Chanel realness and it was oh-so-good, we’re still thinking about it days later.
Post-carpet and inside the Gala, Lipa changed into another iconic look. She wore a black sheer lace dress originally worn by another ’90s super — Stephanie Seymour — on the Spring/Summer 1995 Spring Couture Chanel runway.
But, let’s take it back to the reason why we’re here: the afterparty looks. Many celebs leaned into the ultra-feminine side of things for the Met Gala carpet. We saw a lot of lace, pearls and bows for a true homage to the work of Karl Lagerfeld, who helmed Chanel for 36 years. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2023 Costume Institute exhibit honors the work of the late designer, and the Gala’s theme was “in honor of Karl.”) For the afterparties, attendees traded in their pretty dresses and leaned into the super sexy silhouettes loaded up with tons of accessories that dominated the Chanel runways in the ’90s.
Lipa looked straight out of a Karl Lagerfeld ’90s Chanel campaign. She wore a chic Chanel two-piece styled with piles of accessories, reminiscent of the Linda Evangelista photo shot by Karl himself.
Lipa wasn’t the only starlet to channel this era. Rita Ora was decked in vintage Chanel jewelry, gloves and mini bag as well as a vintage Fendi coat courtesy of What Goes Around Comes Around.
Along with Lipa and Ora, Met Gala livestream co-host La La Anthony stunned in a sexy sheer number with piles of gold Chanel accessories for the afterparty circuit.
To recreate this look for yourself, it’s the one time you shouldn’t abide by Coco Chanel’s most iconic quote, “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.” Because to nail it, you should pile on a plethora of accessories — and them add some more!
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