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(L-R) Christy Turlington walks the runway during the Chanel Haute Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week Spring\/Summer 1992-1993 in January, 1992 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images), Lily-Rose Depp attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes On Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (BFA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every year since 1948, the\u00a0Met Gala<\/a> hosts fashion\u2019s biggest night<\/a>. The exclusive event gathers Hollywood\u2019s brightest stars with fashion\u2019s most legendary figures to celebrate the latest Costume Institute exhibit and raise museum funds. Of course, everyone dresses to nines in theme-appropriate looks or in rule book-defying ensembles. This year, the upcoming exhibition is entitled \u201cKarl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty<\/a>,\u201d and the theme celebrates the life and work of the revolutionary couturier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Serving alongside the Gala’s longtime honorary hosts Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, and Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, the 2023 Met Gala co-chairs include Dua Lipa, Michaela Coel, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Roger Federer.<\/p>\n

According to an official statement acquired by\u00a0CNN<\/em><\/a>, the presentation will consist of 150 designs that \u201cexplore the designer\u2019s stylistic language.\u201d The exhibition will include sketches and designs from Lagerfeld<\/a>\u2019s tenure as creative director of Fendi, Chlo\u00e9 and Chanel, along with creations from his time at Balmain, Patou. There will also be pieces from his namesake label, for a true retrospective of his six-decade career, which lasted until his death at the age of 85 in 2019.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Lagerfeld<\/a> may not have liked that his clothes would be shown in a museum. Andrew Bolton, the chief costume curator said<\/a>, \u201cWhen we worked on the Chanel show together he was incredibly generous in what he lent, but he was completely disinterested in the exhibition itself! He would say \u2018fashion is not art \u2014 fashion belongs on the street, on women\u2019s bodies, on men\u2019s bodies.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolton, who is also writing an book on the designer, told CNN<\/em><\/a> that Lagerfeld \u201cwould have hated a retrospective,\u201d but that the showcase will be laid out like an \u201cessay\u201d on his inimitable career. Bolton will also receive a helping hand from Amanda Harlech, who previously worked alongside the couturier, as the exhibit\u2019s creative consultant.<\/p>\n

In 1954 the wunderkind kicked off his career, winning the esteemed Woolmark Prize in a tie with fellow up-and-comer Yves Saint Laurent. Lagerfeld went on to become Pierre Balmain\u2019s assistant just a year later, before taking the reins as art director at Parisian fashion house Jean Patou. Later, Lagerfeld would go on to helm Chlo\u00e9, take on a life-long partnership at Italian fashion house Fendi in 1965, before eventually becoming the chief artistic director at Chanel.<\/p>\n

The highly anticipated exhibit will be on display beginning May 5, following the Met Gala on May 1, 2023.<\/p>\n

While this year\u2019s soir\u00e9e is sure to showcase a tour de force of Lagerfeld’s finest, we\u2019re looking back on some of the most radical ensembles designed by Lagerfeld that have been worn to the Met Gala. See Chanel’s greatest hits at the Met Gala throughout the years.<\/p>\n

2005: Nicole Kidman in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Actress Nicole Kidman attends the MET Costume Institute Gala Celebrating Chanel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art May 2, 2005 In New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2011: Blake Lively in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Blake Lively and Karl Lagerfeld attend the “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2011 in New York City. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2013: Mary-Kate Olsen in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Mary-Kate Olsen attends the Costume Institute Gala for the “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013 in New York City. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2014: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen in vintage Chanel and Gianfranco Ferr\u00e9<\/h4>\n
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Ashely Olsen (L) and Mary-Kate Olsen attend the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2015: Dakota Johnson in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Dakota Johnson attends the “China: Through The Looking Glass” Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2016: Willow Smith in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Willow Smith arrives for the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology” Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Karwai Tang\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2017: Cara Delevingne in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Cara Delevingne at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2018: Yara Shahidi in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Yara Shahidi attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by George Pimentel\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2019: Pen\u00e9lope Cruz in Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Penelope Cruz attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2019: Lily-Rose Depp in vintage Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Lily-Rose Depp attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes On Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Karwai Tang\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2019: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen in vintage Chanel<\/h4>\n
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Ashley Olsen (L) and Mary Kate Olsen attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. 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