The Wildest, Over-the-Top Beauty Looks at the 2023 Met Gala
usmagazine.comBeyond beautiful. The stars stepped out to the 2023 Met Gala for fashion’s biggest night on May 1 and the over-the-top makeup and hair looks were just as memorable as the elaborate ensembles.Indeed, the first Monday in May is here and luminaries from film, television, music, the model world, sports, art and culture mingled to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Attendees dressed to impress while honoring late designer Karl Lagerfeld.This year’s theme reflects the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, which opens to members the day after the gala and to the public on May 5: “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.” The show pays homage to the German fashion icon’s body of work, most notably his devotion to clean lines and simple elegance with a wink in his collections for Chanel, Fendi, Chloe, Balmain, Patou and of course his eponymous line from the 1950s until his death in 2019.Perhaps best known for his tenure at Chanel, where he held the design reins since 1983, the fashion juggernaut was integral in choosing the French fashion house’s celebrity spokesmodels, including Nicole Kidman as the face of Chanel No.5 fragrance in 2004 and Kristen Stewart to front the Chanel Gabrielle scent in 2017.Co-chairs of this year’s event include actors Michaela Coel and Penelope Cruz, tennis great Roger Federer, singing sensation Dua Lipa and of course Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who is integral in pairing designers with celebrity attendees for the ultimate red carpet reveals.While the stars are quite familiar with the glitter and glamour of big-nights-out in front of the cameras, the annual Met Gala is perhaps the most notable for truly over-the-top sartorial spectacles, including intricate hair and makeup
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