The Best Looks From Asia Stars At The 2023 Met Gala

Stars were aligned at this year’s Met Gala, celebrating the life and legacy of German-born fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.

Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute annually on the first Monday in May, the Met Gala marks the opening of each year’s grand fashion exhibit and invites a meticulously-arranged list of guests to a banquet gathering and a preview of the exhibit.

This year, the theme is all about Karl Lagerfeld and his long-lasting influence on fashion. Lagerfeld, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 85, was one of the most renowned, prolific, but also controversial designers within the industry, and at the end of his life and career, held the creative director title at three fashion brands all at the same time. This included Chanel, Fendi, and his eponymous brand.

This year’s “The Oscars of fashion” saw a number of Asian performers and celebrities taking on the red carpet, including Everything Everywhere All At Once stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, K-pop star Jennie from Blackpink, Olympic skier Eileen Gu, as well as Lagerfeld’s muse — supermodel Devon Aoki, and more.

All eyes were on how these stars interpreted the dress code. While some arrived on the red carpet dressed in Lagerfeld’s past designs, some donned outfits that were inspired by his signature dressing style, which included a white dress shirt with detachable collars, a black pair of suit and tie, fingerless gloves and dark sunglasses.

1. Actress Michelle Yeoh in Karl Lagerfeld

2. Actor Ke Huy Quan in Dior Men

Quan perfectly recreated a Karl Lagerfeld look from 2013.

3. Singer Jennie Kim From Blackpink in Chanel

4. Athlete Eileen Gu in Robert Wun

5. Political advisor Huma Abedin in Fendi

6. Actress Stephanie Hsu in Valentino

7. Actor Simu Liu in Versace

8. Actress Devon Aoki in Jeremy Scott

Aoki was a great muse to Karl Lagerfeld in the 2000s.

9. Model Liu Wen in Tory Burch

10. Actress Vanessa Hudgens in Michael Kors

11. Actress Song Hye-Kyo in Fendi

12. Actress Ashley Park in Michael Kors

13. Actress Priyanka Chopra in Valentino

14. Model Alexa Chung in Róisín Pierce

15. Singer Conan Gray in Balmain

Lagerfeld loved folding fans as accessories in the 1990s.

16. Singer Jackson Wang in Louis Vuitton

17. Designer Vera Wang in Vera Wang

The much-anticipated exhibit “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”, curated by Andrew Bolton, curator in chief at the Anna Wintour Costume Center at the Met, and interiors designed by esteemed  Japanese architect Tadao Ando, will be on from May 5 to July 16, 2023.

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