It was announced on Sept 30 2022 that the theme for the 2023 Met Gala will be a tribute to the late designer Karl Largerfeld. The late former creative director for Chanel who died from pancreatic cancer in 2019 will be honored as some speak out against it. “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” will “explore the artistic methodology and stylistic vocabulary of Karl Lagerfeld’s designs through recurring themes across more than 65 years, from the 1950s to his final collection in 2019.” According to the Met.

The Met Gala will be held on May 1st 2023, and the exhibition will run from May to July 2023 which will feature about 150 of Karl’s designs that he created while creative director for Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, Balmain and Patou, as well as items from his eponymous label. The head curator of the Met Andrew Bolton said that he got inspired after hearing Largerfeld’s design assistants pay tribute at the memorial service of the late designer.

“I was so fascinated by how they communicated [with Lagerfeld], which was by drawings,” Bolton told CNN Sept. 30. “Every single design in his life was a sketch. And when I saw the drawings, I thought, ‘These are so charming, so whimsical, so impressionistic.’ But what I didn’t realize was that they contained really precise information—about a shoulder line or the length of a sleeve. And [his staff] knew exactly what this line meant or what that dot meant, and they could decode it.”

Jameela Jamil took to social media to say: “Why is THIS who we celebrate when there are so many AMAZING designers out there who aren’t bigoted white men? What happened to everyone’s principles and ‘advocacy.’ You don’t get to stand for justice in these areas, and then attend the celebration of someone who reveled in his own public disdain for marginalized people. ”Lagerfelt’s controversial 2009 interview in which he told German magazine Focus that “no one wants to see curvy women.” she also stated. “If you don’t want your pants pulled about, don’t become a model! Join a nunnery, there’ll always be a place for you in the convent,” Lagerfeld reportedly told Numero in 2018. Well not everyone is happy about the theme for the biggest event in fashion.

However the late designer was highly talented, and his contributions to fashion was nothing less then amazing! The show will go on nonetheless.