Editing Karl Lagerfeld (section)

==== Metropolitan Museum of Art 2023 Costume Institute Exhibition and Met Gala ====
The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] honored the designer with a retrospective of his work with Balmain, Patou, Chloe, Fendi, Chanel, and his eponymous line. The posthumous exhibition, ''Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty'' spanned Lagerfeld's six-decade career and included more than 150 objects.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=Just In: New Details About the Upcoming Met Exhibition, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/just-in-new-details-about-the-upcoming-met-exhibition-karl-lagerfeld-a-line-of-beauty |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

Chanel, Fendi, Condé Nast, and Lagerfeld's own fashion brand provided support for the exhibition and the accompanying 2023 [[Met Gala]].<ref name="Mukherjee">{{cite news |last=Mukherjee |first=Nilam |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Everything We Know About the 2023 Met Gala |url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/met-gala-2023-details-karl-lagerfeld-theme-hosts |access-date=January 15, 2024 |work=[[L'Officiel]]}}</ref> The 2023 fête was co-chaired by [[Michaela Coel]], [[Penélope Cruz]], [[Roger Federer]], [[Dua Lipa]], and Condé Nast Global Chief Content Officer, [[Anna Wintour]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feitelberg |first=Rosemary |date=2023-03-22 |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shares Details About Upcoming Karl Lagerfeld Exhibition |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-shares-details-upcoming-karl-lagerfeld-exhibition-1235592192/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-23 |title=The Met Museum Reveals Details Regarding Upcoming Karl Lagerfeld Exhibition |url=https://hypebeast.com/2023/3/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-karl-lagerfeld-a-line-of-beauty-exhibition-details |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Hypebeast}}</ref> [[Pritzker Prize]]-winning architect [[Tadao Ando]] designed the exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=designboom |first=kat barandy I. |date=2023-03-23 |title=the MET announces tadao ando as designer of karl lagerfeld exhibition |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/karl-lagerfeld-tadao-ando-metropolitan-museum-art-met-exhibition-line-beauty-03-23-2023/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}</ref> Curator Andrew Bolton expounded on the exhibition's inspiration in the April 2023 issue of ''Architectural Digest''. Bolton explained that the tribute would focus largely on Lagerfeld's design process, specifically his sketches, and would showcase both the literal lines of Lagerfeld's drawings as well as the sartorial lines or silhouettes of his works.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=Take a first look at the Met's Karl Lagerfeld exhibition design |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/tadao-ando-take-a-first-look-at-the-mets-karl-lagerfeld-exhibition-design/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Architectural Digest India |language=en-IN}}</ref>