The gala, a fundraising dinner party that pays for all the excellent work the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute does, takes place on the first Monday of every May and has top American and European celebrities togged up in costumes. This year’s theme has raised eyebrows ever since it was announced, as Lagerfeld has unarguably been the most controversial figure in fashion for decades. Yet the celebrities attending paid effusive homage, with Jared Leto and Doja Cat dressed as Lagerfeld’s pampered cat, Choupette.
Lagerfeld’s legacy has been coloured by comments that may have been considered witty once, but are unforgivable today. He has been called fatphobic, racist, Islamophobic and a misogynist. When a fashion label announced they were using curvy women on the catwalk, Lagerfeld quipped: “You’ve got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying that thin models are ugly.” He called Adele “too fat” and Heidi Klum “too heavy”.
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