The brand, of course, is Chanel, which named Stewart an ambassador in 2013, a relationship that continues with the house’s 2023 Spring/Summer ad campaign. And there’s no mistaking she found Lagerfeld endlessly inspiring, both personally and professionally: “Such a leader, such a teacher, such a compassionate, endlessly curious motherfucker,” said Stewart in 2019 at the pre-Oscar Charles Finch dinner in Los Angeles, just days after Lagerfeld’s death on Feb. 19 of that year.
Stewart is wearing Look #5 from that 2016/2017 Cruise collection, a white cropped jacket with a black satin lapel and black high-waisted trousers, paired with a white shirt and black tie. The look, Swennen says, is not meant to evoke thoughts of a Lagerfeld impersonation. “Kristen is doing a nod to him personally, but this is not about imitating Karl,” Swennen says in an interview Friday evening.
Because the desire is to evoke the runway look, Stewart won’t wear any jewelry, but a Chanel watch was still being discussed as of Monday afternoon, “either a men’s watch or something tiny with a satin strap,” Swennen adds.
Kristen Stewart is wearing a high-contrast, black-and-white Chanel outfit from Karl Lagerfeld’s 2016/2017 Cruise Collection at tonight’s MetGala