Designs by Karl Lagerfeld are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition,"Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," in New York on April 29, 2023.
Dark sunglasses, leather gloves, a pleated fan: Key parts of Karl Lagerfeld's personal aesthetic — which the designer curated as carefully as his collections — are displayed during the 2023 press preview of the Costume Institute's exhibition,"Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," on May 1, 2023. of Pierre Balmain and Patou, respectively. Video interviews conducted by French filmmaker Loïc Prigent, who documented the designer's work from 1997 to 2019, include footage of Lagerfeld's collections from Chanel, Chloé, Fendi and his eponymous label.