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The theme for the 2023 Met Gala has been revealed.

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour convened a huddle of top Paris Fashion Week insiders Friday to announce that the theme of next year’s annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute will be the work of the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.

The world-famous event — also billed as the Oscars of fashion — will celebrate the German-born couturier, who worked for decades simultaneously as creative director of French (Chanel), Italian (Fendi) and eponymous international fashion labels. He died in 2019 at 85.

The Met Gala will take place on May 1, in its traditional spot on the first Monday in May. 

The gala calls on designers to adorn stars, models and sometimes influencers in the fashions of a selected theme to match a wing of the museum's exhibit. Next year’s will be entitled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" and will see some 150 of his creations assembled together to see his "stylistic language," a Met press release says. Lagerfeld’s original sketches will also be on display.

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The star-studded event returned to the first Monday in May this year after getting pushed to September in 2021 and going virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2022 theme was "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" and called for a "gilded glamour" dress code — and it was a glamorous affair if ever there was one.

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The red carpet hosted a seemingly endless stream of stars, from Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who posed for the cameras before trekking up the famed steps of the Met.

Kardashian's look became one of the biggest talkers of the night: she showed up wearing the original skin-tight, sparkling Bob Mackie dress that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

She was praised for her stunning look, but there was some backlash too, both in concerns for her rapid weight loss to wear the dress and for fears she might have damaged the historic piece. The reality TV star said she lost 16 pounds to fit into the figure-hugging nude dress that she borrowed from Ripley's Believe It or Not, before changing into a replica.

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In the weeks following the event, a visual artist said he observed irreparable damage to the gown, which features more than 2,500 handstitched crystals. Ripley's denied the claims, saying the dress was returned "in the same condition it started in."

Other eye-popping looks came from Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Gemma Chan, Megan Thee Stallion and Gigi Hadid. 

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Contributing: Anika Reed and Elise Brisco, USA TODAY; The Associated Press

Karl Lagerfeld attends the Conde' Nast International Luxury Conference at Palazzo Vecchio on April 22, 2015 in Florence, Italy.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Friday next year's Met Gala theme: a celebration of the works of the late German designer Karl Lagerfeld.

The Gala, formally known as The Costume Institute Benefit, is an annual fundraiser scheduled for the first Monday in May — for next year, that means May 1. It is followed by the institute's annual spring exhibition, this year titled "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," which will be on view from May 5 through July 16.

Lagerfeld spent the majority of his life in the fashion world, with his first designs debuting in the 1950s. His final collection — following a nearly seven-decade career — was released in 2019. Lagerfeld died that same year at the age of 85. The Met's exhibition will showcase approximately 150 garments from Lagerfeld's time as creative director at several iconic, high-fashion retailers, including Chloé, Fendi and Chanel, as well as from his eponymous label.

"This immersive exhibition will unpack his singular artistic practice, inviting the public to experience an essential part of Lagerfeld's boundless imagination and passion for innovation," Max Hollein, a director at The Met, said in a press release.

The pieces will also be accompanied by Lagerfeld's sketches.

The Gala operates on an invitation-only basis, bringing celebrities, influencers and media personalities from around the globe. Themes are intended to guide attendees' fashion choices. This past year's theme, "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion," focused on American fashion throughout the decades. Other notable recent themes include "Camp: Notes on Fashion" (2019), "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" (2018) and "China Through the Looking Glass" (2015).

The benefit serves as The Costume Institute's main source of funding for its exhibitions, publications and other operations. This year's celebrity co-chairs — who will follow on the heels of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds — are yet to be announced.

Funding for this year's event comes from Chanel and Fendi, as well as from Karl Lagerfeld and Condé Nast.

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