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Exhibition

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

May 5th - July 16th, 2023
Free with Museum admission

The Costume Institute’s spring 2023 exhibition will examine the work of Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019). Focusing on the designer’s stylistic vocabulary as expressed in aesthetic themes that appear time and again in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in 2019, the show will spotlight the German-born designer’s unique working methodology. Most of the approximately 150 pieces on display will be accompanied by Lagerfeld’s sketches, which underscore his complex creative process and the collaborative relationships with his premières, or head seamstresses. Lagerfeld’s fluid lines united his designs for Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his eponymous label, Karl Lagerfeld, creating a diverse and prolific body of work unparalleled in the history of fashion.

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Dates
May 5th - July 16th, 2023
Free with Museum admission
An open fan with a female silhouette in front of the shadow of a woman and white text that reads Karl Lagerfeld A Line of Beauty