The air was heady with ’90s nostalgia on the first Monday in May. Celebrity guests had immersed themselves in the archives ahead of a Met Gala that celebrated the work of the late Karl Lagerfeld, and many of them landed in the same spot: Lagerfeld’s blockbuster Chanel runway shows in the era of the original super.
More than 30 years after Claudia Schiffer floated down Chanel’s fall 1992 couture runway in a tweed ballgown, 2023 Met Gala co-host Dua Lipa gave the fairytale look another outing on the red carpet. (“I always love seeing these special looks live a second life,” an approving Claudia wrote on Instagram.) Only this time, the pop star paired it with a world-famous 100-carat necklace—courtesy of none other than Tiffany & Co., imbuing the look with a lilting elegance. Lizzo, meanwhile, looked to a memorable runway appearance from Linda Evangelista: the pearls decorating the musician’s Chanel dress riffed on the super’s fall 1991 look. On the flipside, whilst Kendall Jenner opted for a Marc Jacobs look on the red carpet, she paid due homage to a near-naked look from Chanel’s 1993 runway for her after-party look, reinterpreted by Nensi Dojaka.
All in all, the 2023 Met Gala undeniably ran the gamut of runway collections that Lagerfeld had dreamt up during his time at the fashion house. See these and other runway throwbacks from the night, below.
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1993
Cindy Crawford on the Chanel runway.
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2023
Margot Robbie at the Met in a recreation of the runway piece. “Love seeing this look come back to life,” Cindy said on Instagram.
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1992
Claudia Schiffer wore the tweed ballgown with a coordinating hat on the Chanel Haute Couture catwalk.
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2023
Dua Lipa accessorised with Tiffany & Co.’s Legendary Diamond instead of a chapeau.
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1991
A memorable appearance from Linda Evangelista in pearls and a backwards baseball cap on the Chanel runway.
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2023
Lizzo’s Chanel Met Gala dress riffed on Linda’s ’90s look.
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1993
German supermodel Nadja Auermann on the Chanel runway.
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2023
Nensi Dojaka made a version of the Chanel look for Kendall Jenner to wear to the after-parties.
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1996
Naomi Campbell’s autumn/winter 1996 Chanel Haute Couture look.
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2023
As well as Phoebe’s signature skeleton motif, the pearls on her Met Gala gown evoked Naomi’s couture show ensemble.
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1988
Inès de la Fressange on the Chanel catwalk.
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2023
Harris Reed crafted this 2023 version of Inès de la Fressange’s runway look for Ashley Graham.
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1995
Stephanie Seymour in strapless black lace on the Chanel runway.
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2023
Following her turn on the red carpet in tweed, Dua swapped her ballgown for Stephanie’s lace dress to join her co-hosts inside.
This article was originally published on Vogue.com.
