

The familiar mechanisms of the night started turning into gear. The 2022 Met Gala red carpet may have ended, but it was only just the beginning of the evenings standout fashion moments. Around four P.M., as a drizzle fell on the Upper East Side, a crowd gathered around The Mark Hotel to watch guests head over to The Met. Stars brought their A-game to the 2023 Met Gala, which paid tribute to the life and creative legacy of the late Karl Lagerfeld. Staging a reprise of the American fashion-themed event didn’t appear to damper initial enthusiasm. If the Met Gala red carpet, with its Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty theme, was where celebrities brought out their more elegant looks, then the after parties provided opportunities to let. The idea behind having another Met Gala so soon after the last one was presumably to get the event back on the traditional first Monday of May schedule.

She quickly made her way to the stage, but not as quickly as the crowd, who had gathered around to hear about what they could expect from the rest of their nights. On this occasion, Naomi Campbell was hosting the event along with Kate Moss and Riccardo Tisci. As Monday night became Tuesday morning in Manhattan, that meant a Richie Akiva-produced afterparty was well underway at Casa Cipriani. Celebrities spend months planning for it, scrutinizing their outfits down to every last button, embroidery detailor, in the case of Lil Nas X. At this stage of the much-vaunted return to normal, establishment players, whether in fashion or politics-the White House Correspondents’ Association held its first annual dinner in three years on Saturday-have mostly returned to their old stations. On the Podcast: Karl and Kittens Take the Met Gala Red Carpet. A few months later, on Monday night, it returned again. Last Night’s Met Gala After-Party Circuit Started at the Maison Karl Lagerfeld Soiree.

In September 2021, the Met Gala returned from its two-year-plus COVID dormancy. “Naomi, you ready?” a DJ asked from the stage at around 2:30 A.M.
