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Met Gala 2023: How Karl Lagerfeld's controversial legacy showed up on the red carpet

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna attend The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)
A$AP Rocky and Rihanna attend The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld)

Cat costumes, Chanel brides and a cockroach on the carpet: It’s the Met Gala, baby.

Here & Now‘s Tiziana Dearing talks with Washington Post fashion writer Rachel Tashjian all about the fashion — and controversy — surrounding this year’s event.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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