As co-hostess of this fashion party that, this year, has paid homage to Karl Lagerfeld, Penélope Cruz has not disappointed and has triumphed with a beautiful white Chanel dress.
To think about the style and looks of Penélope Cruz is to also do it in Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld. The Spanish actress was the designer's muse and the close relationship they had, both personal and professional, has caused her to become one of the co-hosts of the Met Gala 2023 along with Roger Federer, Dua Lipa, and Michaela Coel.
Penelope is the first Spaniard to hold this position in one of the most anticipated red-carpet editions of the year and her leading role required a breathtaking look. And no, our most international actress has not disappointed and has dazzled on the stairs of the Metropolitan Museum in New York with a beautiful white dress. And yes, how could it be otherwise, it is a Chanel design.
Penelope Cruz's dress at the Met Gala
Karl Lagerfeld joined the French Maison in 1982, resurrecting it and placing it at the top of luxury fashion thanks to its renowned talent. But it wasn't almost two decades later that Penélope Cruz appeared in the designer's life. Specifically, in 1999, when the actress went to her first Chanel show and did so as a guest of honor.
All about my mother had just been released, the Almodóvar film that launched the Alcobendas film to stardom, and Penelope was in the international spotlight. There she began that professional relationship that later became a friendship and that made the interpreter one of the muses of the late creator.
Since then, Penélope has been one of the best ambassadors for Chanel, and in almost all the important and most special appointments of her career, the actress has worn some of Maison's designs. And for this very special edition of the Met Gala for her, she has paid tribute to her friend with a vintage-inspired bridal dress that has not gone unnoticed.
A vintage wedding dress to go to the Met Gala
Penelope has recovered an archive piece that belongs to the Spring Summer 1988 Haute Couture collection that Lagerfeld designed for Chanel and that has made us, for once, see Penelope dressed as a bride. It is a Haute Couture creation that Inès de la Fressange, another of Karl's muses, already wore, and that the Spaniard has covered so well.
Wedding dresses are well-known among Karl's proposals since he used to close the shows with a bridal option. Penelope wanted to honor him with one of them and, even though it is a 90s design, it has a detail that makes it super trendy: the hood.
It is a dress with a cancan, with a skirt marked at the waist and appliqués with rhinestones that cover the entire garment. She wears a jewel-buckled belt embellished with pearls and a sweetheart neckline that is attached to the tulle hood. On the latest red carpets, this type of accessory has been the absolute protagonist, and, Penelope, once again, has shown that she knows how to hit a red carpet.
