" I think he really went back down remembering lane . "
Last night, Devon Aoki attended her firstMet Galawearing a Y2K-inspired dress designed by Jeremy Scott. The gala’stheme this yearis “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.”
Given the deep and, arguably, iconic history between Devon, Jeremy, and Karl, it’s especially fitting that Devon’s firstMet Galahonors the legacy of Karl and that Jeremy designed her dress.
Needless to say, the people were obsessed with the look and excited to see Devon on the carpet:
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“I think he really went back down memory lane."
Jeremy — who recently stepped down as the creative director of Moschino after 10 years — founded his eponymous label in 1997, and Karl quickly became a fan. Karl subsequently helped to increase Jeremy’s profile in the fashion industry and later named Jeremy the only designer who could succeed him at Chanel.
(Devon also attended the opening — here she is with Jeremy.)
While working on his third (all-white) collection in the late ’90s, Jeremy discovered a photo of Devon inThe Facemagazine and decided to cast her in his show, where she made her runway debut at 13 years old.
After debuting, Devon quickly became a fashion icon. By 16, Devon succeededNaomi Campbellas the face of Versace. By 17, she began walking for Chanel.
Karl, who served as the creative director of Chanel from 1983 until his death in 2019, would famously close his Chanel couture shows with a “Chanel bride” — his choice “it girl” supermodel dressed in an exquisite bridal look. By 1999, Karl selected Devon as a Chanel bride, and she began closing out Chanel couture shows.
That same year, Devontold the Independent, “I always thought models had to fit a certain mold. I never thought I had what it takes. I’m too small, and my look’s pretty weird. I don’t fit the status quo. I suppose that’s a good thing. Not everyone’s 5'10” and stick thin. There’s more diversity now. It’s OK to be shorter and look sort of different.”
Over the years, Devon cemented her legacy as a supermodel and continued to walk for Jeremy Scott and Chanel, even walking the Moschino runway for Jeremy in 2016 (at 33 years old) after not having walked in a decade.
Now it’s only fitting for the two to come together again at this year’s Met Gala to honor Karl, “a man who championed us both,” asdescribed byJeremy.
When speakingwith Vogue, Jeremy revealed exactly how he came up with Devon’s Y2K-inspired dress (and his complementary tux), taking inspiration from Karl’s iconic designs and his own history with Devon.
Right off the bat, Jeremy took inspiration from Karl’s well-known use of black and white throughout his career to determine the color palette of the look.
“I then thought about one iconic Chloé dress he did with black jet-beaded trompe-l’oeil folds,” hesaid, referencing Karl’s Fall 1983 Ready To Wear collection for Chloé, including this one…
…and this one.
Jeremy then combined Karl’s black-and-white color scheme and Chloé dress with a white, winged leather minidress Devon wore during his own label’s Fall 2001 show in Paris — the last time the three of them were together.
While BuzzFeed ca n’t publish the mental image , you may see Devon in the winged minidresshere .
“I took my iconic wing and came back to it, fusing it with these nods from Karl for both Devon’s gown and my tuxedo jacket,” heexplained, and the fittings proved to be emotional for the pair, who attribute their close bond to growing up in fashion together.
“Trying on the dress was a cathartic moment for both of us, considering our time together in the industry from babies to now,” Devonsaid.
She also described her relationship with Karl as one of her life’s greatest gifts. Echoing her sentiments from more than two decades ago, Devonsaid: “As a young teenager, he made me feel seen, loved, and special. He plucked me from this obscure place of not being a standout to being his muse and being celebrated.”
“It was really such an incredible thing for me as a young biracial girl, [who was] shorter than most of the other girls with untraditional looks,” sheconcluded.
Read Jeremy and Devon’s full interview with Voguehere, and check out the rest of the Met Gala lookshere.
