What to Know About Timothée Chalamet Skipping the 2023 Met Gala

Timothée Chalamet did not make his highly-anticipated return to fashion's biggest night at the 2023 Met Gala.

Though he has not yet publicly explained his absence, the Hollywood heartthrob is likely busy as he continues his promo tour for the second installment of Dune. His last public appearance occurred last month at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where he stepped onstage alongside Dune costar Zendaya.

Chalamet first attended the Met Gala back in 2021, when he served as a co-chair alongside Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, and Naomi Osaka.

At the time, Chalamet looked dapper in a white Haider Ackermann double-breasted suit jacket with matching white sweatpants. He memorably capped off the ensemble with a pair of high-top Converse All-Stars.

This year's Gala's theme, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," pays homage to the life and legacy of the late Chanel creative director.

The Costume Institute describes the spring 2023 exhibition as an exploration of "the work of Karl Lagerfeld. Focusing on the designer’s stylistic vocabulary as expressed in aesthetic themes that appear time and again in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in 2019, the show will spotlight the German-born designer’s unique working methodology."

The exhibition will additionally showcase about 150 of Lagerfeld's designs, as well as some of his sketches, both of which "underscore his complex creative process and the collaborative relationships with his premières, or head seamstresses. Lagerfeld’s fluid lines united his designs for Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his eponymous label, Karl Lagerfeld, creating a diverse and prolific body of work unparalleled in the history of fashion."

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