The fashion world’s crème de la crème honored late Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld Thursday in Paris.
The sprawling Grand Palais was plastered with giant photos of the fashion guru, who died in February at 85.
Guests at the “Karl For Ever” celebration included newlywed Charlotte Casiraghi, her mom Princess Caroline, Gigi Hadid, Claudia Schiffer, Carine Roitfeld, Valentino Garavani, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, artist Jeff Koons, “Game of Thrones” star Richard Madden and LVMH chief Bernard Arnault.
The event was overseen by acclaimed opera director Robert Carsen, and opened with a clip of Lagerfeld interviewing himself.
“I don’t deliver a description of my person. You have what you see — there’s nothing behind,” he quipped.
Also at the ceremony, Anna Wintour called Lagerfeld, “the original multitasker,” Tilda Swinton recited the designer’s favorite quote from Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando,” and Cara Delevingne read a poem by Colette as photos of Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette flashed.
Lang Lang and Pharrell Williams also performed as Dame Helen Mirren recalled “Karl-isms.” Chanel boss Alain Wertheimer said: “Above all, I was seduced by the prospect of having conversations with him.”