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Magnolia flowers, pearls and a pastel palette: there were plenty of nods to Karl Lagerfeld's artistic leadership at Chanel at the Costume Institute's annual gala in New York. Yet as a new exhibition of his celebrated designs opens inside the Met, we find out why this homage has stirred up controversy. We also take a look at the line-up of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, as director Ruben Östlund leads a gender-balanced band of artists from all over the world. Elsewhere, our reporters in Abidjan give us the inside track on "FEMUA", Africa’s biggest urban music festival. Plus we check out a new exhibition celebrating photographer Elliott Erwitt's talent for capturing the humour in everyday life.
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A-listers took to the red carpet on Monday, 1 May, at the Met gala in New York to pay tribute to the late, legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion's party of the year celebrated the late king of couture, Karl Lagerfeld. Stars including Doja Cat and Jessica Chastain glammed up in honor of Lagerfeld, dressing up as his iconic cat Choupette and the designer himself, respectively. IMAGES
Fashion's most famous nonconformist, supermodel Stella Tennant died suddenly on Tuesday in England. She was just 50 years old. CNN reports Tennant was the darling of '90s fashion with her androgynous look, blunt pixie, and steely gaze. She was a muse to fashion luminaries like Helmut Lang, and the late Karl Lagerfeld when he headed Chanel. Tennant continued to appear on runways until early this year, when she walked for Valentino for Paris Fashion Week. She is survived by her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.