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Simu Liu Embodies Karl Lagerfeld in Versace

Simu Liu arrives at the 2023 Met Gala and speaks with Emma Chamberlain about his deeply felt homage to Karl Lagerfeld's style, and his admiration of Emma's episode of 'Open Door' for Architectural Digest.

Released on 05/01/2023

Transcript

You look amazing. What's up?

Thank you so much.

You do, too.

Tell me about this.

This is, you know, this is Karl.

This is Karl.

I'm wearing Versace.

Yeah, this is so many of, you know,

Karl's iconic and he's you know,

obviously, such an iconic legendary individual

with such an iconic aesthetics-

The gloves are so Karl.

I got the gloves,

I got the, you know,

the broach and the super high,

like, can't-breathe collar.

[Emma] Totally.

Which is great.

Totally. Yeah, yeah.

Are you comfortable?

Are you uncomfortable?

Well- How are you feeling?

Who's comfortable at the Met Gala, you know?

Yes.

I mean, but I'm trying, you know?

I got a wonderful stylist working with me.

Amazing.

Knowing the people that we do, I'm just like,

Okay, I gotta get up my game.

Do you like collaborating with the stylist

or do you like, sort of,

just letting the stylist be creative?

What's sort of your preference?

Like, do you like collabing?

Yeah, I do,

but then sometimes I don't trust myself.

[Emma] Totally.

Like, how good is my taste?

I'm like, This is what I think.

But I don't know if what I think means anything.

But, that's why collaboration's great-

There you go.

Because you work together

and you come to a beautiful conclusion like this.

I watched your AD,

Architectural Digest Home tour.

Oh, thank you.

And I wanted to ask you what was like,

your, like, experience- My vision?

Working with the designer and like,

was it a lot of you?

Was a lot of them?

I love it.

This is like, the best interview ever.

No, I'm a huge fan.

Oh my God, I'm so honored!

Of you and your home-

Oh, thank you. And, I don't know.

But yeah, no, it's like,

I think it's the same thing.

I'm not experienced in designing a home, right?

I know what I like.

I vaguely know what I like.

Yeah.

And so it's all about coming to them and saying,

Here's kind of my vague vision.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And like,

Let's see what we can do together.

But I also like doing things

that might be a little weird to some-

Right. And I think that that's fun.

Like something-

You have to be a little weird, though.

You don't want to look like a catalog.

You wanna look like you.

Yeah, exactly.

Like it's lived in.

You look like you and Karl tonight-

Thank you so much.

And I think it's amazing.

I can't wait to see you in there.

Appreciate you.

[Emma] We can talk all things.

Let's do it. Okay, great.

Would you recommend your designer to me?

I absolutely would- Let's do it.

And I can give you a contact.

Boom. Let's do it. Done.

I'm doing business deals, you guys.

This is amazing.

I love it.

Good to see you.

You too, Emma.

You're off the hook.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

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