The archives opened up for the 2023 Met Gala, with Karl Lagerfeld’s former homes lending out clothes from previous a long time to create a strolling retrospective of the designer’s profession. Nicole Kidman was one of many many attendees who arrived on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Monday night time in a glance steeped in historical past, however she could have been the one one on the pink carpet who was a part of their costume’s first life.

Kidman arrived to the Met Steps carrying a lightweight pink robe of silk tulle lined in 250 pink ostrich feathers, and over 3,000 silver crystals and sequins. If the costume appears to be like acquainted, that could be as a result of Kidman has already worn it, although not on a pink carpet. In 2004, the actress donned the costume for “Chanel N. 5, the movie,” a three-minute lengthy advert for the well-known perfume directed by Baz Luhrmann, whom Kidman labored with simply three years prior on Moulin Rouge. The video, which price $33 million to make and nonetheless stays the costliest advert to at the present time, stars Kidman as a starlet who escapes the general public eye on the top of her fame. She is seen operating by way of Occasions Sq., the pink costume floating behind her, when she meets a person, portrayed by Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro. The 2 rapidly fall in love, however sadly it isn’t lengthy earlier than Kidman leaves him behind to return to her life within the highlight.

Whereas on the Met Gala pink carpet, Kidman spoke to LaLa Anthony in regards to the course of of making the costume for the advert twenty years in the past. She recalled “becoming it repeatedly” and he or she nonetheless has the sketches from when Lagerfeld drew up the design proper in entrance of her. “I feel my deep love of Karl got here by way of this time collectively,” she stated. The actress additionally emphasised that she needed to indicate the lasting nature of a couture robe. “In the event you care for them and love them, they’re timeless,” she stated. “To have the ability to put on the identical factor twenty years later and it nonetheless holds…There’s whimsy to it and it’s so mild as a feather, it’s so unbelievably comfy, and it’s all handmade. It’s couture.”

Kidman additionally talked about that the pink hue was an apparent alternative for Lagerfeld when it got here to designing for Kidman. “I keep in mind he made me a pink costume for the Oscars one yr,” she informed Vogue. “When he designed, he all the time cherished to see me within the palest of pink.”

The actress confirmed off the robe on the Met Steps, posing together with her husband, Keith City by her aspect. At one level, Kidman ran into Luhrmann, who was additionally in attendance on the Gala, making for fairly “The Movie” reunion, and actually bringing this second full circle.