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Who will be couture queen of fall galas?by Amanda Gordon
It looks like soprano Renee Fleming will have a running start to rule the fashion pages next gala season. For the first time in the Metropolitan Opera's history, Karl Lagerfield, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix will design costumes, for Ms. Fleming to wear in a concert of fully staged scenes at the season opening gala on September 22, the Met announced today. "Their sense of poetry in motion is a total complement to the music that I will be singing," Ms. Fleming said of the designers in the Met's press release. Mr. Lacroix will create two dresses for Ms. Fleming in the role of Violetta, one for each scene in the second act of La Traviata. Mr. Lagerfeld for Chanel will design the dress for Manon. For the final scene from Capriccio, Ms. Fleming will wear a creation by Mr. Galliano. No word yet what Ms. Fleming will wear to the black-tie supper after the concert, when she will be surrounded by dozens of adoring and couture-clad women such as Mercedes Bass, a devotee of Oscar de la Renta. But not only Ms. Fleming's beauty and talent will give her a dramatic edge: she will likekly be the only woman present who is launching a perfume: Coty Inc. has created a new fragrance, La Voce Renée Fleming, in honor of the singer, with a portion of proceeds to benefit the Met. Ms. Fleming will have the sweet smell and look of success on this night, and deservedly so.
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