Gisele Bündchenis flying solo (and looking fabulous!) at the 2023Met Gala.
The Brazilian supermodel, 42, attended the swanky annual fashion-showcase event — this year, with aKarl Lagerfeld-honoring theme — for the first time in 15 years withoutTom Brady, whom shedivorced in November 2022.
Bündchen wore a gorgeous white silk tulle Chanel dress embroidered with eye-catching vertical stripes of white sequins.
Gisele Bündchen at the 2023 Met Gala.John Shearer/WireImage
The model accentuated her dress with a white silk tulle long Chanel cape embellished with feathers and camelias. Both her dress and cape are from the Chanel Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2007 collection, according to a release from the brand.
Bündchen rocked Chanel shoes and carried a bag from the French label, topping off the look with earrings in 18K white gold, diamonds and cultured pearls, plus a ring in 18K white gold and diamonds.
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Gisele Bündchen at the 2023 Met Gala.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
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Bündchen wore her long brunette hair loose around her shoulders and stayed true to her go-to bronzed-beauty look, complete with a dark-pink lip.
Speaking toVogueon the red carpet, the supermodel revealed to livestream hostLa La Anthonywhy she picked this particular “gorgeous” Chanel dress.
“I wore this dress in a 2006 or 2007 editorial with [Lagerfeld], I wore the same dress,” Bündchen said. “So when I was picking a dress, I was like, which dress that is going to be the dress, and I thought this is the one!”
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Withintheir Met Gala history, the now-exes were named two of the co-chairs of the 2017 “Art of the In-Between” exhibit honoring the work of Comme des Garçons designerRei Kawakubo.
A source close to the model told PEOPLE in January that, following her split from Brady, Bündchen was"starting over in a good frame of mind"and that she felt “confident, strong and better than she has in a long, long time.”
“She knows she made the right decision in her life, and is focused on her career and her kids,” the source added of Bündchen, who shares 13-year-old son Benjamin and 10-year-old daughterVivianwith the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback.
The source also revealed that “Gisele will do what she needs to do and go where she needs to be, and I think that includes the Met Gala red carpet.”
Tom Brady; Gisele Bündchen.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty; George Pimentel/Getty
Since finalizing her split from the former NFL player last fall after 13 years of marriage, Bündchen has appeared ready to dive back into work.
“She is super charged about her career in the next few months,” aninsider told PEOPLEin January. “She is busy making decisions and feels happy and more settled than she has in a long time.”
The same source said Bündchen “feels a sense of renewal with newfound energy and a happy future outlook,” adding, “Her life was in flux for so long and now it is more settled. She is optimistic.”
Officially titled “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” the 2023 Met Gala theme honors the famed German fashion designerwho died in February 2019 at the age of 85.
source: people.com
