Olivia Wilde and Vogue editor Margaret Zhang wore the identical gown to the Met Gala, a uncommon fake pas for vogue's largest evening

• For what could be the first time ever, two Met Gala attendees arrived in the identical gown.
• Olivia Wilde and Vogue China editor Margaret Zhang each opted for a classic Chloe gown. 
• Wilde’s model was white and gold, whereas Zhang went for a darker coloration palette and edgy sun shades.

In what could also be a primary for vogue’s largest evening, two friends arrived on the Met Gala sporting noticeably related outfits. 

On Monday, a number of the most recognizable names in vogue, social media, Hollywood, and past gathered on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York Metropolis for the annual charity ball hosted by Vogue US editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

As Insider’s Samantha Grindell beforehand reported, the star-studded occasion has a brand new theme every year. For the 2023 installment, friends have been inspired to decide to the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence” theme, honoring the work of designer Karl Lagerfeld, Vogue reviews. Dua Lipa, Penélope Cruz, Michaela Coel, and Roger Federer co-chaired the occasion alongside Wintour. 

However in all of the years of the Met Gala, it is uncommon that any visitor has arrived sporting an identical outfit to a different, not to mention an equivalent one. That’s, till Olivia Wilde and Margaret Zhang, editor-in-chief of Vogue China, arrived on the crimson carpet on Monday sporting iterations of the identical classic Chloe gown.

The robe, in response to Vogue, is predicated on a 1983 sketch of a gown Lagerfeld drew when he labored for the label. The sleeved gown options an embroidered violin, connecting the skirt to the highest half.

Wilde, 39, wore a white-and-gold model and accessorized it with coordinating cuffs. The gold of the gown complemented her blonde hair and shimmery glam. 

In the meantime, Zhang, 29, took a barely extra edgy strategy to the gown. Hers was black with gold embroidery and an extended skirt, and featured a cape. The editor, who had cobalt-blue dyed hair, accessorized with a pair of black sun shades related to people who Lagerfeld was typically seen sporting.

In accordance with the Night Commonplace, it is the primary time the style fake pas has occurred on the Met Gala, which was based in 1946 and brought over by Wintour in 1999. It is also unclear whether or not Wintour was conscious that Wilde and Zhang have been each planning to put on variations of the identical Chloe gown, although E! Information reported in September 2021 that she has the ultimate say over each visitor’s outfit. 

Representatives for Wilde, Zhang, and Vogue didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark.