This past Tuesday night, David Lynch, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and other cinema heavyweights came together at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to honor Laura Dern. Chanel presented the annual fundraiser for the permanent collection’s film acquisitions, and the French house also dressed the surprise performer of the evening: Maggie Rogers.
Rogers has been on a covers kick as of late—just a few weeks ago she joined Dead and Company onstage at Madison Square Garden to perform “Friend of the Devil” and “The Weight”—and she reached even further back into the American songbook with her MoMA performance. Along with Jon Batiste and Rogers’s guitar player, Elle Puckett, Rogers sang her own rendition of the George Gershwin-penned jazz standard “Someone to Watch Over Me.”
Rogers took to the MoMA benefit stage in a flouncy black belted Chanel number, naturally—see below for a behind-the-scenes look at her night, and look out for her surprisingly bookish red carpet accessory.
So many options! Thank you Chanel for helping me look my best for the MoMA Film Benefit honoring Laura Dern. 
Getting ready. Shoutout to queens Linda Gradin, Lizzie Arneson, and Kat Typaldos. 
Glam 4evr. 
Red carpet look. 
Onstage look. 
Wingardium Leviosaaaaa. 
Red carpet essentials—yes, that is a tiny Faulkner. Are you even surprised? 
On the way. 
I live for these fancy fonts. 
The incomparable Laura Dern. I mean, that photo—can you even? 
Nothing makes me happier than performing with my friend, the inimitable Jon Batiste. We worked up a special cover of “Someone to Watch Over Me” for the night. 
Thank you to Jon Batiste and my guitar player, Elle Puckett, for joining me. Ciao!
Source: Vogue.com
