Maggie Rogers Brought Sound and Fury (and Chanel) to MoMA’s Film Benefit

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.
So many options! Thank you Chanel for helping me look my best for the MoMA Film Benefit honoring Laura Dern.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Getting ready. Shoutout to queens Linda Gradin, Lizzie Arneson, and Kat Typaldos.
Getting ready. Shoutout to queens Linda Gradin, Lizzie Arneson, and Kat Typaldos.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Glam 4evr.
Glam 4evr.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Red carpet look.
Red carpet look.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
<cite class="credit">Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers</cite>
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Onstage look.
Onstage look.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
<cite class="credit">Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers</cite>
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Wingardium Leviosaaaaa.
Wingardium Leviosaaaaa.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Red carpet essentials—yes, that is a tiny Faulkner. Are you even surprised?
Red carpet essentials—yes, that is a tiny Faulkner. Are you even surprised?
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
On the way.
On the way.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
I live for these fancy fonts.
I live for these fancy fonts.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
The incomparable Laura Dern. I mean, that photo—can you even?
The incomparable Laura Dern. I mean, that photo—can you even?
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
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.
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.
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
Thank you to Jon Batiste and my guitar player, Elle Puckett, for joining me. Ciao!
Thank you to Jon Batiste and my guitar player, Elle Puckett, for joining me. Ciao!
Photo: Courtesy of Maggie Rogers / @maggierogers
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