Met Gala was held in 1948, back when it was still called the Costume Institute Gala, both Hollywood and the fashion industry’s brightest stars have descended on the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s steps on the first Monday of May each year.
The two exceptions to this have been the past two years, with the 2020 Gala cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the 2021 Gala postponed from May until September last year.
The Gala marks the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibition, which has previously celebrated the aesthetic of Comme des Garçons’ Rei Kawakubo, the impact of Chinese culture on Western style, and the lasting legacy of Alexander McQueen.
To celebrate this year’s Gala, we’ve rounded up some of the best Met Gala dresses of all time. The year before her untimely death, Princess Diana attended her first and only Met Gala, which looked to celebrate the work of Christian Dior.
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