is undoubtedly the biggest red carpet event of the spring, and 2025's will be no different. Here's everything we know.Put simply, it's the opening party for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fashion exhibition, which changes every year, and a fundraiser for the Costume Institute.
Luxury fashion brands buy tables and invite celebrities, which they dress in their wares, and the guest list, overseen by Anna Wintour, is comprised of around 450 fashion luminaries, society types, artists, athletes, models and more.
It's been dubbed fashion's biggest night and has yielded some of the best looks of all time, usually Once inside, attendees get dinner and a show, and can check out the exhibition while the internet and debates whether they totally understood the theme or…well, Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams attend the 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty.”There's always a bit of confusion, as the title of the Costume Institute exhibit and the “dress code” for the event are related, but distinct.
In 2024, for instance, the title of the exhibit was : Reawakening Fashion, while the dress code of the evening was The Garden of Time.
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