Where is the met gala held
The Met Gala True Secrets And History Revealed
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the Met Gala has been called the
Superbowl of fashion by Andre Leon
Talley it's a spectacular event where
celebrities art and fashion collide and
it's always the party of the year but
how did it begin and what will be the
fate of this gorgeous web of culture in
couture here's what you may not know
about this high fashion glamour event
how it all started
the Met Gala didn't start out as the
extravagant event we know and love today
back in 1948 fashion publicist Eleanor
Lambert introduced the Met Gala to New
York society
she sold tickets to this intimate
gathering for $50 a piece the intention
was to raise money for the brand new
costume Institute at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art now tickets go for about
$25,000 and tables are snagged by the
fashion elite for up to two hundred and
seventy five thousand dollars each but
even money won't guarantee an invitation
to this soiree the Met Gala is super
exclusive with invitations only going
out to those personally selected by the
editor of Vogue Anna Wintour who is the
chairwoman of the event honorary chair
members are chosen to co-chair with Anna
the very first designers chosen were
Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace in the
90s since then many fashion industry
icons and celebrities have co-chaired
including royalty Caroline princess of
Hanover co-chaired the gala in 2005 and
queen bee Beyonce was a chair member in
2013 in 2019 Rihanna Amal Clooney and
Donatella Versace who is also a sponsor
of the event took their place on the
board now 71 years after the very first
exhibition celebrities fashion icons and
royalties still gather on the first
Monday of May to raise money for the
costume Institute at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art they display the most
spectacularly artistic costumes which
are always the talk of the town Met Gala
over the years when the gala started in
1948 it didn't have a theme in fact the
of a yearly theme wasn't introduced
until much later in 1971 Diana Vreeland
signed on as a special consultant after
leaving her position as editor in chief
at Vogue she introduced the first theme
the world of Balenciaga in 1973 one year
later in 1974 cher stunned everyone with
the first ever naked dress designed by
Bob Mackie this look has since been
reintroduced on many celebs including
Beyonce Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner
Rihanna's dress designed by Guo Pei in
2015
took two years to make the theme was
China through the looking-glass her gold
embellished yellow cape needed an
entourage of men to help her carry the
stunning train across the red carpet in
2018 Ariana Grande's dress designed by
Vera Wang had everyone talking she was
literally wearing the images from the
Sistine Chapel on her flowing gown for
the theme heavenly bodies fashion and
the Catholic imagination in 2019 in
response to the camp theme Lady Gaga
blew everyone's mind with her red carpet
transformation designer Brandon Maxwell
is responsible for this costume
extravaganza as well as Gaga's past epic
Met Gala looks this hot pink dress
turned black ball gown complete with
umbrella turned hot pink dress with a
huge vintage cellphone and campy black
sunglasses turned sparkling black bra
tights and platform boots was perhaps
the most talked-about display in the
history of the Met Gala while it seems
like anything is possible at the Met
Gala there are some very strict rules
everyone must follow while at the event
it doesn't matter if you're Kim
Kardashian or a princess everyone must
follow the rules or else strict rules
the fashion elite no matter how famous
they are have to adhere to some very
strict rules in order to be a part of
the biggest night in fashion every year
one particularly shocking rule came in
2015 when the gala sent out a notice to
all attendees that social media and
selfies were banned the rule stated that
using phones for photography and social
media would not be permitted inside of
the gala of course that didn't stop
Kylie Jenner from snapping a huge
bathroom selfie in 2017 oh well some
rules are made to be broken
one rule even Kylie can't get around is
the age requirement you must be 18 years
old to attend the Met Gala much to
Maddie Ziegler's dismay she was bummed
that she was too young to get into the
event there is also a strict no smoking
rule and no onion breath additionally no
parsley is allowed for fear that a
little green leaf might get stuck in
celebrities teeth ruining the pictures
onion garlic and parsley are strictly
banned from the cocktail hour at the
beginning of the evening and no red wine
Karlie Kloss learned this lesson the
hard way in 2016 when she had to cut her
own gown into a mini dress after a guest
spilled red wine on it and when it comes
to guests mingling there are seating
assignments for all of the tables Anna
Wintour decides where everyone will sit
every detail is planned meticulously the
2020 Met Gala apparently the pandemic
doesn't care about fashion so the
biggest fashion event of the year has
been postponed indefinitely due to the
corona virus in fact the Met has been
completely shut down the 2020 theme was
about time fashion and duration the
curator for the costume Institute at the
Met told the New York Times that fashion
is indelibly connected to time it not
only reflects and represents the spirit
of the times but it also changes and
develops with the times this couldn't
have been a more appropriate theme
considering the times in which we are
currently living with the stay at home
orders across the world it's unclear
when and if the Met Gala will happen in
2020 but it's highly likely that fashion
over time will be influenced by this
major global event what's your favorite
look from the Met Gala over the years
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