The Met Gala or Met Ball, formally called the CostumeInstitute Gala or the CostumeInstitute Benefit, is an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's CostumeInstitute in New York City. The Met Gala is popularly regarded as the world's most prestigious and glamorous fashion event and social gathering and is known as "fashion's biggest night"; an invitation is highly sought after. Personalities who are perceived to be culturally relevant to contemporary society amongst various professional spheres, including fashion, film, television, music, theater, business, sports, social media, and politics, are invited to attend the Met Gala, organized by the fashionmagazine Vogue.
The Gala is an event held annually on the first Monday of May, which marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit hosted on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Many of the attendees are depicted on the covers and pages of Vogue. Each year's event celebrates the specific theme of that year's CostumeInstituteexhibition, which sets the tone for the formal attire of the night.
Guests are expected to curate their fashion to match the theme of the annual exhibit, generally in haute couture. Global fashion icon Anna Wintour, who is the editor-in-chief of Vogue, has chaired or co-chaired the Met Gala since 1995, except for the 1996 Met Gala, which was chaired by Wintour’s successor at British Vogue, Liz Tilberis. Over time, the Met Gala has evolved beyond the New York fashion epicenter to become increasingly global and broad-based in its perspective.
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