Met Gala

what is Met Gala?

Met Gala, also known as Met
Ball or Costume Institute Gala, is a
fundraising event for the benefit of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s
Costume Institute. Held annually,
usually on the first Monday of May,
in New York City, the Met Ball was
founded in 1948 by Eleanour
Lambert who hoped to encourage
donations from New York’s high
society community.

Met Gala is attended by

celebrities from all categories who
what happens
there?
It’s mainly a secret. Thus, the
guests must not use their phones
and no form of social media during
the event.

The visitors are invited to

explore the gallery decorated
accordingly to the theme before
sitting down together for a meal.
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themes
Here are some of the themes I
find most interesting:

→1974- The world of Balenciaga

→1982- La Belle Epoque

2003 2005

→2003- Goddess: The Classical

Mode

→2005- The House of Chanel

→2018- Heavenly Bodies: Fashion

and the Catholic Imagination
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2018
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion
and the Catholic
Imagination

The theme was

inspired by Catholicism
and was approved by the
Vatican. The exhibit
included more than 40
garments and accessories
from the headquarters of
the Roman Catholic
Church
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2019
Camp: Notes on Fashion

Camp is considered to be very

subjective. What one
considers to be camp, might
be different to someone else.

Camp is described by fashion

experts as kitschy,
exaggerated, ironic, gaudy
and extravagant.
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Met Ball 2020 was announced
on 16 March to be postponed due
to the increasing distress over the
Coronavirus. Thereby, the event
will not take place on the usual
time (the first Monday of May)

The theme is already chosen

by the curator Andrew Bolton-
About Time: Fashion and Duration
and is inspired by a scene in the
movie “Orlando” in which the main
character enters a maze in a
certain outfit and leaves dressed
completely different
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