Also happily, Perry has said she’s going, and indicated her hamburger-chandelier days may be receding in favor of more traditional garb.Īnother thing remains true: Nobody can come who isn’t vaccinated. New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, will be attending - very happily, according to the New York Post. A fair assumption would be a heavy Kardashian presence. And Rihanna is about to give birth, so we’d assume she’ll skip, but then again, she’s Rihanna so let’s not assume anything. Fashion favorite Zendaya has confirmed she has other plans. But reports slip out, often about who is not coming. You might get lucky: Last year, Chalamet ran over to greet his admirers. If you’re in New York City you can also join fans across the street from the museum on Fifth Avenue, and even further away on Madison Avenue, pressed up against police barricades. Well, these days you can watch the whole carpet unfold on livestream. She went in 2010 and later described walking around trying to find somebody “normal,” e.g. Now, cross everyone off your list except the very top. Do the same with pop music, sports, politics, fashion of course … and Broadway, a special favorite of Wintour’s (and remember, Miranda’s a host this year). Newly minted Oscar or Grammy winners, for example, are a good bet - or perennial fashion favorites like former host Timotheé Chalamet, who wore white Converse shoes last year. Trying to predict? Take out your pen and jot down some of your favorite names, the buzzier the better. This year, there will be 400 guests - similar to the September gala, and lower than pre-pandemic highs of 500-600. But each paid seat reportedly costs around $35,000, though some guests are invited for free. A fashion label - Michael Kors, for example - would then host its desired celebrities, or fashion muses. IF I WERE FAMOUS AND POWERFUL AND GOT INVITED, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? The right question is, IF I were famous or powerful and got invited, how much would it cost? HOW MUCH DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR A MET GALA TICKET? It was hard to beat the carpet, for example, when the theme was “Catholic imagination” and Rihanna came as the pope, Zendaya channeled Joan of Arc, and Perry navigated the crowd with a set of enormous angel wings. But expect some guests to have carefully researched the theme and to come in perfect sync with the exhibit. Some eschew it and just go for big and crazy. Their work will be displayed in the period rooms of the American Wing, so expect some grand fashion related to the theme - like those gowns from HBO’s “The Gilded Age.” Artfully ripped jeans, this time? Not so much. This exhibit showcases overlooked figures in fashion history, many of them women and people of color, through the talents of some top film directors, including Sofia Coppola, Martin Scorsese, host King, and last year’s Oscar winner Chloé Zhao. The Met Gala theme for this year is “Gilded glamour, white-tie,” guests have been told.Īs usual, the sartorial theme comes from the exhibit the gala launches: “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” which is the second installment of star curator Andrew Bolton’s two-part show exploring the roots of American style. Ford, also a film director, is one of nine directors whose work is featured in the new spring exhibit. Her fellow honorary co-chairs are designer Tom Ford and Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Of course, Vogue’s Anna Wintour is supervising the whole shebang as she has since the ’90s. This year’s hosts are Regina King, power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The annual fundraiser for the Met’s Costume Institute is traditionally held the first Monday in May, but because of the pandemic, a postponed gala was held in September.
Herewith, a primer for the 2022 Met gala, which is on May 2: Let’s also not forget that it launches the annual spring fashion exhibit that brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to the museum.īut it’s the carpet itself (now watchable for everyone, on livestream) that draws the world’s eyes, with the guest list strategically withheld until the last minute - a collection of stars from movies, music, fashion, sports, politics and elsewhere that probably makes for the highest celebrity wattage-per square foot of any party in the world. Not to forget, the Met Gala is still a fundraiser - last year the evening earned more than a whopping $16.4 million for the Met’s Costume Institute.