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Met Gala Annual Fundraising Growth (Recent Estimates)
The growth in funds raised by the Met Gala highlights its increasing significance in the fashion industry.
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Met Gala 2026 - What to know about theme, date, dress code, hosts
April 27, 2026Updated April 29, 2026, 8:25 a.m. ETIf you thought fashion was just clothes on a rack, the Met Gala is here to clear up that misconception.The Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual gala and red carpet, widely regarded as the pantheon of celebrity fashions, is returning with perhaps its most ambitious theme yet, the artistically-driven "Costume Art."The biggest and brightest stars in Hollywood, accompanied by their top designer ateliers, will churn out fashion-forward looks that highlight the intrinsic artistry of style and dress-making.This year's Met Gala also coincides with the launch of the nearly 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, named after the magazine publisher behind leading publications Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, The New Yorker and others."I know that we've often been seen as the stepchild, but, in fact, the dressed body is front and center in every gallery you come across," Costume Institute curator-in-charge Andrew Bolton previously said. "Even the nude is never naked. It's always inscribed with cultural values and ideas."Here's everything you need to know about fashion's biggest night.When is the Met Gala 2026?Held on the first Monday of May, the 2026 Met Gala will take place May 4.Who is hosting Met Gala 2026?Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams are set to serve as co-chairs for the 2026 Met Gala alongside lead chairperson and Vogue's global editorial director Anna Wintour.Vogue also announced that designer Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz will co-chair the Met Gala Host Committee for 2026 with members Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Lisa, Sam Smith, Teyana Taylor and more stars.What is the Met Gala?The Costume Institute Benefit, commonly known as Met Gala, is a fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute, which hosts a collection of over 33,000 fashion artifacts. The 2025 Met Gala raised $31 million, the highest gross in the event's 78-year history, according to The New York Times and Vanity Fair.What is the Met Gala 2026 theme?The theme coincides with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's spring exhibition, "Costume Art," which pays homage to the intersection of fashion and history.The exhibit focuses on the "centrality of the dressed body in the museum's vast collection," per Vogue, pairing contemporary and historic garments from the Costume Institute's collection with paintings, sculptures and other art "spanning 5,000 years" from The Met."It will b...
Met Gala 2026: Date, theme, start time, guest list, how to watch - Los ...
The Met Gala, fashion’s biggest night, is around the corner. The annual event, which takes place on the first Monday of May, draws A-listers across entertainment, fashion, sports, tech and business and raises funds for the museum’s Costume Institute. Last year’s gala collected a record $31 million for the fashion department’s operations, exhibitions, publications and acquisitions.The 2026 gala will be the first to take place at the museum’s new Condé M. Nast Galleries, a nearly 12,000-square-foot space housed in what used to be the museum gift shop.Here’s everything else you need to know about the “Super Bowl of fashion.”When is the Met Gala?The 2026 Met Gala is May 4 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The red carpet livestream starts at 3 p.m. Pacific, but some guests arrive up to an hour early.What is the theme?The theme, which is linked to the fashion department’s spring exhibition, is “Costume Art.”The show, on view May 10 to Jan. 10, 2027, features nearly 400 items spanning 5,000 years. It will pair garments with artwork culled from the museum’s collections. Items will be categorized based on thematic body types that often show up in works across the museum, including the “Naked Body,” “Classical Body,” “Pregnant Body” and “Aging Body.”The gala dress code is “Fashion Is Art,” with guests asked to explore their relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate depictions of the dressed body throughout art history. Nicole Kidman attends the 2024 Met Gala celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” She’s among the co-chairs of Monday’s event. (Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images) Who are the chairs?Beyoncé — returning after a 10-year hiatus — Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour will co-chair this year’s gala. The host committee, co-chaired by Yves Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz, includes Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Alex Consani, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Paloma Elsesser, Lisa, Chloe Malle, Sam Smith, Teyana Taylor, Lauren Wasser, Anna Weyant, A’ja Wilson, Yseult, Adut Akech, Angela Bassett, Sinéad Burke, Rebecca Hall, Aimee Mullins, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sherald and Chase Sui Wonders. Zendaya, who’s consistently among the best-dressed stars at the Met Gala, attends the 2025 iteration: “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” (Larry Busacca / Getty Images) Who else is on the guest list?The guest list is always a tightly guarded secret, but...
The best-dressed men in Met Gala history - Gentleman's Journal
Since 1995 US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has chaired the Met Gala and each year she enlists cochairs to help her out, ranging from Rihanna, Tom Ford and Beyoncé to Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth and Amal Clooney. Wintour also oversees the guest list, which is a strict invite-only affair.
The history of the Met Gala: how fashion's biggest fundraiser evolved ...
From a 1948 midnight dinner at the Waldorf Astoria to a globally broadcast spectacle, the history of the Met Gala traces how a museum fundraiser grew into fashion's most influential night.
