The annual Metropolitan Festival is the biggest fashionable night since the 1940s, and becoming the co-chair of the event has become a coveted champion.
The Metropolitan Gala was founded in 1948 to raise funds for the then newly established Clothing Academy. With the help FashionIt was a long-time partner of the event, and the evening evolved into the easiest night in fashion.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Academy has hosted evening parties and corresponding fashion exhibitions since the early 1970s, but before that, the Metropolitan evening parties were held at various venues in New York City, including Valdorf-River-Astertoria, Central Park and the Rainbow Room.
The role of celebrity and socialite co-chairs dates back to 1973. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 1976 Timothée Chalamet In 2021 (after a year of pause in the coronavirus pandemic), Blake Lively In 2022 and more. Vogue's Editor-in-chief, Anna WintourSince 1997, he has been the co-chair of every metropolitan party.
Scroll down to see all the celebrities who help Wintour hosts and chairs fashion the biggest night of the year:
