The MET Gala or the Costume Institute Gala was conducted yesterday after a year off due to the COVID19 pandemic. The event was graced by some of the top celebrities from the world of entertainment, fashion, politics and media. The much-awaited event did not disappoint with some stunning outfits from the attendees all night.
The MET Gala is an annual fundraising event for the Metropolitan Art Museum’s Costume Institute and marks the opening of the Institute’s annual art exhibit. Every year there is a theme for the exhibit and the attendees tend to match their outfits with the theme. Established in 1948, the Gala currently requires a rumoured USD 40,000 donation to the Institute to be allowed to attend the event. The event this year is expected to raise more than USD 200 million.
The itinerary for the event includes a cocktail hour and a formal dinner. The guests arrive and grace the red carpet, interact with media and mingle during the cocktail hour. After this, the guest sits down for a formal dinner with the rest of the attendees who have paid to be a part of the event.  Before the start of the dinner, there is entertainment in the form of performances and displays that also tend to follow the theme of the year.
This year’s theme for the event was In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. The chairs for the event included Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman and Naomi Osaka. The prestigious honorary chair position was shared between Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri and Anna Wintour. Every year there is the main sponsor for the event who can choose to sponsor individually or as part of an ensemble. This year the sponsor for the event was Instagram. Justin Bieber was the headline performer at the event.
The outfits on display this year were stunning and as provocative as the ones in the previous years. The horse face dress worn by Kim Petras and the Grandma’s Quilt worn by A$AP Rocky were among the highlights. Some of the attendees chose to use this opportunity to express their political opinion while some just used the event as an opportunity to be out in public. Jennifer Lopez proved that she was an ageless icon when she walked down wearing what one can only describe as a power statement while Grimes showcased her better half Elon Musk’s space dreams (and the upcoming movie Dune) with her space/alien inspired outfit.
These costumes triggered a series of tweets and responses in India where the netizens claimed that our very own Ranveer Singh would have truly rocked the MET Gala or even put it to shame.
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