Met Gala

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So what is Met Gala..?

The Met Gala, formally called the Costume Institute Gala or the Costume Institute Benefit and also known as the Met Ball, is an annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City. It marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit. Each year's event celebrates the theme of that year's Costume Institute exhibition, and the exhibition sets the tone for the formal dress of the night, since guests are expected to choose their fashion to match the theme of the exhibit. The Met Gala was established in 1948 as a way to raise money for the newly-founded Costume Institute and mark the opening of its annual exhibit. The first Gala was a midnight dinner and tickets were fifty dollars each. Based upon the legacy left by former Vogue editor-in chief Diana Vreeland as "special consultant" to the Costume Institute, since 1973 the Met Gala has become well known as a luxurious, blockbuster event and is considered "the jewel in New York City's social crown". The Gala is widely regarded as among the most prominent and most exclusive social events in the world. It is also one of the biggest fundraising nights in New York City, with $9 million raised in 2013 and a record of $12 million the following year. The Met Gala is one of the most notable sources of funding for the Institute, with contributions anticipated to surpass $200 million in total after the 2019 event since Anna Wintour's assuming the chairmanship of the Institute in 1995.

The rules of the Gala:

Ah, the Met Gala: It’s the most glamorous night in the fashion sphere that’s so unbelievably formal it nearly requires its own regulatory manual. What? There are rules at Anna Wintour’s highly exclusive party? You don’t say. And we don’t just mean “stick to the dress code.” (The theme of tonight’s big bash is “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”) If we ever hope to be invited, here are the strict—albeit unwritten guidelines we need to start memorizing, stat.

Rule No. 1: No Selfies:

We have to admit, this would pose a lot of problems for us. Did the Met Gala even happen if you didn’t snap a Selfie for the ’Gram? Regardless, guests are told to refrain from taking pictures inside the event—after all, the secrecy is what makes it so exclusive.

Rule No. 2: No cell phones:

If you can’t take pictures, you might as well just ban cell phones altogether. But this requirement is about more than just keeping the party under wraps: No phones mean any distractions means actual socialization.

Rule No. 3: No publicists:

For the lucky A-listers on the guest list (which, yes, is handpicked by Wintour herself), the red carpet portion of the evening means navigating the press and photographers without misspeaking or suffering a wardrobe malfunction. Doing so without their usual wingman or woman—AKA a well trained publicist—is probably frightening. We just hope everyone’s tiny clutch is stocked with a few rolls of fashion tape.

Rule No. 4: No smoking:

After one too many, um, incidents in the bathrooms, the Met put the kibosh on lighting up at the event. OK, so that’s only part of the story. There’s actually a New York state-mandated law that prohibits smoking indoors. Plus, think of all that artwork!

Rule No. 5: No children:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Met Gala is officially off-limits to anyone under the age of 18. That’s because “it’s not an appropriate event for people under 18,” per official Met Gala planners. Last year, 15-year-old dancer and actress Maddie Ziegler admitted, “I can’t go, because I’m not old enough!”

Rule No. 6: No ugly food:

For the sake of guests’ breath and teeth, there’s a moratorium on onion, garlic, parsley and basically anything tasty that could linger in your mouth. So *that’s* why everyone’s ordering Shake Shack afterward.

Rule No. 7: You must mingle:

Wintour reportedly arranges the seating chart so that, even if you’re coming as a couple, you probably won’t sit with your boo. In the Met Gala documentary The First Monday in May, the event’s former producer Sylvana Durrett explained, “The whole point of these things is to meet new people, and to be interested in what others are doing. What’s the point if you come here to hang out with your husband?”

Rule No. 8: You must attend…or else:

According to The New York Times , last year’s tickets cost $30,000 apiece, and $275,000 for a table😲😲😲. Even so, getting an invitation is considered a high honor, so you better not turn it down. According to Page Six, attendees have heard of people who “decided not to go one year because they weren’t around or didn’t like the theme,” and were never invited back (unless they were, like, Rihanna or something). 

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