23 secrets puts gala alone insiders know

The most emblematic event of fashion is on the point more than just looking pretty.


On the first Monday of every May, the world strengthens intensely as celebrities and elite fashion go up on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and one of the most exclusive events in the world. We are talking aboutThe gala encounteredOf course, an evening celebrating the intersection of fashion and art.

Fans in thousands of dollars of clothing and jewelry, each participant presents their interpretation of the year 2018 '' S Theme's SHA 2018 'Celestial Body: Fashion and Catholic Imagination"or 2019 '' s"Camp: Fashion Notes. "But what exactly is the gala met, and why do not we see what happensinside The event? Well, we gathered 23 secrets on the Gala to demystify the magical night.

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The Gala Met is not really called the gala met.

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The event we know because the gala encountered is actually a much longer formal name. Although you do not often hear that, the annual gala is technically called the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum's Institute of Costumes, according toThe site of the meeting.

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It's been a long time since the 1940s.

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JournalistEleanor Lambert Founded the Gala in 1948 "to encourage the gifts of the New York High Society", according toVogue u.k. Vogue editorAnna Wintour did not involve in the event until 1995.

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Only celebrities and designers who go well in the theme of the evening are invited.

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Every year, Winterour in the hand - selects the artists and the celebrities she believes better embody the theme of the evening. The Gala meeting in 2019, for example, includes co-chairsLady Gaga,Harry Styles, andSerena Williams, all "are camp examples in Instagram era", according toVogue.

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But you can be not invited.

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If you meet the wrong side of Wintour before the Gala Met, you are obliged to deal with the consequences. You just have to askRachel Zoe andTim Gunn. According toPage SIX, Zoe would have been not invited from the Gala met from 2007 after saying that she was "more influential" than Wintour in an interview withTheNew York Times.

And Gunn, former mentor ofProject track, RecountE!Fashion policeThat he too was not invited in 2016 after chatting on Wintour. "I was asked what the most unforgettable thing I have ever seen in fashion, and I said," It's easy. It was easy. He was looking at Anna Wintour being carried away five flights of stairs by two guards-two big men hulking-in a way to show, "he admitted.

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Attend isreally Dear.

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Even tickets for theSuper Bowl Cheap looks compared to the tickets for the gala met. Tickets for the 2018 evening, for example, cost a pitch of $ 30,000 and tables of $ 275,000, reportsInternal business community.

It's a remoteness of the ticketPrice in the 1960s; at the time, asNew York Times paper Since the decade, you could go to the event for only $ 100. (Seriously.)

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But only some people are allowed to buy tickets.

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Even if you arrive at $ 30,000, you still may not do it in the gala met. In the end, Wintour decides to know who is and who is released - and "even if a brand buys a table, each participant must be approved," a 2017 article ofStrong Remarks.

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It's not because you've been invited once you are a shoo - in every year.

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SupermodelCoconut rocha, For example, attended La Gala on many occasions. But in 2017, she was left out of the list of guests. "I do not know [why]," she said to theNew York Post Page SIX. "You will need to ask Anna."

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More than those must be approved first.

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If you see your favorite celebrity on the Gala Red Carpet Gala without their other, do not assume it's because they have broken. According toWhich is what'sThere are "no extracted extras unless they are also on the list of pre-approved guests".

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There is also a restriction of age.

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There is a reason whyBeyonce andJay Z did not bringBlue Ivy Carter to the biggest night's night. The organizers of Met Gala decided that participants must be at least 18 years old to enter the event. "This is not an appropriate event for people under the age of 18," they confirmedHollywood journalist.

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You will not see a parsley on the menu.

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The first Monday in May, a documentary on the Gala met from 2015, says parsley is an unwanted ingredient at the Gala. Why? Obviously, it stays stuck in your teeth much too easily. And if WinTour says no no parsley, so no parsley. Bruschetta would also have left the menu.

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The inspectors of the Ministry of Health are present to ensure that people do not secretly smoke.

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In 2017,Bella Hadid, Dakota Johnson, Stella McCartney, andRummy Malewere all caught at the camerasmoking In the bathrooms in Met Gala, violating the law on the smokeless air of New York City.

Because of this,WWD reports that the event now retains the Ministry of Health Inspectors to ensure that event participants do not say tosmoke illegally.

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There is no allowed social media inside the event.

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Store these cell phones, meet Gala Goers! According tonew YorkTimesSocial media are prohibited inside the event, adding exclusivity as a whole. (Yes,Kim Kardashian, it does not mean selfies.)

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There is an array of seats well thought out.

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Not surprisingly, it takes hours of planning to gather the chart of the seats for one of the largest nights of fashion. "We are very thoughtful for us to place people"Sylvana Ward Durrett,Vogue Director of special projects,noted. "We are somehow proud of ourselves that in this room, there are all these new connections made. There are many networks that happens, and you hear all these stories coming out of the meeting, as, so - So now make a perfume withMarc Jacobs Because they met at [event]. '

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The stars wear slots for practical reasons.

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If you have ever been at the Museum of the Met, you understand that this can not be easy to mount these discouraging steps in such extravagant occasions. This is precisely why some designers opt for slots in their sets.

StylistManny Ezugwu explained toTelegraph: "There was this amusing scene where we try to loadToni [Garnn] andJourdan [Dunn] In the car to get to the Gala and we had to put the seats totally dishes so that they can get there without the dresses were wrinkled. And when they walked, it was impossible because it was a foot in front of the other. After that, starting in 2014, I was like ", you always have to be a slit." "

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Rihanna once done on a table.

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The Gala met from 2015 had the surprise of a lifetime when one of his participants decided to do DIY karaoke. According toVogue,Rihanna The guests surprised by hopping on a table and performing "b **** have better my money." Talk to assert your money!

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Some of the robes we see on the carpet are actually available for purchase.

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For example,Olivier Rousteing, the director of the creation of the French Fashion House Balmain,auctioned The pieces it designed for the Gala met from 2018 for charity. And according toRefinery29other dresses are available to buy websites such as Moda Operandi, includingEmma Watson's 2013 Prabal Gurung Number for a price tag of $ 4,495.

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Some celebrities put messages hidden in their gala sets encountered.

Selena Gomez attending the Met Gala 2018 in New York
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Gala Met 2018 was the year of hidden messages.Blake Lively's Judith Leiber clutch, for example, paid tribute to his family; The precious stones on the spelled "Reynolds" bag and presented the initials B, J, I and R, representing Blake, his daughters James and Ines, and his husband,Ryan Reynolds.

And coach revealed onInstagram thisSelena Gomez Main-wrote a biblical verse copied on the bag she wore at the Gala met from 2018. The verse reads: "A woman who fears the Lord is a woman who will be rented."

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Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney once worn t-shirts at the gala met.

Stella McCartney and Liv Tyler wear Rock Royalty T-Shirts at 1999 Met Gala
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It's hard to believe when we think about eyes we are used to seeing Gala, but in 1999, bothLiv Tyler andStella McCartney Waited white t-shirts to a shoulder to the annual case. On the two ladies shirts were the words "rock royalty" that suit appropriately with the theme "Rock style" this year and with their life: Tyler is the daughter of the aerosmithSteven Tylerand the father of McCartney, of course, isPaul McCartneyBeatles.

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And Emma Watson wore a dress based on recycled plastic bottles.

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Emma Watson, a strong defender and proud of sustainability in the fashion industry, wearing arespectful of nature Dress up at the gala gathered in 2016 in recycled plastic bottles. "Plastic is one of the largest pollutants on the planet. Being able to reuse this waste and integrate it with my dress for the gala encountered the power that creativity, technology and fashion can have working together "Watson wroteThe Facebook page on his choice of unique dress.

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The Gala Met is also a fundraiser.

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The Institute of Costume of the MET relies on thedonations He receives during the gala encountered in order to stay afloat. According toThe New York TimesHe is "the only of the implementation departments of the MET that must finance, fashion having been an IFFY proposal as a form of art when the Institute's costume has been created. »

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Under Wintour, the Gala raised nearly $ 200 million (and more).

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Wintour did wonders for Gala both fashionable and financially. According toStrong, The gala brought together about $ 186million For the Institute's costume since it took the reins.

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The red carpet puts Gala has recently become broadcast.

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It was not until 2016 that E! finally started telebrusing the Gala. However, the cameras do not receive from theRed carpet part of the evening (which lasts two hours).

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But there is a way everyone can get a taste of what happens inside the.

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Although marking an invitation to the Gala Met is absolutely impossible, it is actually quite easy to get an overview of the art and fashion that inspires the annual event. The theme of Met Gala is connected to an annual exhibition at the Institut Costume in Met, and after the gala, the museum opens the public exhibition for all summer. This year, the accompanying exhibition will be open from May 9 to September 8 and if you can not wait to get your mode solution, then check these30 fashion trends that will never be demoded.

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