Every Year I see these crazy outfits that the celebrities wear to the Met Gala.. I always wonder what the Met Gala was and finally this year I decided to look into it. Some celebrities call it their costume for the night.. if it’s a costume is this more like a celebrity Halloween in May? The Met Gala features entertainment and dinner and an auction. But the real question is how do these celebrities sit to eat? Is the head wear heavy? Do they take it off once they get inside? Man to be a fly on the wall inside!
Ticket Price: $30,000 per person or $275,000 per table. Now some celebrities don’t pay for their ticket because Brands will often pay for a table.
Where: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
How do you get to go: Annual invitation only!
What is the Met Gala for: Event to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York
Dress Code: The dress code varies according to the theme and the guest. Formality is less important the you trying to interpret the theme.
Theme: “Camp: Notes on Fashion”
Host: Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles
Entertainment: Cher who covered ABBA and sang 1974 Waterloo and then also performed her own songs Believe and If I could turn back time
Caterer: Olivier Cheng
Menu: According to Vogue ” Filet of beef with beet horseradish crema accompanied by tomato rye tartlets, haricot adorned with edible orange flowers, and an array of rainbow carrots. But it was the dessert course where he had some fun. “We developed a lovely Gianduja cake with a “male-female” topper—male on one side, female on the other,” he said. “Bit of a double entendre.”
Now if you are looking for a Gala near you it looks like the 19th Annual Gala to celebrate the diversity and community of Peoria’s Academy was on March 9th this year, but you can keep you eyes out for it next year. Also Peoria Promise Foundation has switched theirs up this year with a new month and new day of the week, it’ll be Friday, September 27th.
