Name: Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala | Vogue
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Worn by global superstars across so many fields,

fashion, culture, sports, politics, among them,

But it certainly didn't start out that way.

It all began in the 1920s with two dynamic women.

They spotted a need in the burgeoning cultural scene

that fellow theater designers could explore

to some 8,000 pieces, and officially joined

the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the Costume Institute.

Its ethos was simple, to show clothes as beauty,

But it wasn't until 1948, thanks to legendary

that the annual fundraising gala was born.

She'd already launched New York Fashion Week,

Helped with some of her clever branding ideas.

Originally conceived as a midnight supper,

across the city, and became a highlight of the year

that we start to recognize the event as it is today.

Vreeland had been a legendary editor-in-chief

the diversity and dynamism of the 1960s youth-quake

She was less in step with the vibe of the 1970s, however,

and directing a string of blockbuster exhibitions.

And with Vreeland in charge the gala took on a new role.

As well as raising funds for the Institute,

She did this by harnessing major well-known names

to co-chair, including the former first lady,

With the help of famous decorator, Billy Baldwin,

And the dinner decor was as dramatic as she was.

took over the gala, which continued to feature

the best dressed swans of Manhattan's society.

During her tenure, excessively priced after party tickets

Which would be thronged with hundreds of revelers

eager to admire the dinner guests as they left.

That all changed in 1995 when Anna Wintour,

who had shaken up Vogue since becoming editor-in-chief

Up until then the event had been held in early December.

But following the death of the Institute's curator,

Richard Martin, in 1999, the gala was moved to spring 2001.

with social events than the Manhattan fall,

and seemed to encourage a lighter spirit in fashion choices.

So the date stuck and the first Monday in May was born.

In recent years some of the biggest acts in the world

From Rihanna performing "Bitch Better Have my Money"

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