The first Monday in May is almost here! This year, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala is embracing the over-the-top with an exhibit on hyperbolic fashion, entitled "Camp: Notes on Fashion" based off Susan Sontag's 1964 essay “Camp” (Read her essay HERE!) #MetCamp.
We can’t wait to see what creations will climb up those carpeted stairs! Check out our favorite ten looks—and the Galas’ themes—from the last decade!
2009
Theme: “Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion”
Who: Kate Moss
Wearing: Marc Jacobs
2010
Theme: "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity"
Who: Marion Cotillard
Wearing: Christian Dior
2011
Theme: “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”
Who: Liv Tyler
Wearing: Givenchy
2012
Theme: “Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations”
Who: Carey Mulligan
Wearing: Prada
2013
Theme: "Punk: Chaos to Couture"
Who: Sienna Miller
Wearing: Burberry
2014
Theme: “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”
Who: Beyoncé
Wearing: Givenchy Haute Couture
2015
Theme: “China: Through the Looking Glass”
Who: Anne Hathaway
Wearing: Ralph Lauren
2016
Theme: “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology”
Who: Brie Larson
Wearing: Proenza Schouler
2017
Theme: “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons”
Who: Kendall Jenner
Wearing: La Perla
2018
Theme: “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”
Who: Zendaya
Wearing: Versace
2019
Theme: “Camp: Notes on Fashion”
Who: TBD
Wearing: TBD
The best accessories from Met Galas past
“One should either be a work of art,
or wear a work of art.”
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