Online ReporterNEW YORK. —The Met Gala, an annual exclusive fashion event which attracts the biggest names in entertainment, saw individual tickets rocket to US$75,000.
A 10-seater table was starting at US$350,000. It was held on Monday night and this year it celebrated menswear and black style.
It is the fashion industry’s biggest night of the year.
It is an exclusive event, only open to a small number of invited guests — usually around 450.
Often, the biggest brands will buy a table, and use it to host their desired celebrities.
The label benefits if the celebrity is associated with them and wears one of their outfits on the red carpet.
The proceeds from ticket sales go to the costume institute. Pharrell Williams and Lewis Hamilton were among the co-chairs for this year’s event, which raised money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
The Met Gala always takes place on the First Monday in May — to use the title of the 2016 documentary about the event.
Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who oversees the gala every year, was this year joined by co-chairs Williams, Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James.
Black talent was also being celebrated with the event’s host committee, which included athlete Simone Biles, film director Spike Lee, actress Ayo Edebiri, pop stars Doechii, Usher, Tyla, Janelle Monáe and André 3000, author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and playwright Jeremy O Harris.
This year’s Met Gala dress code was “Tailored for You” — a reference to the suiting and menswear which features in the exhibition.
In fact, this was the first Met Gala in more than two decades to focus exclusively on menswear.
“The theme this year is not only timely,” said Gala committee member Usher, “but also speaks to our rich culture that should always be widely celebrated.”—BBC
