Breathtaking, avant-garde ensembles have served as the focal point for the Met Gala’s annual celebration of fashion, celebrities and art – but all eyes are on the …
Breathtaking, avant-garde ensembles have served as the focal point for the Met Gala’s annual celebration of fashion, celebrities and art – but all eyes are on the must-have accessory of the year: a vaccination card. The biggest names in Hollywood are set to descend upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s carpeted stairs in New York this fall, more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly all entertainment events and canceled the 2020 Met Gala. Fashion’s biggest night will mark one of the largest red carpet extravaganzas that we have seen in some time, but things may look a little different this year. All attendees must be fully vaccinated from COVID-19, the museum announced in August. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2021 Met Gala, from this year’s theme, to safety protocols and the A-list celebrity co-chairs: The Met Gala is normally held on the first Monday of May, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was pushed back to Sept.13 for a “more intimate” version at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This will mark the first in-person fundraising event since May 6,2019 after the 2020 Met Gala was held virtually sans celebrities or red carpet. Billie Eilish,19, Timothée Chalamet,25, Amanda Gorman,23, and Naomi Osaka,23, will be co-chairs of this year’s Met Gala, the museum announced in May. From Eilish channeling her body image struggles into a cutting edge style to Chalamet’s bold red carpet choices, Gorman’s iconic yellow inaugural coat and Osaka’s versatile flair both on and off the tennis court – all four co-chairs have made waves in fashion in their own ways.
