Overview
- The red carpet, which opens at 6 p.m. ET Monday, will stream on Vogue’s sites and social channels, with E! airing dedicated live coverage on TV and Peacock.
- Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour serve as co-chairs, while Emma Chamberlain, Cara Delevingne, Ashley Graham and La La Anthony will host the carpet.
- The night supports the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, "Costume Art," which examines the dressed body and will inaugurate nearly 12,000 square feet of Condé Nast Galleries next to the Great Hall from May 10 through January 10, 2027.
- Lead sponsors Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos face activist backlash that includes "Boycott the Bezos Met Gala" posters across New York, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he will skip the event.
- The benefit remains invite-only with a tightly curated guest list of roughly 400, strict no-phone rules inside, assigned seating, and six-figure prices for tickets and tables.