Overview
- Organizers said the gala raised a record $42 million for the Met’s Costume Institute after Monday’s red carpet wrapped.
- Security tackled a protester who broke through the museum entrance during arrivals after campaigns objected to Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos’ sponsorship.
- This year’s theme is “Costume Art” with a “Fashion Is Art” dress code that, according to curator Andrew Bolton, treats clothing as art because it lives on the body.
- The linked exhibition opens May 10 in the new Condé Nast Galleries and will show nearly 400 garments and artworks from the museum’s collection.
- High-profile arrivals included co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams, with viral moments such as Katy Perry’s chrome, fencing-style face mask.