Being invited to the Met Gala is one factor, however being named a co-chair of the annual occasion is a good larger honor.
In 1995 — 30 years in the past! — Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour started cohosting the occasion alongside fellow editors, socialites, and even European royalty.
She then started passing the job on to designers, actors, musicians, and even athletes lately.
However what do the Met Gala co-chairs do, and who’s beforehand held the title?
Whereas Wintour has by no means revealed their precise function, it is rumored that co-chairs assist plan the occasion’s costume code, dinner, and performances.
They’re additionally a number of the first stars to reach on the pink carpet every year, serving to to exemplify the night time’s costume code, and their names are used to advertise the annual occasion within the months main as much as it.
The 2025 Met Gala co-chairs are Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams, Colman Domingo, and ASAP Rocky. LeBron James can also be an honorary co-chair.
Here is a glance again at who’s held the honour up to now.
2024: Wintour, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth, and Unhealthy Bunny
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The theme of 2024’s celebration was “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Vogue,” which introduced again classic seems and types that hadn’t been seen in years.
2023: Michaela Coel, Dua Lipa, Roger Federer, and Penélope Cruz
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The theme honored Chanel icon Karl Lagerfeld, with “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence.”
2022: Blake Full of life, Ryan Reynolds, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Regina King
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The 2021/2022 Met Gala was a two-part occasion, with the primary half held in September 2021 and the second in Could 2022.
In 2022, the Met Gala returned for the fruits of the American-themed two-part celebration.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who missed out on the prospect to co-chair in 2020, helmed the occasion alongside husband-and-wife duo Blake Full of life and Ryan Reynolds and total icon Regina King, who did not stroll the carpet on the large occasion. King’s son died in January 2022, so she was probably nonetheless mourning the loss.
2021: Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Timothée Chalamet, and Naomi Osaka
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Half one of many two-part Met Gala, which was held in September 2021, was sponsored by Instagram and themed in “In America: A Lexicon of Vogue.”
2020: Meryl Streep, Nicolas Ghesquière, Emma Stone, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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The 2020 Met Gala was, in fact, canceled because of the pandemic. However had it taken place as scheduled on Could 4, the theme would’ve been “About Time: Vogue and Period,” sponsored by Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton.
2019: Serena Williams, Harry Types, then-Gucci inventive director Alessandro Michele, and Girl Gaga
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2019’s theme was “Camp: Notes on Vogue,” and it was sponsored by Gucci.
2018: Donatella Versace, Amal Clooney, and Rihanna
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Rihanna’s Met Gala seems had lengthy earned her the title of “Queen of the Met Gala,” and in 2018, she added the title of co-chair. The 12 months’s theme was a daring one: “Heavenly Our bodies: Vogue and the Catholic Creativeness.” It was sponsored by Versace and Christine and Stephen Schwarzman, who additionally served as co-chairs.
Stephen Schwarzman is a cofounder and CEO of The Blackstone Group, a non-public fairness agency that has a stake in Versace.
2017: Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Pharrell, and Katy Perry
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The 2017 theme was “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Artwork of the In-Between,” celebrating the Japanese model, and was a joint sponsorship between Apple, Condé Nast, Farfetch, H&M, and Maison Valentino.
2016: Idris Elba and Taylor Swift
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The occasion, fittingly sponsored by Apple, was themed “Manus x Machina: Vogue in an Age of Know-how.”
The night’s honorary hosts have been returnees Nicolas Ghesquière, Karl Lagerfeld, and Miuccia Prada.
It is believed that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn met on the 2016 Met Gala. A lyric in Swift’s music “Gown” describes every of their seems from the occasion. Swift and Alwyn’s relationship would final for six years.
2015: Jennifer Lawrence and Gong Li
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Along with the actresses, then-CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer and entrepreneur/film producer/third spouse of Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Murdoch, additionally hosted the occasion, plus honorary chair and Hong Kong billionaire Silas Chou.
2014: Bradley Cooper and Sarah Jessica Parker
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The opposite hosts for the “Charles James: Past Vogue”-themed night time have been Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, Aerin Lauder, and Oscar de la Renta.
2013: Former Givenchy inventive director Riccardo Tisci, Rooney Mara, and Vogue editor Lauren Santo Domingo
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This 12 months’s theme, “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” stays one of the crucial iconic Met Gala themes. Along with these 4, Beyoncé was an honorary co-chair.
2012: Carey Mulligan
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“Schiaparelli and Prada: Not possible Conversations” was the theme of 2012’s Met Gala, which was additionally chaired by Miuccia Prada.
2011: Colin Firth and Stella McCartney
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That 12 months’s theme was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Magnificence” to honor McQueen after his dying in February 2010.
2010: Former Hole Vice President Patrick Robinson and Oprah Winfrey
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The night time, which was sponsored by Hole, was themed “American Lady: Fashioning a Nationwide Identification.”
2009: Justin Timberlake and Kate Moss
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The 2009 Met Ball was themed “The Mannequin As Muse: Embodying Vogue.”
2008: Julia Roberts and George Clooney
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The gala’s theme was “Superheroes: Vogue and Fantasy.”
2007: Cate Blanchett and Nicolas Ghesquière, Balenciaga’s inventive director
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The night was themed “Poiret: King of Vogue,” devoted to legendary designer Paul Poiret.
2006: Burberry design legend Christopher Bailey and Sienna Miller
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Fittingly, the Burberry and British-heavy night time was themed “AngloMania: Custom and Transgression in British Vogue.”
2005: Nicole Kidman and Karl Lagerfeld
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After all, because the night time’s theme was “Home of Chanel,” nobody however Lagerfeld may’ve been a chair.
2004: No co-chairs
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The 2004 Met Gala had no co-chairs past Wintour. The 12 months’s theme was “Harmful Liaisons: Vogue and Furnishings within the 18th Century.”
2003: Tom Ford and Nicole Kidman
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The night’s theme was “Goddess: The Classical Mode.”
2001: Oscar de la Renta and his spouse Annette, and designer Carolina Herrera
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L’Oréal CEO Lindsay Owen-Jones and his spouse, Cristina, additionally chaired the “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White Home Years”-themed occasion, as L’Oréal was the night time’s sponsor.
The Met Gala was canceled in 2002 within the wake of 9/11, and subsequent occurred in 2003.
1999: Estée Lauder’s style-and-image director Aerin Lauder and Tommy Hilfiger
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The final Met Gala of the twentieth century was themed “Rock Model.” There was no Met Gala in 2000, so the primary Met Gala of the twenty first century wasn’t held till 2001.
1998: Designer Miuccia Prada and socialite Pia Getty.
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The theme was “Cubism and Vogue,” and it was sponsored by the Prada model.
1997: Socialite Julia Koch, and W and Girls’s Put on Each day editorial director Patrick McCarthy
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That 12 months’s theme was “Gianni Versace,” devoted to the designer after his dying in July 1997.
1996: Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Elizabeth Tilberis, Marie-Chantal, the Crown Princess of Greece, and philanthropist and socialite Helene David-Weill
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The theme of the 1996 Met Gala was merely “Christian Dior.”
1995: Annette de la Renta and Clarissa Bronfman
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The primary Met Gala chaired by Anna Wintour occurred on December 4, 1995. Legendary designers Gianni Versace and Karl Lagerfeld have been honorary chairs that 12 months, and the theme was “Haute Couture.”
Annette de la Renta was the spouse of the late designer Oscar de La Renta, whereas Bronfman is the spouse of Edgar Bronfman Jr., a legendary businessman, producer, and former CEO of Warner Music Group.
