The Met Gala is undoubtedly the fashion event of the year for fans of glamor and extravagance. The biggest names in celebrity culture gather to showcase the artistic creations of the fashion elite.
In 2019, the theme of the Met Gala was “Camp.” The likes of Lady Gaga, Cardi B, and Rihanna gathered to debut colorful and spectacular creations from the biggest and best designers in the fashion industry. In 2020, the theme is set to be “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” 160 stunning outfits will be presented on the star-studded catwalk.
The New York Times says that the event is in part inspired by “the novels of Virginia Woolf and the theories of the early-20th-century French philosopher Henri Bergson, whose admittedly somewhat obscure but also important musings on time posited it as a constantly mutating stream rather than a series of discrete moments.”
Andrew Bolton, curator at Metropolitan Museum of Art added: “I wanted to do an exhibition focused on the collection, but not a traditional masterworks exhibition. Something that connects to the zeitgeist, and what people are talking about now.”
The Met Gala will take place on May 7, 2020.
