The Met Gala takes place on the first Monday in May to raise millions of dollars for the museum's fashion department. Created in 1948, the "Met Gala" has long been reserved for New York society, but Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour took it over in 1995 to transform it into a global "people" event adapted to the era of social networks.
The list of hundreds of stars in fashion, music, film, politics or business -- mostly American -- is kept secret until the last moment.