Ever since the first Met Gala was held in 1948, back when it was still called the Costume Institute Gala, both Hollywood and the fashion industry’s brightest stars have descended on the The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s steps on the first Monday of May each year.
The two exceptions to this have been the past two years, with the 2020 Gala cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the 2021 Gala postponed from May until September last year.
