This year the exhibition is “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between,”<br />and the hosts are Anna Wintour (the gatekeeper for the gala), Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams; the honorary chairwomen are Ms. Kawakubo and Caroline Kennedy, the former United States ambassador to Japan.<br />The Met Gala (sometimes also called “the party of the year”) technically signals the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual blockbuster show,<br />but it also provides an opportunity to gawk at the many celebrities who ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday in May.<br />By THE NEW YORK TIMESMAY 1, 2017<br />They don’t call it the Oscars of the East Coast for nothing.
