Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala 2017 -<br />Officially, it’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a black-tie extravaganza<br />held the first Monday in May to raise money for the Costume Institute (a.k.a.<br />Brands often invite celebrities to sit at their table,<br />and Ms. Wintour also often invites up-and-coming designers who may not be able to afford a ticket and scatters them around the event.<br />This is good, because as the red carpet part of the evening has become a giant marketing event — live streamed on a variety of sites and shown on E!, just like the Oscars — the fact<br />that the main part of the event is private allows guests to relax and have fun.<br />Because, in honor of Ms. Kawakubo’s own desire to push boundaries — this has resulted in dresses<br />that sprouted lumps and bumps on odd parts off the body, dresses that turned women into flat-packed paper dolls and dresses that turned wedding dresses into cages — guests are being encouraged to think “avant-garde.” Just ruminate on that for a moment.
