Date of Gala | Theme | Co-chairs | Honorary Chairs | Sponsor | Headline Performers |
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March 21, 1973 | The World of Balenciaga[57][58] | None | None | Government of Spain[59] | N/A |
December 12, 1973 | The 10s, the 20s, the 30s: Inventive Clothes: 1909–1939[60][61] | Phyllis Ellsworth Dillon | None | | N/A |
November 20, 1974 | Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design[62] | Jane Engelhard | None | SCM Corporation | N/A |
December 10, 1975 | American Women of Style[63] | Jane Engelhard | None | SCM Corporation | N/A |
December 6, 1976 | The Glory of Russian Costume[60][64][65] | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | None | SCM Corporation | N/A |
December 12, 1977 | Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove[60][66][67] | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | None | Halston | N/A |
November 20, 1978 | Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes[60] | Pat Buckley | None | | N/A |
December 3, 1979 | Fashions of the Habsburg Era: Austria-Hungary[60][68] | Pat Buckley | None | | N/A |
December 9, 1980 | The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Chi’ng Dynasty[60] | Pat Buckley | None | | N/A |
December 7, 1981 | The Eighteenth-Century Woman[60][69][70] | Pat Buckley | None | Merle Norman Cosmetics | N/A |
December 6, 1982 | La Belle Époque[60][71] | Pat Buckley | None | Pierre Cardin | N/A |
December 5, 1983 | Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design[60][72] | Pat Buckley | None | Gustave Zumsteg | N/A |
December 3, 1984 | Man and the Horse[60][73] | Pat Buckley | None | Ralph Lauren | N/A |
December 9, 1985 | Costumes of Royal India[60][74] | Pat Buckley | None | Ratti, Christian Humann Foundation | N/A |
December 8, 1986 | Dance[60][75] | Pat Buckley | None | Shiseido | N/A |
December 7, 1987 | A Tribute to Diana Vreeland[76] | Pat Buckley | None | Reliance Group Holdings | N/A |
December 5, 1988 | From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877[60][77] | Pat Buckley | None | The Leslie Fay Companies | N/A |
December 4, 1989 | The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815[60][78][79] | Pat Buckley | None | Wolfgang K. Flottl | N/A |
December 3, 1990 | Théâtre de la Mode – Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture[80] | Pat Buckley | None | Wolfgang K. Flottl | N/A |
December 9, 1991 | No theme, as no concurrent costume exhibition was held[81] | Pat Buckley | None | | N/A |
December 7, 1992 | Fashion and History: A Dialogue[82] | Pat Buckley | None | | N/A |
December 6, 1993 | Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style[83][84] | Pat Buckley | None | | N/A |
December 5, 1994 | Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western dress[85][86] | Pat Buckley, Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass | None | | N/A |
December 4, 1995 | Haute Couture[87] | Anna Wintour, Annette de la Renta, Clarissa Bronfman | Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace | Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Gianni Versace | N/A |
December 9, 1996 | Christian Dior[88] | Elizabeth Tilberis, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Helene David-Weill | None | Dior, LVMH | N/A |
December 8, 1997 | Gianni Versace[89][90][91] | Anna Wintour, Julia Koch, Patrick McCarthy | None | David H. Koch Foundation, VH1, Fairchild Publications | Sting |
December 7, 1998 | Cubism and Fashion[92] | Anna Wintour, Miuccia Prada, Paula Cussi, Pia Getty | None | Prada | N/A |
December 6, 1999 | Rock Style[93] | Anna Wintour, Tommy Hilfiger, Aerin Lauder | None | Tommy Hilfiger | N/A |
April 23, 2001 | Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years[94] | Anna Wintour, Christina and Lindsay Owen-Jones, Annette and Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera | Caroline Kennedy and Edwin A. Schlossberg | L’OrĂ©al | N/A |
April 28, 2003 | Goddess: The Classical Mode[95] | Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, Nicole Kidman | None | Gucci | N/A |
April 26, 2004 | Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century[96] | None | Jacob Rothschild, Jayne Wrightsman | | N/A |
May 2, 2005 | The House of Chanel[97] | Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld, Nicole Kidman | Caroline, Princess of Hanover | Chanel | N/A |
May 1, 2006 | AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion[98] | Anna Wintour, Christopher Bailey, Sienna Miller | Rose Marie Bravo, The Duke of Devonshire | Burberry | N/A |
May 7, 2007 | Poiret: King of Fashion[99] | Anna Wintour, Cate Blanchett, Nicolas Ghesquière | François-Henri Pinault | Balenciaga | N/A |
May 5, 2008 | Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy[100][101] | Anna Wintour, George Clooney, Julia Roberts | Giorgio Armani | Giorgio Armani | N/A |
May 4, 2009 | The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion[102][103] | Anna Wintour, Kate Moss, Justin Timberlake | Marc Jacobs | Marc Jacobs | N/A |
May 3, 2010 | American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity[104][105][106] | Anna Wintour, Oprah Winfrey, Patrick Robinson | None | Gap | Lady Gaga |
May 2, 2011 | Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty[107][108] | Anna Wintour, Colin Firth, Stella McCartney | François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek | Alexander McQueen | Florence and the Machine |
May 7, 2012 | Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations[109] | Anna Wintour, Carey Mulligan, Miuccia Prada | Jeff Bezos | Amazon | Bruno Mars |
May 6, 2013 | Punk: Chaos to Couture[110][111] | Anna Wintour, Rooney Mara, Lauren Santo Domingo, Riccardo Tisci | Beyoncé | Moda Operandi | Kanye West |
May 5, 2014 | Charles James: Beyond Fashion[112][113][114] | Aerin Lauder, Anna Wintour, Bradley Cooper, Oscar de la Renta, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch | None | AERIN | Frank Ocean |
May 4, 2015 | China: Through the Looking Glass[115] | Anna Wintour, Jennifer Lawrence, Gong Li, Marissa Mayer, Wendi Murdoch | Silas Chou | Yahoo | Rihanna |
May 2, 2016 | Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology[116] | Anna Wintour, Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Jonathan Ive | Nicolas Ghesquière, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada | Apple | The Weeknd |
May 1, 2017 | Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between[117] | Anna Wintour, Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams | Rei Kawakubo | Apple, Condé Nast, Farfetch, H&M, Maison Valentino | Katy Perry |
May 7, 2018 | Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination[118] | Anna Wintour, Amal Clooney, Rihanna, Donatella Versace | Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman | Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman, Versace | Madonna |
May 6, 2019 | Camp: Notes on Fashion[119] | Anna Wintour, Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Serena Williams, Alessandro Michele | None | Gucci | Cher |
Planned for May 4, 2020 (canceled)[120] | About Time: Fashion and Duration[121] | Anna Wintour, Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nicolas Ghesquiere | None | Louis Vuitton | N/A |
September 13, 2021 | In America: A Lexicon of Fashion[122] | Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Naomi Osaka | Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri, Anna Wintour | Instagram | Justin Bieber |
May 2, 2022 | In America: An Anthology of Fashion[123] | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
avagg7
October 24, 2021 — 3:23 pm
I remember being around when you first discovered that the MET Galas had themes! I honestly didn’t even know what the MET Gala was until my roommate showed me this year, let alone that they had THEMES.
And now, I get to learn more through you and your inquiry posts! How exciting.
I really enjoyed seeing some of the themes prior to this years as that was the first and only MET Gala I had ever followed.
2013 Theme: Punk: Chaos To Couture. WOW. Just the sounds of it sounds like chaos! I would definitely like to see more from this theme.
Fun project Christie!