The Met Gala 2020 Will Be All ‘About Time: Fashion and Duration’
The theme for the Met gala 2020 has been revealed, so we can start making guesses at what the first Monday in May will look like.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced its annual exhibition will be called “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” It’ll open on May 7, 2020. The glitzy gala that’s thrown in honor of the exhibit will be cochaired by Louis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière, Anna Wintour, Emma Stone (a Louis Vuitton brand ambassador), Meryl Streep, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
“I wanted to do an exhibition focused on the collection, but not a traditional masterworks exhibition,” Andrew Bolton, the curator of the Costume Institute told the New York Times. “Something that connects to the zeitgeist, and what people are talking about now…. It’s about time.” Per the Times, the exhibit is “inspired in part by the novels of Virginia Woolf and the theories of the early-20th-century French philosopher Henri Bergson.” The show itself will include 160 pieces of women’s fashion.
“Fashion is indelibly connected to time,” Bolton continued. “It not only reflects and represents the spirit of the times, but it also changes and develops with the times.”
Next year’s Met gala will be extra special, since 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of the museum. We can only imagine how celebrities and designers will interpret a concept as amorphous as time—but we can’t wait to find out. In the meantime, let’s take a look back at how the famous cochairs have dressed for Met galas past.
Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton in 2019
The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Social Ready
Kevin Mazur/MG19/Getty ImagesNicolas Ghesquière in Louis Vuitton in 2019
The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes On Fashion - Arrivals
John ShearerStone in Louis Vuitton in 2018
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ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty ImagesGhesquière in Louis Vuitton in 2018
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala - Cocktails
Dimitrios Kambouris/MG18Ghesquière in Louis Vuitton in 2017
"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals
John ShearerStone in Prada in 2016
"Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals
Jamie McCarthy/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesGhesquière in Louis Vuitton in 2016
"Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals
Larry BusaccaStone in Thakoon in 2014
"Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesStone in Lanvin in 2012
"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala
Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty ImagesGhesquière in 2012
"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala
Dimitrios KambourisStone in Lanvin in 2011
"Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" Costume Institute Gala At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Arrivals
Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesGhesquière in 2010
"American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Arrivals
Rabbani and Solimene PhotographyGhesquière in 2008
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Costume Institute Annual Gala - Arrivals
Stephen LovekinGhesquière in 2007
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Patrick McMullanGhesquière in 2005
MET Costume Institute Gala Celebrating Chanel
Evan AgostiniGhesquière in 2004
"Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion And Furniture In The 18th Century" The Metropolitan Museums Costume Institute Benefit Gala
Evan AgostiniThe exhibition “About Time: Fashion and Duration” will be open at the Costume Institute from May 7 through September 7, 2020.
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