Tracing the Evolution of the Met Gala, From a $50 Charity Dinner to Fashion's Biggest Night
Without these style icons, the Met Gala would merely be a fundraiser rather than the party of the year. One could even say that without these trailblazers, fashion wouldn't be included among the works of art that are currently displayed for the masses at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, these timeless pieces would remain in the vaults of famous ateliers, collecting dust.Coco Chanel
and designers across the world. As a fashion publicist, who founded the Council of Fashion Designers of America and New York Fashion Week, Eleanor believed that, contrary to popular belief, clothes and other garments hold as much value as the next Of course, convincing the intellectuals of this idea took effort and a whole lot of money. But having earned her spot among the elites in New York had its advantages. For one, Lambert had access to the people with deep pockets.
With these two things in mind, invitations were sent out to New York's upper echelon and higher-ups from the fashion industry in 1948, welcoming them to an elegant dinner and reminding them to bring their checkbooks—they would need it. In the early years, the dinner cost $50 to attend, equivalent to $550 in 2020, and was hosted at New York City hotspots like the Rainbow Room, Central Park or the Waldorf Astoria. It was a quaint, intimate soiree for the elite of the elite that would keep the Costume Institute afloat for the years to come.
And though Lambert's dinner marked the opening of a new exhibit, as tradition dictates, themes weren't introduced until
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