Il 1° maggio andrà in scena l’evento più glamour dell’anno: il Gala di beneficienza organizzato da Anna Wintour (e prima di lei da Diana Vreeland) che si svolge al Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute di New York per celebrare un artista o una tendenza che ha influenzato il mondo della moda. Il dress code delle celebrità che affolleranno il tappeto rosso del Met 45 dovrà essere in linea con le creazioni di Rei Kawakubo: la misteriosa stilista che si cela dietro il successo di Comme des Garçons e protagonista, indiscussa, dell’edizione 2017.
- 2016: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, Claire Danes in Zac Posen
- 2015: China: Through the Looking Glass, Karen Elson in Dolce & Gabbana
- 2014: Charles James: Beyond Fashion, Blake Lively in Gucci
- 2013: Punk: Chaos to Couture, Miley Cyrus in Marc Jacobs
- 2012: Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, January Jones in Versace
- 2011: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, Beyonce in Emilio Pucci
- 2010: American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, Anne Hathaway in Valentino
- 2009: The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion, Kate Moss in Marc Jacobs
- 2008: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, Amber Valletta in Versace
- 2007: Poiret: King of Fashion, Cate Blanchett in Givenchy
- 2006: AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion, Victoria Beckham in Roland Mouret
- 2005: The House of Chanel, Selma Blair in Chanel
- 2004: Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century, Scarlett Johansson in Calvin Klein
- 2003: Goddess: The Classical Mode, Nicole Kidman in Gucci
- 2001: Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years, Renée Zellweger in Oleg Cassini
- 1999: Rock Style, Jennifer Lopez (con Puff Daddy)
- 1998: Cubism and Fashion, Claudia Schiffer
- 1997: Gianni Versace, Salma Hayek in Versace
- 1996: Christian Dior, Lady Diana in Dior
- 1995: Haute Couture, Sarah Jessica Parker
- 1994: Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress, Veronica Webb
- 1993: Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style, Linda Evangelista
- 1992: Fashion and History: A Dialogue, Christy Turlington
- 1991: Joan Rivers
- 1990: Théâtre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls, Naomi Campbell in Versace
- 1989: The Age of Napoleon: Costume From Revolution To Empire, Anna Wintour
- 1988: From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877, Gina Lollobrigida
- 1987: In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume Institute, Barbara Walters
- 1986: Dance, Lynda Carter
- 1985: Costumes of Royal India, Cher in Bobbie Mackie
- 1984: Man and the Horse, Nancy Kissinger
- 1983: Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design, Diana Vreeland
- 1982: La Belle Époque, Raquel Welch
- 1981: The Eighteenth Century Woman, Iman in Calvin Klein
- 1980: The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Ch’ing Dynasty, Paloma Picasso
- 1979: Fashions of the Habsburg Era: Austria-Hungary, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Valentino
- 1977: Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove: Nancy Regan
- 1976: The Glory of Russian Costume, Bianca Jagger
- 1975: American Women of Style, Naomi Sims
- 1974: Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design, Marisa Berenson