STORY: :: New York / May 4, 2026
:: Singer Cher blanks on her designer's name while walking the Met Gala carpet
Reporter: "Tell me about your look tonight."
Cher: "Oh I don't know, it just looks what it is. It's Daniel, what's his name? I'll find out. Ask someone."
:: Fashion designer Zac Posen celebrates model Kendall Jenner, calling her his 'dream date'
"Amazing. A dream date and beautiful. And she feels good. And that's the most important."
The event raised about $31 million in 2025, the biggest gross in its 77-year history, according to museum officials.
The annual fundraiser, held on the first Monday in May, raises money for the museum's Costume Institute and celebrates the opening of its major spring fashion exhibition. This year's dress code is "Fashion is Art," inviting guests to interpret fashion as an embodied art form.
Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz co-chair the gala host committee, whose members include Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Angela Bassett, Misty Copeland, LISA, Sam Smith and Teyana Taylor.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, lead sponsors of the gala and exhibition, serve as honorary chairs.
