2020 Met Gala theme revealed

2020 Met Gala theme revealed

November 7, 2019, 12:49 PM

The theme for the super bowl of fashion has just been revealed!

Behold, the 2020 Met Gala: "About Time: Fashion and Duration."

The announcement was made Thursday by The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and host of the annual blockbuster ball.

Staying true to theme, "the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition will showcase a century-and-a-half of fashion history culled from its archive and presented along a 'disruptive' timeline," according to Vogue.

The gala, hosted at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as, The Met, in New York City, is the formal unveiling and opening night of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition, which shares in concept and theme.

PHOTO: Katy Perry attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019 in New York City.
Katy Perry attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019 in New York City.
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PHOTO: Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019, in New York City.
Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019, in New York City.
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PHOTO: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019, in New York City.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019, in New York City.
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PHOTO: Cardi B attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019, in New York City.
Cardi B attends the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 6, 2019, in New York City.
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“It’s a reimagining of fashion history that’s fragmented, discontinuous, and heterogeneous," says Andrew Bolton, curator in charge of the Costume Institute.

The purpose behind "About Time: Fashion and Duration" will be to get us to think differently about fashion's history -- Bolton is dividing 160 women’s garments into two sections or "timescales."

Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour continues to preside as chairperson of the gala.

Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Nicolas Ghesquière and Lin-Manuel Miranda have been announced to join as co-chairs.

PHOTO: Meryl Streep, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Emma Stone and  Lin-Manuel Miranda are the Met Gala 2020 co-chairs.
Meryl Streep, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Emma Stone and Lin-Manuel Miranda are the Met Gala 2020 co-chairs.
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The 2020 gala, which is always held on the first Monday of May, also marks the 150th anniversary of The Met, so we can expect May 4 next year to be especially unforgettable.

"About Time: Fashion and Duration" will be on exhibit at The Met beginning May 7 through Sept. 7, 2020.

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