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Who is responsible for organizing the Met Gala?

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Organized and presided over by Anna Wintour since 1995, the Met Gala has become a much-loved annual celebration of fashion. Considered a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, it has traditionally been timed to mark the opening of its annual fashion exhibition. Year after year, the event raises eight-figure sums.

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Fashion fans will be able to follow all the action on Vogue’s livestream once again for 2023. While the hosts for this year’s red carpet are yet to be announced, last year Hamish Bowles, actor and singer Vanessa Hudgens, and actor and television personality La La Anthony interviewed guests as they arrived at the Met.

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Who is responsible for organizing the Met Gala?

Anna Wintour has been the Vogue editor-in-chief and a chairwoman of the Gala event since 1995 excluding 1996 and 1998 and oversees both the benefit committee and the guest list, with Vogue staffers helping assemble the list of invitees.

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