Anna Wintour’s team at Vogue has reached ticket holders to the canceled Met Gala and urged guests to make a contribution rather than get a refund.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art this week canceled a gala known as Super Bowl mode – where guests traditionally ranged from Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Kim Kardashian to Jeff Bezos and CAA’s Bryan Lourd. Black tie extravaganzas raise money for the Met Costume Institute.
Sources say that in this gala season, most canceled events ask guests not to get their money back, but to make money from ticket donations.
But unlike other gala events, the price at Met Gala – one of the toughest tickets in the world – costs up to $ 300,000 per table or $ 30,000 for one ticket. Also unlike other charity doll charity clothes, where some donors might be happy to part with ticket prices in return for not having to attend a high-class black tie dinner, Met Gala discussed the party.
Vogue has no comments. A source familiar with museum programs told us: “Because the global arts and cultural community, and Met, suffered heavy losses due to the pandemic, and because the Met Gala is the primary source of the Costume Society’s annual funding, they hope guests will consider going with generously change their tickets to this fundraiser into donations or transfer tickets to the gala next year. If that is not possible, of course the money will be returned. “
Last year, gala raised $ 15 million reported. This year’s Costume Institute exhibition (which will be the theme of the party) is called, “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” The exhibition is scheduled to open on October 29.
When the gala was canceled, pregnant Perry revealed the look she had planned to wear, while Billy Porter launched a social media challenge for fans to re-create the look of the past.
