The Met Gala 2026 Theme, Exhibit, and More Details About Fashion's Biggest Night

It's up to Anna Wintour. The Condé Nast Chief Content Officer not only approves every single person on the guest list, but she also picks the seating charts and reportedly has input on everyone's outfits. Monday night at the Met is for Hollywood's elite, including iconic singers like Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga, as well as many of the same actors who show up to the Oscars (think Nicole Kidman Zendaya). Of course, supermodels, designers, photographers, and even royals and politicians attend, too. Wintour, usually accompanied by her daughter Bee Shaffer, as well as the gala co-chairs are always first to arrive, in order to oversee every detail.