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Met Gala Themes Over the Years - Every Theme From 1971-Today!

Met Gala Themes Over the Years - Every Theme From 1971-Today!

The 2017 Met Gala is taking place on Monday (May 1), and this year’s theme is Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons.

This will be the first exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to focus on a living designer since 1983 when Yves Saint Laurent was the muse.

You may not know, but every year, the Met Gala has a chosen theme. The first year where a theme is on record is back in 1971.

We have the full list of every theme from the start until 2017!

Click inside to see every Met Gala theme over the years…

Met Gala Themes

1971�”1972: Fashion Plate
1972�”1973: Untailored Garments
1973�”1974: The World of Balenciaga
1974�”1975: Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design
1975�”1976: American Women of Style
1976�”1977: The Glory of Russian Costume
1977�”1978: Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove
1978�”1979: Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes
1979�”1980: Fashions of the Habsburg Era: Austria-Hungary
1980�”1981: The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Chi’ng Dynasty
1981�”1982: The Eighteenth-Century Woman
1982�”1983: Le Belle Époque
1983�”1984: Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design
1984�”1985: Man and the Horse
1985�”1986: Costumes of Royal India
1986�”1987: Dance
1987�”1988: In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume Institute
1988�”1989: From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837�”1877
1989�”1990: The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789�”1815
1990�”1991: Théâtre de la Mode – Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture
1991�”1992: Gala held, but no concurrent costume exhibition
1992�”1993: Fashion and History: A Dialogue
1993�”1994: Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style
1994�”1995: Orientalism: Visions of the East in western dress
1995�”1996: Haute Couture
1996�”1997: Christian Dior
1997�”1998: Gianni Versace
1998�”1999: Cubism and Fashion
1999�”2000: Rock Style
2000�”2001: No costume exhibition gala presented
2001: Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years
2001�”2002: No costume exhibition gala presented
2003: Goddess: The Classical Mode
2004: Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century
2005: The House of Chanel (May 5 �”August 7, 2005)[32][68]
2006: AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion
2007: Poiret: King of Fashion
2008: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
2009: The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion
2010: American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity
2011: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
2012: Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations
2013: Punk: Chaos to Couture
2014: Charles James: Beyond Fashion
2015: China: Through the Looking Glass
2016: Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology
2017: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons

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