Each year the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan museum starts off its new annual exhibits with a formal benefits dinner at the Met Gala . The 2019 Camp exhibit ’s opening to the public was proceeded by the Costume Institute Gala on May 6 , 2019 . The co-chairs for the Gala were Lady Gaga , Alessandro Michele , Harry Styles , Serena Williams , and Anna Wintour . Past galas have seen celebrities wear outlandish and controversial outfits . Of the cochairs , Lady Gaga is well known for embodying camp including her 2010 MTV Video Music Awards dress made of raw meat . The Met ’s Costume Institute Galas started in 1948 to get donations from New York 's high society . Over the years it ’s become an event of famous faces from the realms of fashion , film , music and art . This year there was approximately 550 “ handpicked ” attendees , and the surprise Gala performer , Cher
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Camp: Notes on Fashion