More than 700 famous faces are expected to attend the $25,000-a-pop
event, meaning that if each guest paid for a ticket, $17.5 million would
be raised in a single night.
“This fundraising event is The Costume Institute’s main source of
annual funding for exhibitions, acquisitions and capital improvements,”
said Nancy Chilton, the senior press officer/adviser to The Costume
Institute, which is something of a miniature museum within The
Metropolitan Museum of Art. It houses a collection of 35,000 costumes
and accessories from the 15th century to present day.
The theme of this year’s event is "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible
Conversations," and it will explore the similarities between Elsa
Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada.
