Past Met Gala hosts, co-chairs: A list of every celebrity enlisted by Anna Wintour since 1995

The 2024 Met Gala will be co-chaired by Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, and Chris Hemsworth, along with Anna Wintour.

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• The Met Gala takes place on the first Monday in May each year.
• Anna Wintour has tapped celebrities to co-chair since taking over the Costume Institute in 1995.
• Co-chairs help promote the event and plan its theme, dinner, and performances.

Being invited to the Met Gala is one thing. But being named a co-chair of the annual event is an even bigger honor.

In 1995, Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour began co-hosting the event alongside fellow editors, socialites, and even European royalty.

She then began passing the job on to designers, actors, musicians, and even athletes in recent years.

But what do the Met Gala co-chairs do, and who's held the title in the past?

While Wintour has never revealed their exact role, it's rumored that co-chairs help plan the event's theme, dinner, and performances.

They're also some of the first stars to arrive on the red carpet each year — helping to exemplify the night's dress code — and their names are used to promote the annual event in the months leading to it.

The 2024 Met Gala co-chairs are Zendaya, Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, and Chris Hemsworth.

Here's a look back at who's held the honor in the past.

2023: Dua Lipa, Roger Federer, Penélope Cruz, and Michaela Coel, alongside Wintour

Met Gala themes sometimes honor iconic fashion designers, and 2023's event was dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld, who died in 2019.

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The theme honored Chanel icon Karl Lagerfeld, with "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty."

2022: Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Regina King

The 2022 Met Gala theme was "In America: An Anthology of Fashion."

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The 2021/2022 Met Gala was a two-part event, with the first part held in September of 2021 and the second in May of 2022. In 2022, the Met Gala returned for the culmination of the American-themed two-part celebration.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who missed out on the chance to co-chair in 2020, helmed the event alongside husband-and-wife duo Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and overall icon Regina King, who didn't walk the carpet at the big event. King's son died in January 2022, so she was likely still mourning the loss.

2021: Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Timothée Chalamet, and Naomi Osaka

The Met Gala returned from its pandemic hiatus in September of 2021.

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Part one of the two-part Met Gala, which was held in September 2021, was sponsored by Instagram and themed in "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion."

2020: Meryl Streep, Nicolas Ghesquière, Emma Stone, and Lin-Manuel Miranda

The 2020 Met Gala was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then returned in September 2021 for the first of a two-part event.

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The 2020 Met Gala was, of course, canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But had it taken place as scheduled on May 4, the theme would've been "About Time: Fashion and Duration," sponsored by Ghesquière's Louis Vuitton.

2019: Serena Williams, Harry Styles, then-Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, and Lady Gaga

The 2019 Met Gala's dress code was "camp."

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2019's theme was "Camp: Notes on Fashion," and it was sponsored by Gucci.

2018: Donatella Versace, Amal Clooney, and Rihanna

The dress code for the 2018 Met Gala was "Sunday best," prompting celebrities to don Catholic-themed attire.

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Rihanna's Met Gala looks had long earned her the title of "Queen of the Met Gala," and in 2018 she added the title of co-chair. The year's theme was a bold one: "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." It was sponsored by Versace and Christine and Stephen Schwarzman, who also served as co-chairs.

Stephen Schwarzman is a co-founder and CEO of The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm that has a stake in Versace.

2017: Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Pharrell, and Katy Perry

As the theme was based on her designs, Rei Kawakubo was an obvious choice for honorary chair, along with Caroline Kennedy.

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The 2017 theme was "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between," celebrating the Japanese brand, and was a joint sponsorship between Apple, Condé Nast, Farfetch, H&M, and Maison Valentino.

2016: Idris Elba and Taylor Swift

The evening's third host was Apple Chief Development Officer Jonathan Ives.

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The event was fittingly sponsored by Apple and themed "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology."

The evening's honorary hosts were returnees Nicolas Ghesquière, Karl Lagerfeld, and Miuccia Prada.

It's believed that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn met at the 2016 Met Gala. A lyric in Swift's song "Dress" describes each of their looks from the event. Swift and Alwyn's relationship would last for six years.

2015: Jennifer Lawrence and Gong Li

The 2015 Met Gala theme was "China: Through the Looking Glass," and it was sponsored by Yahoo.

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In addition to the actresses, then-CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer and entrepreneur/movie producer/third wife of Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Murdoch, also hosted the event, plus honorary chair and Hong Kong billionaire Silas Chou.

2014: Bradley Cooper and Sarah Jessica Parker

The 2014 Met Gala was sponsored by Aerin Lauder's lifestyle brand, AERIN.

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The other hosts for the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion"-themed night were Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, Aerin Lauder, and Oscar de la Renta.

2013: Former Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci, Rooney Mara, and Vogue editor Lauren Santo Domingo

The evening was sponsored by Modus Operandi, which Santo Domingo co-founded.

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This year's theme, "Punk: Chaos to Couture," remains one of the most iconic Met Gala themes.

2012: Carey Mulligan

As Amazon was the sponsor of the 2012 Met Gala, Jeff Bezos was an honorary chair.

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"Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" was the theme of 2012's Met Gala, which was also chaired by Miuccia Prada.

2011: Colin Firth and Stella McCartney

Also in 2011, Salma Hayek got to join her husband, François-Henri Pinault, as an honorary chair.

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That year's theme was "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" to honor McQueen after his death in February 2010.

2010: Former Gap Vice President Patrick Robinson and Oprah Winfrey

In honor of the "American Woman" theme, many of the outfits for the 2010 Met Gala incorporated reds, whites, and blues.

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The night, which was sponsored by Gap, was themed "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity."

2009: Justin Timberlake and Kate Moss

Marc Jacobs served as honorary chair, and also sponsored the 2009 Met Gala.

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The 2009 Met Ball was themed "The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion."

2008: Julia Roberts and George Clooney

The 2008 Met Gala was sponsored by Giorgio Armani, who also served as honorary chair.

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The gala's theme was "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy."

2007: Cate Blanchett and Nicolas Ghesquière, Balenciaga's creative director

Balenciaga sponsored the 2007 event.

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The evening was themed "Poiret: King of Fashion," dedicated to legendary designer Paul Poiret.

2006: Burberry design legend Christopher Bailey and Sienna Miller

The honorary chairs were former Burberry CEO Rose Marie Bravo and Peregrine Cavendish, the Duke of Devonshire. Burberry sponsored the 2006 Met Gala.

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Fittingly, the Burberry and British-heavy night was themed "AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion."

2005: Nicole Kidman and Karl Lagerfeld

In addition to Lagerfeld, Caroline, Princess of Hanover, was also an honorary chair.

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Of course, as the night's theme was "House of Chanel," no one but Lagerfeld could've been a chair.

2004: No co-chairs

Anna Wintour hosted the 2004 Met Gala on her own.

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The 2004 Met Gala had no co-chairs beyond Wintour. The year's theme was "Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century."

2003: Tom Ford and Nicole Kidman

At the time, Ford was the creative director of Gucci, which sponsored the 2003 Met Gala.

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The evening's theme was "Goddess: The Classical Mode."

2001: Oscar de la Renta and his wife Annette, and designer Carolina Herrera

As the 2001 Met Gala was centered around her Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and her husband, Edwin A. Schlossberg, were honorary chairs.

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L'Oréal CEO Lindsay Owen-Jones and his wife, Cristina, also chaired the "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years"-themed event, as L'Oréal was the night's sponsor.

The Met Gala was cancelled in 2002 in the wake of 9/11, and next occurred in 2003.

1999: Estée Lauder's style-and-image director Aerin Lauder and Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger is flanked by Aerin Lauder (left) and Vogue editor Anna Wintour at the Costume Institute Gala "Rock Style."

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The last Met Gala of the 20th century was themed "Rock Style." There was no Met Gala in 2000, so the first Met Gala of the 21st century wasn't held until 2001.

1998: Designer Miuccia Prada and socialite Pia Getty.

They also shared chairing duties with actress and socialite Paula Cussi.

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The theme was "Cubism and Fashion," and it was sponsored by the Prada brand.

1997: Socialite Julia Koch, and W and Women's Wear Daily editorial director Patrick McCarthy

Wintour resumed Met Gala co-chairing duties in 1997, after skipping 1996.

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That year's theme was "Gianni Versace," dedicated to the designer after his death in July 1997.

1996: Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Elizabeth Tilberis, Marie-Chantal, the Crown Princess of Greece, and philanthropist and socialite Helene David-Weill

David-Weill is the wife of powerful New York investment banker Michel David-Weill.

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The theme of the 1996 Met Gala was simply "Christian Dior."

1995: Annette de la Renta and Clarissa Bronfman

1995 was the year Wintour became the chairwoman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

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The first Met Gala chaired by Anna Wintour occurred on December 4, 1995. Legendary designers Gianni Versace and Karl Lagerfeld were honorary chairs that year, and the theme was "Haute Couture."

Annette de la Renta was the wife of the late designer Oscar de La Renta, while Bronfman is the wife of Edgar Bronfman Jr., a legendary businessman, producer, and former CEO of Warner Music Group.

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