Yearly, occasion planner Raul Ávila is given a frightening process: to rework the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork into an otherworldly spectacle for the annual Met Gala. For 2019’s “Camp: Notes on Vogue,” he created a 25-foot tall, flamboyant flamingo centerpiece comprised of 30,000 flowers. In 2018, he erected a rose recreation of a papal crown for “Heavenly Our bodies: Vogue and the Catholic Creativeness.” And people are simply examples of floral formations: In 2007, for “Poiret: King of Vogue,” he crammed a gilded birdcage with stay peacocks. Minor chaos ensued when one escaped. “Everybody on the museum was chasing after her to get her again into the cage,” he recalled.

Every occasion brings an journey: in 2013, Avila and his crew flew in a chandelier from London and rigged it with razor blades for that 12 months’s punk-themed bash, and “Heavenly Our bodies” noticed the Met’s grand staircase alight with hundreds of candles. Then there are the desk settings: 2019, for instance, noticed tablescapes with bamboo flatware, feather lampshades, floral plates, and surprising pink tablecloths.

2023’s soirée, “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence,” honored the Chanel inventive director with its decor. The Temple of Dendur boasted a set that resembled Lagerfeld’s house library, whereas the tablescapes took aesthetic cues for the well-known wedding ceremony reception he threw for Paloma Picasso.

This 12 months’s occasion—“Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Vogue”—and its sure-to-be fantastical decor will happen on Could 6. So till then, take a spin via the Met Gala interiors all through the years, from 2005’s Chanel-themed soiree to the latest affair in 2023.

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Magnificence

Photographed by Flo Ngala

Karl Lagerfeld was recognized for his love of throwing dinner events. For the 2023 Met Gala, the Vogue particular occasions division and occasion planner Raul Àvila had been impressed by most well-known soirées: the marriage reception he hosted for Paloma Picasso.

In America: An Anthology of Vogue and A Lexicon of Vogue

For 2022’s “In America: An Anthology of Vogue”, company from Blake Energetic to Lizzo had dinner on plates adorned with classic motifs sourced by Johnson Hartig of Libertine. Gracing the tables had been linens based mostly off of embroidery by American textile artist Elizabeth Jeffries, discovered by Vogue’s contributing editor Eaddy Kiernan within the Metropolitan Museum’s archive.

Camp: Notes on Vogue

Photographed by Corey Tenold

“Camp is all about exaggeration,” Raul Ávila stated of his decor for the 2019 Met Gala. Right here, a flamingo centerpiece within the museum’s Nice Corridor with a base comprised of 30,000 flowers.

Heavenly Our bodies: Vogue and the Catholic Creativeness

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Photographed by Corey Tenold

For the 2018 Met Gala, Ávila designed a papal crown centerpiece with 80,000 roses. Why recreate the headpiece? “The tiara is probably the most putting part of the Pope’s ensemble,” he stated.

Rei Kawakuno /Comme des Garçons: Artwork of The In-Between

Photographed by Corey Tenold

For “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Artwork of the In-Between,” a large, violet-shaped centerpiece towered over party-goers within the Nice Corridor. The enormous flower was a nod to Kawakaubo’s designs, a lot of which characteristic a floral motif.

Manus X Machina: Vogue In An Age of Know-how

Photographed by Taylor Jewel

A design-savvy double-helix within the Nice Corridor for “Manus/Machina: Vogue in an Age of Know-how”

China: By way of The Trying Glass

Photographed by Eric Boman, Vogue, Met Gala 2015

Charles James: Past Vogue

Photographed by Eric Boman, Vogue, Met Gala 2014

Punk: Chaos to Couture

Photographed by Eric Boman

Schiaparelli & Prada: Unimaginable Conversations

Photographed by Eric Boman

Alexander McQueen: Savage Magnificence

Photographed by Hannah Thomson

American Girl: Fashioning A Nationwide Id

Photographed by Hannah Thomson

The Mannequin As Muse: Embodying Vogue

Photographed by Hannah Thomson

Superheroes: Vogue and Fantasy

Photographed by Hannah Thomson

Poiret: King of Vogue

Photographed by Robert Fairer

Anglomania: Custom and Transgression in British Vogue

Photographed by Michael Lisnet

Chanel

Picture: Jason Dewey/Courtesy of David Monn

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