Step inside the Met Gala. Every year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute mounts the most prestigious fashion exhibition in the world, and its opening-night gala, produced with Vogue, is often called the party of the year. Curated by Vogue editors Hamish Bowles and Chloe Malle, this lavish coffee table book draws on Vogue’s archives to show the exhibitions alongside the fashion shoots they inspired, with photographs of the exhibited pieces and the famous red carpet. It’s organized chronologically, covering shows from Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty to China: Through the Looking Glass, Heavenly Bodies (the most visited exhibition in the museum’s history), and Camp: Notes on Fashion. With photographs by Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, and Steven Meisel, an introduction by Anna Wintour, and a foreword by Met director Max Hollein, it’s a must for any fashion lover, and it pairs perfectly with Vogue: Fantasy & Fashion.
