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The annual fundraiser benefits the Met's Costume Institute and serves as an opening celebration for their annual fashion exhibit - this year featuring "China: Through the Looking Glass." Guests are encouraged to dress in theme.
Chinese billionaire Silas Chou is this year's host of the $25,000-a-ticket affair, while Jennifer Lawrence, Marissa Mayer, Wendi Murdoch, Gong Li, and Anna Wintour will all serve co-chairs.
But it is Wintour who has overseen the star-studded guest list since 1995.
This year's A-list attendees include: Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Julianne Moore, Katy Perry, Seth Meyers, Harvey Weinstein, Jessica Chastain, Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anne Hathaway, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ivanka Trump, Allison Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, and many more.