At the same time, the gala is grappling with other uncertainties, including a transition of professional roles for the longtime editor of Vogue, Anna Wintour, whose control over the event \u2014 from the seating charts to the finger food \u2014 is famously ironclad.<\/p>\n
In the last year, the 76-year-old Wintour stepped aside from her role as editor in chief of American Vogue<\/a>, and named as her successor Chloe Malle. Wintour remains in a top position at Cond\u00e9 Nast, Vogue\u2019s parent company, as chief content officer, and global editorial director of Vogue.<\/p>\n As the world\u2019s most famous magazine editor, Wintour has been credited with transforming the gala from a clubby New York society event into a global phenomenon, attracting a star-studded A-list<\/a> and generating a healthy revenue stream<\/a> for Cond\u00e9 Nast, said Amy Odell, a fashion journalist<\/a> who wrote a biography of Wintour, \u201cAnna: The Biography.\u201d In fact, the gala, which is streamed exclusively by Vogue, brings the media company so many advertising dollars, Odell said, that \u201cthey can\u2019t not have it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Met\u2019s Costume Institute is financially dependent on the gala. On Monday, Max Hollein, the Met\u2019s director and chief executive, announced that this year\u2019s event had raised a record $42 million, smashing last year\u2019s $31 million mark and dwarfing similar benefit events at other institutions.<\/p>\n The gala\u2019s place in the New York City and global social calendar \u2014 traditionally the first Monday in May \u2014 is also unparalleled, with immense power to cement the importance of up-and-coming stars, both in fashion and the world of celebrity. Wintour has also argued that the gala \u2014 by, for example, drawing guests who stay at hotels and hiring multiple behind-the-scene vendors \u2014 is ultimately a shot in the arm for the city\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n Ms. Mallis echoed this. \u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s an enormous fund-raiser,\u201d Mallis said, adding, \u201cand that is a very positive thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the same time, the gala is grappling with other uncertainties, including a transition of professional roles for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[1008,28815,8773,39470,21624,27766,25007,734,28285,28284,7541,22327,560,39647,306,28814],"class_list":{"0":"post-67940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jeff-bezos","8":"tag-amazon-com-inc","9":"tag-anna","10":"tag-bezos","11":"tag-boycotts","12":"tag-demonstrations","13":"tag-fashion-and-apparel","14":"tag-high-net-worth-individuals","15":"tag-jeff-bezos","16":"tag-jeffrey-p","17":"tag-lauren-1969","18":"tag-met-gala","19":"tag-metropolitan-museum-of-art","20":"tag-new-york-city","21":"tag-protests-and-riots","22":"tag-sanchez","23":"tag-wintour"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116562348039576062","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}