The 2018 Met Gala is finally upon us, and everybody who is anybody is expected to be there.
The fashion benefit, held every year on the first Monday in May, brings out the biggest names in not just the fashion industry but Hollywood too, and this year is no exception. The invite-only event runs celebs about $30,000 a ticket, according to The New York Times, and about 600 people attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's lavish spring exhibition.
Fashion and art lovers can expect to see the gala's co-chairs—Condé Nast artistic director and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, Amal Clooney, Donatella Versace and Rihanna—celebrating this year's theme, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination."
The 2018 exhibit, which features papal robes and accessories from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, explores "fashion's ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism." So fans should expect to see celebs decked out in their finest Sunday Mass apparel.
In honor of this year's Met Gala, take a look back at last year's most stunning looks ✨ pic.twitter.com/9jqQqtkCns
— Harper's Bazaar (@harpersbazaarus) May 7, 2018
Details on who will appaer on the 70th annual Met Gala's red carpet are a little murky.
Invitations are usually kept private, so no one ever really knows who will show up at the star-studded benefit until that day. But if previous years' attendees are any indication, fans will likely see A-listers like Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry—all of whom attended the 2017 Met Gala—along with model sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid and Kardashian's half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lily Aldridge, Chadwick Boseman, Priyanka Chopra, Jimmy Fallon, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Jared Leto, Gary Oldman, Sarah Paulson, Amanda Seyfried, Jaden Smith, Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood and Shailene Woodley are all slated to attend.
Beyoncé was missing in action at the 2017 Met Gala—probably because the singer was heavily pregnant with twins last May—so there is a possibility she will be at the 2018 event. The Lemonade singer has been attending major events, including the Grammys, all year. She also headlined the 2018 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April, an event she missed when she was pregnant last year.
