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The 2020 Met Gala Has Been Postponed Over Coronavirus Fears

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10:17 18 Mar 2020


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2020 Met Gala postponed

The 2020 Met Gala has been postponed over coronavirus fears.

It was due to take place May 4th however, it's been put on hold indefinitely.

 

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The event takes place yearly in aid of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This year's exhibition is titled About Time: Fashion and Duration and is sponsored by Louis Vuitton.

According to CNN, the event is expected to follow the history of fashion from 1870 to present day.

 

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Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour hosts the annual celebrity packed red carpet event.

She announced its postponement after the Metropolitan Museum made the decision to temporarily close its doors.

'About Time, and the opening night gala, will not take place on the date scheduled.'

 

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2019 Met Gala

While we wait on further news about this year's Met Gala, let's have a look at last year's event.

Here's some of our favourite and most iconic looks from the night:

Lady Gaga

Gaga made numerous outfit changes and she looked fabulous in each one.

Jared Leto

The Suicide Squad star made quite the scene as he arrived holding his own head...

Harry Styles

The former One Direction band member wore a black lacy one-piece with a see-through top and arms.

Katy Perry

Katy lit up the room and I say that quite literally.

She arrived dressed as a chandelier.

She also dressed up as a burger for the after party.

We can't imagine it was easy for her to get around in that!

Zendaya

The Greatest Showman's Zendaya brought the childhood nostalgia to the Gala.

She looked magical as she dressed up as Cinderella.

Cardi B

The Please rapper went all out for last year's Met Gala.

She arrived in a Thom Browne floor-length gown with a train that pretty much took over the whole carpet.

According to The Irish Mirror, the gown took 2,000 hours to create.

10 people were enlisted to carry the gown as Cardi walked out onto the carpet.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner

The Jonas Brother and his Game Of Thrones wife looked absolutely fabulous at the event.

They wore matching colourful outfits with their hair slicked back.

The Kardashians

The Kardashian/ Jenner clan stood out as per.

They all looked absolutely stunning as they posed for the cameras.

Cara Delevingne

The model looked flawless in a pride-inspired outfit.

She wore a colourful dress and matched it with a multi-coloured cane.

Lupita Nyongo

Lupita was another colourful beauty at the event.

Her outfit featured multi-coloured wings attached to the back of her dress.

Celine Dion

Celine Dion looked absolutely stunning in a silver dress.

She matched it with a massive feathered head piece.

Richard Madden

Madden went all out as he dyed a strand of his hair silver.

He wore an all black suit with shiny black boots.

Taron Egerton

The Rocketman star wore a sparkly black suit jacket matched with a thin bow tie.

Jordan Roth

The President of Jujamcyn Theaters wore a massive cape which opened up to display a theatres interior.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter looked stunning.

Benedict wore an all white suit matched with a top hat while Hunter wore a pale pink dress.

Saoirse Ronan

The Irish actress dressed like royalty in a beautifully sequenced dress.

Shawn Mendes

Mendes slicked his hair back and looked flawless in a black suit.

Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse

The Riverdale stars looked gorgeous at the event.

Cole slicked his hair back while Lili wore her makeup very naturally with her hair tied back.

Hailey Bieber

Hailey looked stunning in a baby pink dress showing off her curves.

Her hair was tied up with a black bow.

Meanwhile, Vannesa Hudgens has released an apology over her 'insensitive' coronavirus comments.

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