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Timothée Chalamet at the 2019 premiere of "Little Woman" at the Museum of Modern Art
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The "First Monday in May" will take first place on the second Monday in September: The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it has scheduled its big gala for the Costume Institute on September 13th, 2021, "pending government guidelines"—and then follow-up with another gala on May 5th, 2022.
The double-dose of fashion and celebrity is because the Met cancelled its 2020 event, opting for a virtual one while New York City was under shutdown last year. This time, the September Met Gala will focus on the Costume Institute's show,