The Met Gala is the Costume Institute's annual benefit transformed into a visual spectacle — deep aubergine backdrops, gold-foil engraved invitations, and full-bleed couture photography framed with museum-wall reverence. Under Anna Wintour's curation since 1995, the event's graphic identity borrows from exhibition catalog design and haute-couture editorial, producing a language of Didone serifs, symmetric centered compositions, and antique gold accents that feels simultaneously archival and theatrical.