{"id":2400246,"date":"2026-05-03T15:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2400246"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:06:15","slug":"met-gala-does-anna-wintour-really-approve-celebrity-outfits-shes-set-the-record-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/met-gala-does-anna-wintour-really-approve-celebrity-outfits-shes-set-the-record-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala: Does Anna Wintour really approve celebrity outfits? She&#8217;s set the record straight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the most anticipated nights in fashion and entertainment is upon us once again, as the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/topic\/met-gala\" target=\"_blank\">Met Gala<\/a> returns to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This annual spectacle isn\u2019t just a red carpet event &#8211; it\u2019s a high-wattage celebration of style, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/topic\/celebrities\" target=\"_blank\">celebrity<\/a>, and the Costume Institute\u2019s latest exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s dreamy theme, <em>Superfine: Tailoring Black Style<\/em>, turned heads and sparked conversation. Now, the 2026 edition is making its mark with &#8216;<em>Fashion is Art<\/em>&#8216; &#8211; an event co-chaired by Beyonc\u00e9, who is making her first return in 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The Met Museum will be launching its exhibition &#8216;Costume Art&#8217; in conjunction with the event. The exhibition will be divided into a \u201cseries of thematic body types,\u201d ranging from the &#8216;naked body&#8217;, to more overlooked bodies including those ageing and pregnant. <\/p>\n<p><span\/>But amid all the prep, fittings, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/topic\/fashion\" target=\"_blank\">fashion<\/a> forecasts, one long-standing rumour has resurfaced &#8211; and Anna Wintour isn\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on <em>Good Morning America<\/em> in 2025 with Michael Strahan, the 75-year-old fashion icon was asked whether it\u2019s true she insists on approving every celebrity outfit before it hits the red carpet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        <span style=\"display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"5b3ce369ffc1aebf3954ac34dee8478f\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anna Wintour reveals if she knows what celebrities will wear at Met Gala\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/88qVi1bzgDw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>        <small class=\"image-media media-caption\" placeholder=\"Add Photo Caption...\">&#8211; YouTube<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\" placeholder=\"Add Photo Credit...\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=88qVi1bzgDw\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No,&#8221; the 75-year-old laughed in response. &#8220;Many call and ask our advice, so we try and help some of them as best we can. Some, no idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So while Wintour may be the queen of the Met Gala, it seems she\u2019s not the gatekeeper of every gown and tux. As always, fashion\u2019s biggest night promises surprises, statements &#8211; and a few myths, gently laughed away.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may also like&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><u><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-linked-post=\"2676843839\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/news\/met-gala-most-expensive-jewelry-outfits\">The most expensive jewellery ever worn at the Met Gala, from $100 million diamonds to 241-carat emerald<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/celebrities\/met-gala-lauren-sanchez-bezos\" target=\"_self\">Met Gala sponsor Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos opens up about theme \u2013 but the mystery still remains<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/newsletters?itm_channel=native&amp;itm_campaign=footer&amp;itm_audience=prospecting&amp;itm_content=newsletters\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong><em>Sign up<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><em><strong><em> to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/news\/indy100-news-updates-whatsapp-channel\" target=\"_self\"><u><em><strong><em>How to join<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><em><strong><em> the indy100&#8217;s free WhatsApp channel<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><em>Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.indy100.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most anticipated nights in fashion and entertainment is upon us once again, as the Met Gala returns to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This annual spectacle isn\u2019t just a red carpet event &#8211; it\u2019s a high-wattage celebration of style, celebrity, and the Costume Institute\u2019s latest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2400247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[357065,345639,22767,21818,308845],"class_list":["post-2400246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-anna-wintour","tag-celebs","tag-fashion","tag-lifestyle","tag-met-gala"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Met-Gala-Does-Anna-Wintour-really-approve-celebrity-outfits-Shes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400248,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2400246\/revisions\/2400248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2400247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2400246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2400246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}