RARE LOOK INSIDE FASHION'S
BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR.
ARE YOU WEARING THE SUNGLASSES
BECAUSE THIS IS --
>> BECAUSE --
>> NO SLEEP?
>> VERY LITTLE.
I LITERALLY WAS SITTING DOWN
THERE MAKING MY LIST FOR NEXT
YEAR.
>> YOU ALREADY HAVE THE THING
FOR NEXT YEAR?
>> ACTUALLY, FOR THE NEXT THREE.
>> FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES
VOGUE'S EDITOR AND CHIEF ANNA
WINTOUR HAS BEEN THE WOMAN
BEHIND THE MOST EXCLUSIVE EVENT
OF THE YEAR.
THE MET GALA ATTRACTS
CELEBRITIES WHO'S WHO, UP THE
STEPS NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM OF ART.
THIS IS FASHION'S MUST SEE EVENT
RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
>> YOU HAVE CREATED THIS
CULTURAL INSTITUTION, THIS THING
THAT PEOPLE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE.
ARE YOU SURPRISED BY HOW MUCH
IT'S GROWN?
>> I AM.
AND I HONESTLY BELIEVE THE
REASON PEOPLE ARE EXCITED IS
IT'S THIS EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE
OF FASHION AND CULTURE.
AFTER ALL WE DON'T WANT A MUSEUM
TO BECOME A MAUSOLEUM.
WE WANT TO ALIVE AND VIBRANT AND
BRING IN NEW AUDIENCES AND HAVE
PEOPLE BE EXCITED ABOUT BEING
THERE.
>> Reporter: THIS YEAR THE THEME
IS CAMP.
NOTES ON FASHION.
A NOD TO THE 1964 SUSAN SONNTAG
ESSAY NOTES ON CAMP.
ALL ABOUT THE EXTRAVAGANT,
EXAGGERATED AND EXTRAORDINARY.
THIS DOESN'T MEAN HIKING OR
BEING OUTDOORS?
>> IT IS INTERESTING WHEN YOU
SAY TO PEOPLE, YES, THE
EXHIBITION THIS YEAR IS GOING TO
BE ON CAMP AND YOU SEET MIND
GOING AND THEY ARE THINKING
HIKING BOOTS, BACKPACKS.
IT'S NOTHING ABOUT NATURE.
IT'S EVERYTHING COMPLETELY
ARTIFICIAL AND FAKE AND NOT
REALLY WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS.
>> Reporter: SO WHEN YOU EXPECT
TO SEE PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE
RED CARPET, WHAT WILL THEY BE
WEARING?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD SOME VERY
STRANGE REQUESTS.
PEOPLE ARRIVING IN UNUSUAL
METHODS OF TRANSPORT.
>> Reporter: DO YOU SAY YES TO
THAT?
>> OF COURSE.
WE WANT THEM TO TAKE RISKS, BE
FEARLESS, HAVE FUN WITH FASHION.
WE ALL NEED TO LAUGH AT
OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
>> Reporter: THERE IS JUST ONE
IMPORTANT RULE GUESTS HAVE TO
FOLLOW.
IS IT TRUE THERE IS A NO SELFIE
RULE?
>> THERE IS.
>> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT THAT
BATHROOM SELFIE A COUPLE YEARS
AGO?
YOU LET THAT GO?
>> I THINK THERE ARE OTHER
PERSONS IN PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF
THAT.
>> Reporter: ALMOST EVERYTHING
ELSE IS.
EVERY DETAIL OF THE EVENING
NEEDS ANNA'S STAMP OF APPROVAL.
GETTING HER TO SHARE THOSE
DETAILS ISN'T SO EASY.
DO PEOPLE TEXT YOU KNOW AND SAY
WHAT DO I WEAR?
>> I HAVE HAD SOME VERY
INTERESTING TEXTS.
>> Reporter: I WISH WE COULD
READ THEM.
>> TOP SECRET.
>> Reporter: WE WON'T SEE THE
RED CARPETS?
>> IT WON'T BE RED.
>> Reporter: WHAT COLOR COULD IT
BE.
>> THINK ABOUT CAMP.
>> Reporter: GLITTERY, SEQUINS?
>> I GAVE YOU A HINT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AWFUL
LOT OF FEATHERS ON THE WHATEVER
COLOR CARPET.
>> Reporter: WILL YOU BE IN
FEATHERS?
>> THAT'S A TOP SECRET, TOO.
>> Reporter: ONE THING SHE WAS
WILLING TO SHARE, THE GUEST SHE
STILL HOPES ATTEND THE GALA ONE
DAY.
IS THERE A DREAM GUEST THAT HAS
NEVER COME THAT YOU WISH WOULD
MAKE THEIR ATTENDANCE?
>> YES.
DEFINITELY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE DUCHESS
OF SUSSEX AND THE DUCHESS OF
CAMBRIDGE TOGETHER.
THAT WOULD BE MY DREAM.
THEY COULD LEAVE THEIR HUSBANDS
AT HOME.
THE TWO OF THEM I WANT.
>> Reporter: FOR EVERYBODY IT'S
LIKE THE RED CARPET AND THE
GLAMOUR OF IT.
WHAT MAKES IT SUCCESSFUL FOR
YOU?
WHAT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE, ALL
RIGHT, JOB WELL DONE?
>> IN THE END IT'S FOR OUR
GUESTS AND IT'S FOR THE MUSEUM.
WE WANT THEM TO FEEL THAT THE
AMAZING EFFORT THEY HAVE PUT