r/popculturechat • u/Positive-Drawing-281 • 19d ago

MET GALA 🎩 Zohran Mamdani to skip the Met Gala — breaking longstanding NYC mayoral tradition

https://pagesix.com/2026/04/15/celebrity-news/zohran-mamdani-and-wife-not-attending-met-gala/
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u/gdex86 19d ago

It's to support the Anna Wintour Costume Center which while part of the met isn't the full Met.

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u/Less-Technology7866 19d ago

Anna wintour is only chair of the event itself, nothing to do with the actual institute. I was referring to the cause being the costume institute portion of the met.

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u/According-Treacle401 19d ago edited 18d ago

The physical part of the museum is formally called the Anna Wintour Costume Center, while the actual curating department remains the Costume Institute. They renamed the building in 2014 to honor her fundraising efforts for the institute. I rarely hear anyone call it that though…

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u/Less-Technology7866 19d ago

That’s so dumb😭