Here's what happens inside the Met Gala after the red carpet

On May 6, 2024, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will host its famous Met Gala to raise funds for The Costume Institute. The event will also kick off the latest costume exhibition titled "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," with "The Garden of Time" as the dress code. 

The institute was renovated in 2014 as the Anna Wintour Costume Center with the help of the Vogue editor-in-chief whose name is at its doors. A trustee of the Met, Wintour has spent decades growing the gala into what the museum calls one of the "most visible and successful charity events in the world." 

"It was a society event. People weren't very excited about going to it," Wintour recounted to "CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King in 2023. "To take it over and try to make a night out of it was quite intimidating."