Billie Eilish, Timothée Chalamet, Naomi Osaka and Amanda Gorman named co-chairs of 2021 Met Gala
- Four celebrities under the age of 30 will co-chair the 2021 Met Gala, the biggest one-off fashion event on the global calendar
- ‘Met Gala here we come. Honored to co-host alongside giants,’ poet Amanda Gorman, who electrified the US presidential inauguration, posted on social media
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has racked up some serious star power for the return of its annual gala.
Musician Billie Eilish, poet Amanda Gorman, actor Timothée Chalamet and tennis star Naomi Osaka are set to co-chair New York’s fashion fete of the year when the Met Gala returns in September, the institution announced on Monday.
Honorary chairs for the evening will be designer Tom Ford, Instagram’s Adam Mosseri and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
“Met Gala here we come. Honored to co-host alongside giants,” Gorman, who electrified the world with her poetry at President Biden’s inauguration, said on Facebook and Instagram on Monday.
Chalamet, who earned an Oscar nomination for his breakthrough role in Call Me by Your Name, shared his own Instagram post on Monday that garnered more than 2 million likes with its ensemble of images showing the famed Met steps and his co-chairs.
He also shared a viral meme that allegedly shows singer Jason Derulo tumbling down the Met Gala steps several years ago. In reality, it depicts neither Derulo, who didn’t even attend the gala, nor the Met - a hint that Chalamet plans to approach this year’s glamorous gathering with some wit.