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The woman who turned the Met Gala into the biggest party of the year

  • Written by Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, SweAmfo/ASF Research Fellow at USC School of Cinematic Arts | Fulbright Scholar, University of Southern California
The woman who turned the Met Gala into the biggest party of the yearDiana Vreeland takes a drag from her cigarette as she greets Andy Warhol.Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images

The annual Met Gala in New York City is a dazzling collision of celebrity, fashion and media frenzy.

The event is ostensibly a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, which houses a vast collection of...

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