Here's What Being A Met Gala Co-Chair Actually Means And What This Year's Co-Chairs Have Worn Before

This year's co-chairs are three people who have undeniably made their mark on the Met Gala carpet — and Chris Hemsworth.

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This year's "Garden of Time"-themed Met Gala co-chairs are Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, and Chris Hemsworth.

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As the Met Gala is the primary fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute, the co-chairs work on publicizing and representing the event. Once everyone is inside the Gala itself, they usually give a speech to everyone (if previous years tell us anything). They receive an increase in publicity for co-chairing the event, but beyond that, it's not entirely clear what their responsibilities are.

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Here's co-chairs Dua Lipa, Roger Federer, Penélope Cruz, and Michaela Coel inside last year's Met Gala.

Here are all of Zendaya's previous Met Gala looks:

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2015's China: Through the Looking Glass

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2016's Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

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2017's Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between

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2018's Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

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2019's Camp: Notes on Fashion

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Here are all of J.Lo's previous Met Gala looks:

2004's Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

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2006's AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion

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2007's Poiret: King of Fashion

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2008's Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

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2010's American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

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2011's Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

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2012's PUNK: Chaos to Couture

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2015's China: Through the Looking Glass

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2017's Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between

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2018's Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

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2019's Camp: Notes on Fashion

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2021's In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

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2023's Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

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Here are all of Bad Bunny's previous Met Gala looks:

2022's In America: An Anthology of Fashion

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2023's Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

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Here are all of Chris Hemsworth's previous Met Gala looks:

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Seriously, if anyone can explain Chris's presence this year...

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